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Dear Colleagues,
I am curious as to your reaction to this episode of Family Guy.
http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2009/10/06/1008348/family-guy-finds-judaism
Do shows like these reinforce age-old antisemitic canards? When does humor becom...
Dear Colleagues,
My sister sent me this article http://forward.com/articles/112465/ and I found it to be most poignant.
How can we as Holocaust educators (if you feel we should) distinguish between the then and the now? How do we teach Auschwitz...
Dear Colleagues,
I do not know if many of you (or any of you) face this problem. I do, however. During the course of the teacher development sessions I have run, I always ask the participants how they teach the Holocaust, what activites, books, e...
Pam, I agree with your point that to discuss/commemorate the other victims in proper historical proportion emphasizes the evil that was done by the perpetrators rather than detracting from the fact that the Jews were the main targets.
Emily -- Thanks for emailing me re: this topic. First, applause to the Manhattan Beach community for the park project! I assume this was city-owned land, so I wonder if there is a statement of purpose on file somewhere. If the land was specificall...
Dear Colleagues and Friends,
Last week's shooting of Officer Johns rattled me. I think because the attack took place at the USHMM and I felt somehow that the Holocaust was under attack that it made me react so strongly. In discussing the shooting...
Hi Karen,
I really like the phrase you included, "the Nazi net of death." As you correctly write the net was cast for Jews and others were caught up in it. To answer some questions: As far as a I know, the land belongs to the Parks Department and...
Hi Al,
Thank you for your thoughtful reply. I,too, can see both sides of the story. It is quite a difficult position to be in and as time passes, I wonder if the best way to "keep the story and memory of the Holocaust alive" is to share the histo...
First, I thank you for sharing this; I had no idea it existed! Next, I am already concerned that people are using the false "5 million" number to discuss other victims. When and how can we help to put that false number to rest? Finally, I do not t...
Thought-provoking post, Emily. I'm friendly with a few Witnesses from that era, so weigh my response accordingly. The test for me is commonality of experience. Did members of these other groups suffer in proportional numbers and under similar sett...
Not all the links posted. If you want to search for more information, type these keywords into Google. hikind/holocaust/park
Comment Wall (10 comments)
- At 9:07pm on May 2, 2008,
Susan shear said… - Emily,
Thanks for your comments about No Way Out. It has been such a blessing to have found the letters which teach a piece of this history many don't know. On a personal level, the letters have served as a legacy to those whose lives were lost, helping us to remember them as ordinary people not just victims. I look forward to reading everyone's contributions in The Call of Memory and to hopefully meeting those I don't know.
- At 4:16am on January 14, 2008,
Emily Witty said…
- Hey Carrie,
I, too, am enjoying this new technology! Did you 'check out' my forum questions? Just go to 'forum' and read my thoughts and respond . . then we can all be part of one conversation!
I am looking forward to seeing you in CT.
~Emily
- At 4:00am on January 14, 2008,
Carrie A. Olson said… - Hi Emily,
Technology such as this is still new to me but it's really fun to communicate like this. Cool. You're the first to leave me a comment! :) Thank you.
Yes, I'll be in CT next weekend. I am looking forward to it! See you then.
Carrie
- At 1:11pm on January 13, 2008,
Dr. Keren Goldfrad said… - Hi Emily,
Luckily her comment is still on your page. The easiest thing to do is to ask Pam to copy her answer from your page and paste it in the forum discussion.
Keren
- At 11:52pm on January 10, 2008,
Beryl Bresgi said…
- Hi Emily, I am so sorry, but I will not be able to attend this year. Family commitment again. Have you seen the new title by Sid Fleischman? It just won the Sydney Taylor. I don't know what i think about it... title is:The Entertainer and the Dybbuk. Ask around...
- At 8:52pm on January 10, 2008,
Pam said…
- Hi, Emily! Thanks for asking about my year -- it's going very well. I don't think BG is capable of this level of technology; Karen and I both thought of asking him to join, but I think simple e-mail is a stretch for him. I will try to copy off what's been said about his book, though, and e-mail it to him. Bill Younglove asked me to be involved in a roundtable discussion at next year's NCTE -- I'm so excited! How are things going with you?
- At 7:10pm on January 10, 2008,
Dr. Keren Goldfrad said…
- One more thing...
You are raising a very important discussion question in your blog post. Maybe it should be a forum question and not a blog. This is just a suggestion...
Keren
- At 7:00pm on January 10, 2008,
Dr. Keren Goldfrad said…
- Hi Emily,
You posted a very interesting question, but I noticed that the blog post is closed, which means that other people cannot respond to you. You can easily change this by checking the definitions of your blog post.
Keren
- At 6:55pm on January 10, 2008,
Dr. Keren Goldfrad said…
- That's a great idea! We already have Rachmil Bryks' daughters signed up. I'm not sure how many of them would be willing to do it, but it is worth a try.
Keren
- At 10:23am on January 10, 2008,
Dr. Keren Goldfrad said…
- Hi Emily,
I'm glad you like the site. I think this tool has a lot of potential depending on how it is used. Any creative or interesting ideas would be greatly appreciated.
All the best,
Keren
Profile Information
- Which institution are you affiliated with?
- Board of Jewish Education of Greater New York; Museum of Jewish Heritage: A Living Memorial to the Holocaust;Azrieli School of Jewish Education and Administration at Yeshiva University
- About Me:
- Emily Amie Witty serves as Director of Instructional Improvement at the Board of Jewish Education of Greater New York (BJENY). Ms. Witty joined BJENY following two years abroad in Jerusalem where she worked at The International School for Holocaust Studies at Yad Vashem. She has been an educator in the New York City public school system, and in parochial and congregational schools in the tri-state area.
Ms. Witty authored the recently published BJENY Holocaust curriculum entitled, It Is My Business: Selected History from 1933-1945 (BJENY, 2005). At Yad Vashem, she co-authored the Educator’s Guide for Volume I, of The Years Wherein We Have Seen Evil: Selected Aspects in the History of Religious Jewry During the Holocaust (Yad Vashem, 2003). In addition, Ms. Witty served as the Language Editor of Volumes I and II of the same publication. Ms. Witty is also a contributing writer to the upcoming publication, The Call of Memory: Learning About the Holocaust Through Narrative (Ben-Yehuda Press, 2008), an anthology for the classroom and an educators’ guide.
In 2007, Ms. Witty, a guest lecturer, presented at the 27th annual Holocaust Education Week in Ontario, Canada. In addition, she lectured at the annual conference of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) on the topic of More Than Words: Holocaust Literacy Through Photography and Art.
Ms. Witty holds a master's degree from Touro College in Jewish history with a concentration in Holocaust studies. She received her undergraduate degree from Yeshiva University-Stern College for Women in Education and her first master’s degree from Hunter College of the City University of New York in Teaching English as a Foreign and Second Language.
Her professional associations include serving on the educational advisory committee of the Museum of Jewish Heritage: A Living Memorial to the Holocaust.
She is currently a doctoral student at the Azrieli School of Jewish Education and Administration at Yeshiva University.
- Website:
- http://www.bjeny.org
Emily Witty's Blog
Do we need to be flexible?
Here is what I am thinking about . . .
Recently, I was on the site www.brainpop.com, under the category of Social Studies and then the topic, Holocaust. I watched their short animated video about the Holocaust and after discussing the clip with one of my teachers, noticed some errors. For example, the chronology was out of order and they never explained that Poland was invaded. Th
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