Fall 2009 Newsletter - The Center for Holocaust and Humanity

Remember, Inform, Transform
Fall 2009 Newsletter
CHHE Announces Exciting Relocation to Rockwern Academy
The Center for Holocaust and Humanity Education is pleased to
announce its move to Rockwern Academy. After much exploration by
CHHE’s Facilities Planning Committee, a decision was made by the
CHHE Board of Trustees to relocate its offices, exhibits and activities
to Rockwern Academy. CHHE Executive Director, Sarah Weiss, and
Rockwern Head of School, Peter Cline, believe that this is a win-win
for both organizations and that through their shared focus on
education, great synergy will come from this relationship.
The new space will pave the way to new opportunities and expansion
for CHHE and the services it provides. This change offers an
opportunity to enlarge the centerpiece of CHHE’s work, “Mapping
Our Tears,” and increase much-needed office and storage space.
Rockwern’s convenient location provides an opportunity for CHHE to
reach new community members and advance its many educational
efforts and programming.
CHHE will continue to operate as an independent organization,
but will seek opportunities to collaborate with Rockwern students
and teachers. CHHE will have ongoing and immediate input from
Rockwern students and educators as it continues to advance its many
educational efforts and programming. Richard E. Friedman, Immediate
Past President of CHHE, comments, “I am very pleased to participate
in the announcement that CHHE will be moving to its new quarters at
the Rockwern Academy. These new quarters will not only be helpful in
providing the Center with much needed new and expanded space, but
it will also enhance the Center’s community mission of remembering,
informing, and transforming in a campus environment that will be a
catalyst for the development of new educational associations based
on many important and exciting synergies.”
CHHE is grateful for the past support and opportunities we have
received during the nine years it has been located on the campus of
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. While CHHE will
not physically remain on the campus, we will continue to collaborate
with the wonderful faculty and incredible resources of the college.
Please join us in the new space at our grand opening on Sunday,
November 8, 2009 at 2:00 p.m.
A Letter from President Mark Weisser
As the new President of the Center for Holocaust
and Humanity Education (CHHE), I would like to
take this opportunity to introduce myself, as
well as share with you some important
developments at the Center which have taken place over the past
year and which will take place in the future.
On a personal note, I am a child of Holocaust survivors. My father,
Louis, who recently celebrated his 86th birthday, was born and raised
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in a small village named Podvolochisk. Podvolochisk is presently
located in the Western Ukraine. His mother and twin sisters were
murdered at the Belzec extermination camp. He survived the war as
a soldier, fighting for the Russian Army.
My mother, who passed away in 2004, is from Katowice, Poland.
Katowice is an industrial city located near the German border. She
lost her father and brother during the war. My parents met in Poland
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Encounter
Teacher Education
News and Notes
Thank You To
Our Supporters
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Upcoming Events
after the war and immigrated to the United
States in 1953.
Executive Committee
Members
Mark Weisser,
President
Richard E. Friedman,
Immediate Past President
John E. Neyer,
Vice President
Brian Szames,
Vice President and Treasurer
Sam Knobler,
Treasurer
Carol Kabel,
Secretary
Mitchel Livingston
Tom Smith
Board of Trustees
Kathy Brinkman
John Cohen
Werner Coppel
Alison Dipilla
Darryl Etling
Henry Fenichel
Stewart Goldman
Father Michael Graham
Roma Kaltman
Marcy Kanter
Sen. Eric Kearney
Sam Knobler
Lilly Kurtz
Michael Meyer
Myrtis Powell
Marc Randolph
Jerry Rauh
Zahava Rendler
Carole Rigaud
Judy Spitz
Raphael Warren
Rep. Tyrone Yates
Staff
Sarah L. Weiss,
Executive Director
Barbara Christensen,
Director of Education
Frances Donohue,
Program Coordinator
Joseph Klingler,
Education Coordinator/Public Ally
It is in the spirit that I am serving as President of
The Center for Holocaust and Humanity Education.
I grew up in the community of Roselawn on a
street populated with several families of Holocaust
survivors. Since none of the children of survivors
had any extended family to speak of, we became
each other’s families. To this day, I still share
holidays and significant life cycle events with this
“community within a community.”
