Holocaust Studies Program
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The Gratz Holocaust Studies Program places particular emphasis on teaching the Jewish historical and cultural context of the Nazi destruction of six million Jews during World War II. The program is designed for students and educators, as well as clergy, community religious and lay leaders, seminarians, those involved in interfaith dialogue, and members of religious and secular communal organizations. |
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Wooden Synagogue |
The program teaches students
- to see the victims as heirs of a thousand-year-old European Jewish civilization
- to see the Holocaust as the culminaion of centuries of antisemitic and racist agitation
- to understand issues of Jewish-non-Jewish relations during and after the Holocaust
- to understand issues of post-Holocaust response, memory and memorialization.
The program also teaches educators to develop age-appropriate approaches for teaching the Holocaust in the classroom.
The program offers a Certificate in Holocaust Studies granted upon completion of 18 credits (six courses) which may be taken on-campus or online.