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- Keren Goldfrad, Ph.D., studied English literature, French, and comparative literature at Bar- Ilan University, Israel. Her Ph.D. dissertation, completed with highest distinction, focused on literary styles in Holocaust literature. Keren twice received the Rector’s Award for Excellence in Teaching from Bar Ilan University, where she was also recognized for research excellence; she is also the recipient of the Nahum, Sarah and Baruch Eisenstein Foundation Prize from Yad Vashem. She teaches English in the English as a Foreign Language Department at Bar- Ilan, where she is the e-learning coordinator. She also teaches Holocaust literature at Orot College in Elkana and is a member of the Mofet Institute’s Holocaust Consortium in Tel Aviv.
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Lesley
Thank you so much for contacting me. I have very recently discovered this site and am very interested in getting your book. Yes, our Centre is open in the summer although truthfully there isn't much to see. Our strength lies in the wonderful Survivors we are blessed to have in our community and the programming that we provide together with them to schools within Toronto and beyond. Also, Holocaust Education Week, which we run in November is truly a unique event. www.holocausteducationweek.com
If you are available then I wold love to meet with you when you are in Toronto. In the meantime please take a look at the Holocaust Education week site and past programs and tell me your thoughts.
Warmly,
Lesley
I just completed the book sharing project with one of my classes. The project I am referring to is free.
Best,
Karen
I have decided to use this site for my class this semester since we will be unable to work with you and your students. Feel free to read and join in the discussion as you wish!
Best,
Karen
Thanks for writing to me. It's an honor to have No Way Out included in The Call of Memory.
I love Address Unknown and have used it in workshops myself. It is a powerful piece. If someone were interested in translating No Way Out into Hebrew, that would be wonderful. Actually Carrie Olson worked on a translation into Spanish years ago but we never had the time to pursue publishing it. We were both too busy.
I am looking forward to spending time going through The Call of Memory which recently arrived. What a tremendous accomplishment for all involved.
Susan
I was not familiar with "My Heart in a Suitcase," so I was happy to view the clips you posted. While this is about the Kindertransport, the theme of two girls remaining friends despite their profound differences reminds me in part of the film Friendship in Vienna, based on the book The Devil in Vienna by Doris Orgel, autobiographical in large measure. It echoes also Hans Peter Richter's Friedrich. It might be a nice unit for middle school students to use readings that involve two adolescents, one a Jew and the other a German, and follow their paths as they either grow apart or remain close, as the clip from the movie here indicates happened with these two women.
There is a brand new play in NY that I have not yet seen. It is based on a children's book by Patricia Polacco; it is her grandmother's story, again of a Jewish and a Christian girl and their relationship. It got rave reviews, but of course we would have to see it ourselves to be sure it is the right tone, message, and is historically accurate before we recommend it.
"Through the Eyes of a Friend" is also good; it is quite old, though; I think it has been around for at least 15 years, so I am not sure it has all of the up-to-date information we now know about Anne and her situation. But the company, Living Voices, is excellent, so they most likely have updated it, and their pieces are historically accurate, to the best of my knowledge.
Thank you for writing me. Am very pleased your students are enjoying my article. Looking forward to meeting you personally one day. Shabbat Shalom,
Bella
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