The Holocaust has had a profound effect on my
life. Since my teenage years, I have studied the
Holocaust on both a personal and scholastic basis.
Like many before me, I have struggled to find
answers as to how an event of this magnitude
occurred some 70 years ago.
In the summer of 2006, I traveled with my father to
Poland and the Ukraine. We visited the village where
he grew up, as well as the Belzec extermination
camp where his family perished. The only evidence
remaining of the once thriving Jewish community
of Podvolochisk, were the broken headstones of a
dilapidated Jewish cemetery. The trip had a deep
impact on both my father and myself. For my father,
he was able to close a chapter in his life and say the
Yizkor prayer of remembrance at Belzec. For myself,
the Holocaust became intensely more personal and
reaffirmed my commitment to not only educate
others as to the historical fact of the Holocaust, but
to also be a voice in opposition to prejudice and
intolerance, no matter where and when it may occur.
We will continue to sponsor interesting and relevant
programming over the course of the next several
months. Of course, we are most excited by our
move from the campus of HUC to the Rockwern
Academy. Rockwern Academy, which is located on
Montgomery Road approximately one mile north of
the Kenwood Towne Center, is a Jewish day school
which enrolls over 200 students from pre-K through
eighth grade.
The move is exciting for several reasons. First, we
will be able to house our museum exhibit, “Mapping
Our Tears,” in a location which is both greater in size
and more accessible. We will be able to incorporate
a classroom adjacent to the “Mapping Our Tears”
exhibit which will further enhance the educational
value of the exhibit.
Second, we look forward toward collaborating
with the Rockwern Academy in launching several
programming initiatives which will serve to educate,
not only the children of the Rockwern Academy,
but the children and youth of the over 150 schools
per year who will visit the exhibit. Our move has
received the full support of the Jewish Federation
as well as many other community leaders.
This institution will be celebrating its 10 year
anniversary in 2010 and is the leading agency in
the greater Cincinnati area in terms of educational
outreach with respect to the Holocaust and other
related events. In the 2008-2009 academic year
alone, CHHE touched the lives of over 60,000
individuals through its Speakers’ Bureau and
traveling exhibits.
As your new President, I want to give you my
personal commitment that CHHE will continue to
be front and center with respect to the advocacy
of civil rights and tolerance, not only in the Greater
Cincinnati region, but on a global basis as well. We
will not be passive, we will be active. We will not be
silent, we will be heard.
On a personal note, I want to give my heartfelt
thanks to President Dick Friedman. Dick has
been the President of CHHE for the past three
years. Under his tenure, the stability and financial
health of CHHE has been significantly enhanced
and I am eternally grateful to Dick’s leadership in
accomplishing these goals, despite the difficult
economic times. I also want to thank Peg Moertl,
our past Treasurer, who has devoted countless
hours of her time in helping to secure our financial
future. I would also like to thank Arna Fisher, for her
service to the Board.
I would also like to welcome to our Board, Darryl
Etling, from PNC Bank; Marcy Kanter, Community
Leader; Henry Fenichel, a Holocaust survivor; as
well as Eric Kearney, an Ohio State Senator. I look
forward to working with all of you during my term
as President.
I also want to thank Sarah Weiss, our Executive
Director. Her hard work and devotion to this agency
is well known to everyone, both inside and outside
our agency. She has been nominated to serve on
the Ohio Holocaust Council and selected to serve on
the 2010 Planning Committee for the Association of
Holocaust Organizations annual conference. At her
right side is Barbara Christensen, our Director of
Education, who is a true professional in every sense
of the word.
Finally, I would like to thank my wife, Julie, and
our two children, Alex and Evan. Their collective
understanding and appreciation of community
involvement only serves to make my job so much
easier. I would also like to thank my father who is
the strongest man I have ever known. He inspires
me on a daily basis.
If anyone has any comments, questions or concerns,
please contact me at markweisser@aol.com. I look
forward toward serving as your President of this
most important agency.
