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Virtual Classroom

Educators, students, and all curious individuals are encouraged to choose from the online learning resources below.

Life in a Jar Vedem Reach for the Stars Janusz Korczak
For a research activity about rescuer Irena Sendler and the students who discovered her story, click here. For articles, poems,
and art from Vedem,
with questions
for discussion
and application,
click here
.
For educational resources for
Reach for the Stars,
click here.
Educational Materials
coming soon.


Mapping Our Tears

Mapping Our Tears group tours are appropriate for schools, youth groups, community groups and families. We urge educators to bring their students to visit Mapping Our Tears with a trained guide. The following information pertains to group visits to Mapping Our Tears:

Maximum Group Size: 40
Minimum Group Size: 10
If your group does not fit within these criteria, feel free to contact us to make special arrangements.

Appropriate Age for Mapping Our Tears: 11 years old and up (5th grade and up)
Recommended Donation: $4.00/student, $3.00/senior, $6.00/adult
Presentation Duration: 90-120 Minutes
Scheduling Options: Monday - Thursday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm; Sunday 12:00 - 5:00 pm; evenings available upon request
Adult/Youth Group Ratio (applicable to student groups): 1 Adult/10 Youth

In addition to our general tour, we offer the following specialized presentations:
1. Focus on Diversity
2. Focus on Judaism
3. Focus on Community
4. Focus on World War II
5. Focus on Women
6. Focus on Children

Other Activities Available for Groups:
1. Dialogue with a Survivor
2. Finding Family DVD, Emmy-nominated documentary film featuring the story of Heinzi, a seven-year-old Jewish boy forced to hide during the Holocaust. This film traces Heinzi's journey back to Europe, reconnecting with the family that saved him.
3. Traveling Exhibits (Art of the Holocaust, Women of the Holocaust, Shouldering the Responsibility, Music and the Holocaust, and Dr. Seuss Wants You!)
4. Tour of Hebrew Union College (Skirball Museum, American Jewish Archives, Klau Library Rare Book Room, etc.)

Procedure for Booking a Tour:
Please book tours at least 3 weeks in advance. Call or e-mail Un Jin Krantz (ukrantz@huc.edu or 513.487.3055) with your name, organization/school, contact information (phone number, e-mail), size of group, ages/grades of group members, and two to three suggested dates for a tour.

 
 
“The night ends and a new day begins when you can see the face of your brother.”
— Talmud

Traveling Exhibits
The Center for Holocaust and Humanity Education has six original traveling exhibits that can be borrowed by families, schools, community centers, libraries and other public places. The exhibits are portable and colorful, and they illuminate multidisciplinary approaches to the Holocaust through value-based education.

For more information or to arrange to borrow an exhibit, contact chhe@huc.edu

To learn about each exhibit, click on the pictures below.
Shouldering the Responsibility: The Story of Josef Motschmann
Her Story Must Be Told: Women's Voices from the Holocaust Facing Prejudice

Music in the Holocaust: The Notes Rose Up in Flames
Dr. Seuss Wants You!
From the Children, About the Children, For the Children: Art of the Holocaust