Danny M. Cohen, Ph.D., a learning scientist, education designer and fiction writer, is the featured speaker. "Standing at the Threshold: Shaping the Future for Holocaust Education" is the theme.
Almost three-quarters of a century have passed since the liberation of Auschwitz and the end of the war against the Jews ... and yet we are once again standing at the threshold. Some 245,000 Holocaust survivors are still alive, but many of them were very young children during World War II. The few who can speak with the force of first-hand perception will soon be gone.
Featured speaker Danny M. Cohen will address the topic "Talking With Ghosts: The Possible Futures of Holocaust Memory." Cohen is a distinguished professor of instruction at Northwestern University in the School of Education and Social Policy and The Crown Family Center for Jewish and Israel Studies. He specializes in Holocaust memory and the design of human rights education.
In addition, the commemoration will feature an exhibit of entries from the 2024 Yom HaShoah Art Contest created by Oklahoma students of the Holocaust and a candle lighting ceremony featuring the children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren of Holocaust survivors to symbolize the passing of the torch to the next generation. Also, the Tulsa City-County Library will have Holocaust books and media available for checkout.
The commemoration is presented by the Tulsa Council for Holocaust Education of the Jewish Federation of Tulsa in partnership with the Tulsa City-County Library, The Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art, Congregation B'nai Emunah and Temple Israel.
Registration is required. Visit jewishtulsa.org/yomhashoah2024 to register for the commemoration.
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