Introductions
Welcome Frances Donohue, Program Coordinator
In June, Frances Donohue joined the staff as Program
Coordinator. Frances first became involved with CHHE
as a public relations intern while earning her Bachelors
of Communication at the University of Cincinnati. In
her role as Program Coordinator, Frances organizes
presentations by members of the Speaker’s Bureau, assists other
organizations in securing CHHE’s collection of traveling exhibits, and
coordinates numerous educational initiatives and programs. Frances
is pleased to have the opportunity to support CHHE’s many endeavors
and looks forward to an exciting year of Holocaust Awareness
Programming.
Welcome Public Ally, Joseph Klingler,
Education Coordinator
Joseph Klingler received a B.A. in International Studies
and Philosophy from Loyola University of Chicago. Upon
graduation, he was awarded a Fulbright grant from the
U.S. Department of State, through which he spent 10
months teaching English at a Gymnasium in Eltville, Germany. After
returning to the United States, he began working as the Editorial
Coordinator at The Doe Fund.
Joseph is thrilled to be back in Cincinnati and aims to bring his passion
for inclusion, understanding and social justice with him to The Center
for Holocaust and Humanity Education.
Holocaust Awareness Programs 2010
This programming will examine the impact of the Holocaust on the descendants of survivors, bystanders, and perpetrators, as well as genocide
survivors in the aftermath of the Holocaust, while passing the legacy of education and remembrance to the next generation.
Tentative List of Programs - Look for more details coming soon!
Children’s Concert
March/April
Composed by Phil Koplow, Professor Emeritus of music at Northern
Kentucky University, the pieces in this concert are set to lyrics written
by children in different ghettos and camps during the Holocaust.
Performed by the Northern Kentucky University Youth Choir, the event
promises to be educational and moving.
Story Telling: 2nd and 3rd Generation Training with Sandy Lessig
Date to be determined
Following her father’s death, Ms. Lessig developed a unique multimedia approach to sharing his survival story with others. Ms. Lessig,
a member of the Board of Directors at Holocaust Museum Houston,
comes to Cincinnati to train the next generations in ways to educate
others about the Holocaust.
Survivor Soulmates
Date to be determined
David Gewirtzman, a Holocaust survivor, and a Rwandan survivor, will
speak about their unique experiences. While differences abound, they
will share how connected they feel to one another. Together they explore
the continuation of genocide in the aftermath of the Holocaust.
Inheritance
January/February
As part of the Jewish Film Festival, CHHE will present the documentary
telling the story of the remarkable meeting of two very different women:
Monika Hertwig, the daughter of Nazi commandant Amon Goeth, and
Helen Jonas, who was enslaved by Goeth in her youth. The film
explores the effects of the Holocaust on both women 70 years later.
Director James Moll will speak following the showing.
Accomplishments
Through the wide variety of educational initiatives such as museum education, outreach, traveling exhibits, speaker’s bureau, teacher
training, and public programs, CHHE touched the lives of over 60,000 individuals in the 2008-2009 academic year.
CHHE’s Annual Meeting
CHHE’s Annual Meeting recognized the leadership and contributions of outgoing board members including President, Dick Friedman, Arna Fisher,
and Peg Moertl. Additionally, we welcomed new President, Mark Weisser along with new board members; Darryl Etling, from PNC Bank; Marcy
Kanter, Community Leader; Henry Fenichel, a Holocaust survivor; as well as Eric Kearney, an Ohio State Senator. As an eyewitness, docent, and
program participant, Dr. Al Miller shared his perspective on the important work of CHHE.
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A Light Unto the Future Celebrates Stanley Chesley’s Work
on Behalf of Holocaust Survivor Community
On September 10, The Center
for Holocaust and Humanity
Education, in partnership
with Jewish Family Service of
Cincinnati, hosted “A Light Unto
the Future,” luncheon honoring
Stanley Chesley. The luncheon
A Light Unto the Future Committee
specifically honored Mr. Chesley
for his work on behalf of Holocaust survivors. Working as pro bono
legal counsel to the Claims Conference, Mr. Chesley secured $10 billion
in restitution funds for Holocaust survivors worldwide. The pursuit for
restitution and recovery of stolen items continues today and Stan and
Waite, Schneider, Bayless, and Chesley still remain committed to these
efforts by providing counsel and advice.
Hagit Limor, I-Team reporter at WCPO, was the Mistress of Ceremonies.
The event featured musical performances by Ensemble Kamerad,
a group of CCM doctoral students, and the Russian Choir, a choir of
Holocaust survivors. Mr. Chesley was introduced by his daughter,
Lauren Chesley Cohen, and Mayor Mark Mallory. Several dignitaries,
including former President Clinton, sent letters and messages
congratulating Mr. Chesley on his award.
Over $130,000 was raised to benefit Holocaust education and social
services for aging Holocaust survivors at The Center for Holocaust and
Humanity Education and Jewish Family Service.
CHHE was pleased to have the
opportunity to partner with
Jewish Family Service. A huge
thank you to our generous
donors and everyone who
made this event possible!
A Light Unto the Future Committee
Donors
Ray of Life $10,000
The Stanley & Susan Chesley Foundation
University of Cincinnati
UC Foundation
UC President’s Office
UC College of Medicine
UC College of Law
Xavier University
Honoree Stan Chesley
and Program Planning
Committe Chair,
Lilly Kurtz
Reflector of the
Legacy $7,500
PNC
Partner In Remembrance $5,000
Boymel Family Charitable Foundation
Cintas Corporation
Macy’s
Western & Southern Financial Group,
John and Eileen Barrett
Friend of Remembrance $2,500
Debby and Jim Cummins
Fifth Third Bank
Jerry Klein and Mark Klein,
Northwestern Mutual
Sam and Susan Knobler
KnowledgeWorks
Andi Levenson and Family
Carl H. Lindner
Unifund
Supporter $1,000
Bruce and Kitzi Baker and Family
Jeffrey S. Bakst
Len Berenfield
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Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Berman
The Otto M. Budig Family Foundation
Richard Chesley
Joseph and Missy Deters
Robert and Sheri Dunn
Duro Bag
Dan Fales
Gail and Dick Friedman
Marty Gepsman and CME Group
The Jewish Foundation of Cincinnati
Johnson Investment Counsel, Inc.
Ken and Carol Kabel
Sandy Kaltman and
John Isidor
Katz, Teller, Brant & Hild
Mark and Lilly Kurtz
The Manuel D. and
Rhoda Mayerson
Foundation
Roger and Velma Mitchell,
GroundTakers, Inc.
John and Sara Neyer
Nina and Edward Paul
Penny and Myles Pensak
Nancy and Jim Petro
The Rosedale and Wilheim Families
Dr. Gary and Louise Roselle
Joshua and Kathy Sands
Saul Schottenstein Foundation,
Jeffrey Harris Trustee
Statman, Harris and Eyrich, LLC
Strauss & Troy
Thompson Hine LLP
Towne Properties
Sarah Weiss, Richard Friedman,
Stan Chesley, Bruce Baker,
and Beth Schwartz
Ray and Nancy Warren
Dick Weiland
Mark and Julie Weisser
Marilyn and Thomas Zemboch
Friend $500
Anonymous
Anonymous
Kathy and George Brinkman
Law Offices of Phyllis Brown
Mrs. Madeleine Gordon
Beth and Louis Guttman
Tom and Marty Humes
Marlene Kantor
Igal Knobler and Cecilia Galbraith
Mark and Ellen Knue
Don and Phyllis Lerner
Stephanie Marks
Ross, Sinclaire & Associates,LLC
Beth Schwartz and Gene Smiley
Harold and Judith Spitz
Andrea and Brian
Szames
Sallie Westheimer and
Greg Rhodes
Stan Chesley and
Darren Goodman
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Sarah Weiss and
Todd Schild
Ann and Peter Williams
Elinor and Bill Ziv
Donor $250
Elaine and R. L. Blatt
Mitchell Cohen
Sidney and Joanne
Cohen
The Fisher Family
Gail and Richard
Friedman
Dee and Ben Gettler
Carol Herman
Marty and Sally Hiudt
The Rev. Noel
Susan Dlott Chesley and
Julnes-Dehner
Stan Chesley
and Joseph
Julnes Dehner
Paula Knobler, In Memory of Al Knobler
Barry and Patsy Kohn
Sam Lippman
Nancy Minson
Ella and Jacob Moskovich
Mr. and Mrs. Sylvan Reisenfeld
Carole and Edwin Rigaud
Mr. Russell Robinson
Jim and Vivian Schwab
Harold and Faye Sosna
Weil Funeral Home
Rabbi Irvin and
Lauren Chesley Cohen
Kathy Wise
and Stan Chesley
John and Abbie Youkilis
A Post Holocaust Encounter
By Ray Warren, CHHE Board Member
In May 2008, I received a mysterious email message: ‘You do not
know me. My name is Krystyna. I live in Warsaw. My father was
Joseph Diament, the brother of Henda Vorobeichik. I was recently in
Israel and got your e-mail address from Ora Medalia. I am writing this
short letter just to get in touch with you. If you would like to continue
this contact please answer this mail. I am very much interested in the
history of our family and would like to keep in contact. I do have some
family pictures - different than the ones you got from Ora.’
I thought, who is this Krystyna? What is this about “our family?” How
can I possibly be related to her? My father’s birth name was Max
(Motek) Worobejczyk (OK, close to Vorobeichik). Before the war, he was
married to Helen Diament (OK, Henda might be the Yiddish/Hebrew
version of Helen). But how might Krystyna, certainly not a typical
Jewish name, be related to my father? Is this some hoax?
I knew very little of my father’s family history. He spoke very little of
his life before the war. Raised in the city of Lodz, Poland, he was the
youngest of six children. He was the only survivor from his family.
Indeed, growing up we didn’t learn of any close surviving relative
until 1956, when he was repatriated with his sister’s son. During my
first trip to Communist Poland, in 1974, I met my father’s cousin in
Warsaw. There, I learned that he had been married before the war
and was the father of a boy. Inquiring about this on my return home,
my father shared precious little of his pre-war experiences. Yes, he
was married to a Helen Diament and his son was Adam. His wife
had attended high school (a rarity in those days) and her family was
assimilated (i.e., Yiddish was not the native language). After the war
broke, he fled east in search of safer lands with the idea of later being
repatriated with his family. Unfortunately, my father was captured
by the Soviets, incarcerated in a Bialystok prison for being a “spy,”
and subsequently transferred to Siberia. In parallel, his family went
to Warsaw, where they perished. While in Bialystok he mysteriously
received parcels from his physician brother-in-law, Roman Diament. At
this point, my father could not bear to relay more information and offered
that he would take his memories to his grave. My father died in 1986.
I first met Ora Medalia on a trip to Israel in 1997. After submitting
an inquiry about my half-brother at Yad Vashem, I received a reply
that a Rivka Englesart had made an entry for my half brother and his
mother, Helen. Rivka was Helen Diament’s sister. Additional searching
by my cousin during our last days in Israel brought me to Ora, Rivka’s
daughter, and my father’s niece. When I first spoke to Ora, she wanted
to meet me and indicated that she had photos of my father from
before the war! Of all places, we met at Beth Hakfusoth (the Museum
of the Diaspora). There, Ora shared her pre-war photos of my father, my
half-brother, and his pre-war family. How my father looked so happy and
proud. It was truly amazing that Ora knew who my father was, never
having met him. It was through stories that her mother told that Ora held
this “family” together. I also learned that after the war my father would
send parcels to Ora and her mother. Life in Palestine was quite difficult.
Ora sent me a special gift of copies of these precious photos.
After receiving this mysterious email, I asked Ora if Krystyna was
legitimate. Indeed, like herself, Krystyna was my father’s niece. In
subsequent emails, Krystyna
sent me photos of my father
and his family. Some seemed
to complement those from Ora,
i.e., same clothes and similar
scenery. One photo, dated
August 19, 1939, was of my
half-brother, Adam.
What about Krystina? Her
father, Joseph Diament,
appeared to have been the
“family adventurer,” having
become a Communist while
in Warsaw in the late 1920s.
He was arrested in 1931
by the authorities and was
Adam Worobejczyk
released in 1934 after his
brother, Roman, paid an
exorbitant bond, on condition that he would no longer be politically
active. Not fulfilling these obligations, he went underground and
secured false Polish identity papers. In August, 1939 he and wife fled
Poland for Paris. Krystyna was born in Paris in 1940 about the time of
the German occupation (which explains her name). While her father
fought alongside the French Resistance, Krystyna and her mother
remained in Paris with their Jewish identity papers. In July, 1942
during the Jewish deportations, her mother received a tip from a
French policeman that their apartment would be raided. They fled and
were hidden by several families. In 1948, Krystyna and her parents
returned to Poland, where her father became a journalist.
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The Communist affiliation didn’t protect family when, in 1968, during
the stress of the “final” antisemitic wave, her father died.
In January 2009, Krystyna shared that, while in the Warsaw ghetto in
1942, Roman Diament received an offer from the Partisans. He could
be smuggled out of the ghetto with his entire extended family, on the
condition that no children would leave. There was at least
one child to consider, my half-brother Adam. Roman refused the offer.
Krystyna finishes, “So, the whole family remained in the Ghetto. I
consider this decision as very human, courageous, and very
Diament-like. I miss my family very, very much.”
Since my mother died in December, I have been rummaging through old
photos. In the process, I came across another photo of my half-brother,
Adam, from 1937 and one of my father and Helen, dated 1935, which
appears to be a wedding-related photo. I also discovered a list of names
and addresses of people in the States and elsewhere, likely written in the
late-1940s prior to my parents’ decision to move to the States. Among
those listed is that of Joseph Diament and his Parisian address.
As children of survivors, we often try and retrieve whatever history
we can from our parents. For my parents, who were married and had
families before the war, recounting these stories was painful. It meant
unlocking horrors and untold sadness. How could I ask my parents to
experience more pain and sorrow, as opposed to be a source of joy or
nachas? So we have to patch together what we can.
Teacher Education News And Notes
Holocaust Studies For Educators 2009
“Holocaust Education for our students will open their hearts and
minds to the possibility of their humanity.”
~Benetta Abrams, Cincinnati Public Schools
Over 20 educators from Ohio, Kentucky and
Indiana were in attendance at the intensive
one-week Holocaust Studies for Educators (HSE)
course. The content reflected CHHE’s approach
to Holocaust education. Sessions focused on
Rabbi Ingber
Jewish life, the long history of antisemitism,
circumstances prior to and during the Shoah, and the postHolocaust world. In addition to the myriad of historical topics, an
emphasis on the individual accounts and stories were integrated
into the course through survivor and eyewitness accounts as
told through “Mapping Our Tears,” as well as through primary
resources from CHHE’s collection.
Director of Education, Barbara Christensen,
and Sarah Weiss designed the course bringing
together diverse scholars, experts, and
eyewitnesses. The presenters included: Werner
Coppel, Henry Fenichel, Dr. Elizabeth Groppe,
HSE Participants
Rabbi Abie Ingber, Rabbi Lewis Kamrass, Dr.
Samuel D. Kassow, Dr. Sandra Korros, Ruth Kropveld, Rabbi
Anna Levin, Dr. Sarah Melcher, Dr. Michael Meyer, Clifford Park,
Dr. Michael Rapp, Sonja Stratman, Conrad Weiner, and Amir Yarchi.
In line with last year’s focus on resistance, scholar-in-residence
Dr. Samuel D. Kassow, Charles Northam Professor from Trinity
College in Connecticut, enlightened participants during his
session, “Life and Death in the Ghetto.”
As the author of Who Will Write Our
History, Dr. Kassow explained the
importance of remembrances of the
lives stolen during the Holocaust and the
Rabbi Kamrass
significance of a record of those lives. He
described the role of Emanuel Ringelblum in organizing the Oneg
Shabbat Archive buried in the Warsaw Ghetto.
“The collaboration with colleagues, personal accounts of
eyewitnesses, talks led by esteemed experts, and the resources
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I acquired will help me guide my students
to answer the deeper questions about the
Holocaust.”
~Jennifer Eskridge, Bellevue High School, KY
Future Teacher Education Initiatives
Superintendent, Gary Brooks, of West Clermont
Local Schools concluded: “‘Remember, Inform, and Transform’
underscores the commitment educators like us must make to
ensure that knowledge of the Holocaust survives the survivors.”
Teacher education is one of the most important aspects of
CHHE’s work, and we are seeking funding to ensure continued
excellence in our teacher training programs. This commitment to
further teacher education may take many forms: developing new
teaching materials, teaching pre-service
teachers, creating an education advisory
committee, and planning ongoing
workshops and advanced training for
HSE alumni.
Dr Kassow and
Barb Christensen
Dr. Meyer
Advanced Opportunities Through
Jewish Foundation For The Righteous
Since being named a Center of Excellence by the Jewish
Foundation for the Righteous, CHHE is sending two educators
annually for the JFR summer institute, an intensive, high level
advanced training for teachers throughout the United States.
Barbara Christensen and Rosie Alway, educator at Summit
Country Day School, attended the institute in July. Rosie
reflects on the experience: “[Through the institute] I have made
connections with other teachers who teach this topic in English
class. We were able to share
ideas, methods, and pedagogy.
The connection with the Jewish
Foundation for the Righteous
will be an incredible resource
for me as well, as I am now
considered a Lerner Fellow and
part of the organization.”
HSE Participants 2009
Thank You To Our Many Supporters, Whose Efforts And Donations Enable Us To
Remember, Inform, And Transform Thousands Of Individuals Each Year.
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James & Judith Adams
David Alex
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Nathan & Marcie Bachrach
Rabbi Ilana Baden
Bruce and Kitzi Baker
Leonard & Carol Bartel
Aaron & Midge Bateman
Patricia S. Baugher
William & Myra Benedikt
Mr. & Mrs. M. Bergsman
Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Berk
Marc & Deborah Berkson
Inge Berner
Phyllis Binik-Thomas
Donald & Rozlyn Bleznick
Peter & Randall Bloch
David Blumenstein
Henry Blumenstein
Noah Blumenstein
Mary Bonfield
Marilyn, John & Cory Boskind
Richard Braemer
David & Tama Brande
Robert & Susan Brant
David Brande
Marilynn K. Braude
Susan Brenner
Kathy & George Brinkman
Wendy & Sheldon Brownstein
Lucille K. Carothers
Phyllis Caskey
Mr. & Mrs. Jack Chartock
Stanley Chesley
John & Julie Cohen
Steve & Ruth Coppel
Werner & Trudy Coppel
Richard Danning
Theodore C. Deutsch
Amy Diamond
Alison Dipilla
Elizabeth Dolan
Beth Duff
Drore & Jane Eisen
Dr. Peter Ellingson
Jane Ellis
Mr. & Mrs. David Ellis III
Sterling & Cecilia Euster
German Faerman
Leonard & Marguerite Feibelman
Henry & Diana Fenichel
Miriam & Morris Finkel
Amy Finkle
Michael & Suzette Fisher
Robert & Arna Fisher
William Friedlander
Dick & Gail Friedman
Judith Friedman
Ben & Dee Gettler
Richard & Marcia Goldberg
Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Greenberg
Ellen K. Greenberger
Louis & Beth Guttman
Charlotte Hattenbach
Mark Heiman
Paul & Joyce Heiman
Halina Herman
Donna & Roland Heyne, Sr.
Jeff & Judy Hirsh
Lisa & Shimon Ben Hur
Mr. & Mrs. Louis W. Jacobs
Dr. & Mrs. Richard Jolson
Scott & Patricia Joseph
Carol & Kenneth Kabel
Roma Kaltman
Ray Kanton
Stanley & Mickey Kaplan
Marilyn W. Klein
Sam Knobler
Mel & Sharon Kreitzer
Edward & Jessica Kuresman
Mark & Lilly Kurtz
Grace Lehrer
Bob & Sissy Lenobel
Dr. & Mrs. Ronald Lenobel
Steven & Julie Levine
Dr. Joseph E. Levinson
Dr. Karen Gail Lewis
Leon & Beverly Lichtin
Florence Lippman
Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Lowenstein
Rosalee Luchs
Gary Maier & Family
Edward G. Marks
Stephanie Marks
Melvin & Cynthia Marmer
Saul Marmer
Dr. Maurice D. Marsh
Jessica & Micah Max
Howard Mayers
John & Karen McKitric
Joseph & Eleanor Megel
Barbara J. Meislin
Rose Merblum
Dr. Michael and Rabbi Margaret
Meyer
Matt & Stephanie Meyer
Al & Jane Miller
Sonia Milrod
Ryo Minoguchi
Margaret Moertl
Rosa Maria Moreno
Herman Moskowitz
David Natarus
Mark & Sharon Natarus
Dennis Nelson
John & Sara Neyer
Bea Opengart
Martin Oppenheimer
Robert Oppenheimer
Hannah Ostrow
Cliff Park
Anita Penn
Marvin Peyser
Mr.& Mrs. Joseph Pichler
Joseph & Doris Polaniecki
Dr. Myrtis H. Powell
Jay and Susan Price
Regine Ransohoff
Zahava & Sam Rendler
Ed & Carole Rigaud
Steve & Beatrice Rosedale
John & Henrita Rosenthal
Lisa Minor Rosner
Eli & Renee Roth
Monique Rothschild
Jacob & Stephanie Rubin
Diana & Bill Ryckbost
Rabbi Herman Schaalman
Dr. Richard Schade
Steven & Rachel Schild
Todd Schild
Mr. & Mrs. Walter Schnur
Zell Schulman
Theodore L. Schwartz
Peggy Selonick
Stanley & Jane Shulman
Tova & Leonard Singer
Mr. & Mrs. Louis Sirkin
David & Susan Smith
Thomas Smith
Harriet, Randy & Shirley Sokolow
Harry Sotsky
Judge Arthur & Louise Spiegel
Judy L. Spitz
Carol Steel
Alan & Rosemary Stein
J.M. Stollenwerk
Brian & Andrea Szames
David L. Therrien
Brian & Paulette Thomas
Michael A. Thomas
Eva Tsavavga
Paul Vaske
Raphael & Nancy Warren
Sarah Warren
Arnold & Rita Wasserman
Richard Weiland
Cathy Weiss
Sarah Weiss
Lynn Wertheimer
Harris & Alice Weston
Glenn White
Henry & Beatrice Winkler
Fred & Eve Wittenbaum
Tom & Marilyn Zemboch
We apologize for any names that
have been inadvertently omitted
from this list. If your name is
not listed, please contact us at
(513) 487-3055 so that we may
update our records.
Thank You To Our Partners In Remembrance
Boymel Family Charitable
Foundation
Conference on Jewish Material
Claims Against Germany
Downlight
Duke Energy Foundation
Ethicon Endo-Surgery
The Grandchildren of Joe & Ellen
Schneider
Greater Cincinnati Foundation
The Jewish Federation of
Cincinnati
Jones the Florist
Stanley and Mickey Kaplan
Foundation
Macy’s
Mahan Advertising
Mayers Electric Company, Inc.
The Manual D. & Rhoda
Mayerson Foundation
National Check Bureau
Ohio Historical Society
PNC
Prime Target Direct, LLC.
State of Ohio
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Mark Your Calendars
Kristallnacht Commemoration and Reopening
Sunday, November 8, 2:00 p.m.
at CHHE on the campus of Rockwern Academy,
8401 Montgomery Road, Cincinnati, OH 45236
The reopening of the expanded permanent exhibit, Mapping Our
Tears, will unite the diverse Cincinnati community to commemorate
Kristallnacht, the “night of the broken glass.”
Please call or check the website for more details coming soon!
3 Works, 3 Centuries, 2 Continents Concerts:
A Musical Legacy for the Next Generations
Wednesday, January 27, 7:30 p.m.
at Plum Street Temple,
720 Plum Street,
Cincinnati, OH 45202
This unique concert brings together
a Jewish American composer
with his young German protégé,
performing songs composed by
Holocaust Awarness Program Jewish musicians in Germany
prior to the Holocaust. The concert
Focus Group
will also feature music by an American composer, reflecting on the
aftermath of the Shoah. This event promises to bring together a
diverse crowd for an evening of music and healing.
Yom HaShoah
Sunday, April 11, 2:00 p.m.
at the Mayerson Jewish Community Center,
8485 Ridge Road, Cincinnati, OH 45236
Our annual Yom HaShoah commemorates the Shoah with a candle
lighting, prayer, and a moving program that remembers the lives lost
during the Holocaust and honors the lives saved.
Remember, Inform, Transform
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Fax: 513.221.1842
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