New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education

The New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education is a government agency of the U.S. state of New Jersey. Its core mission is to promote Holocaust education throughout the state by surveying, designing, encouraging and promoting Holocaust and genocide education and awareness. It also provides programs and coordinates events to memorialize The Holocaust.and provides curriculum Guides on a variety of Topics

New Jersey Commission
on Holocaust Education
Agency overview
Formed1991[1]
Preceding agency
  • New Jersey Holocaust Council
JurisdictionNew Jersey
HeadquartersP.O. Box 500 Trenton, NJ 08625
Agency executive
  • Phil Kirschner
Parent agencyNew Jersey Department of Education
Websitehttp://www.state.nj.us/education/holocaust/

The Commission presents "The Hela Young Award" each year "to honor a person in recognition of outstanding work in the community for the improvement of human relations among diverse peoples and for the improvement of the human condition."[2] The award is named for Hela Yungst, a former television entertainer and beauty pageant winner, and past president of the Commission. In 2016 Paul B.Winkler died. He had been the executive director of the New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education since 1975.[3][4][5][6]

Curriculum Guides Examples
  • K-4 Holocaust/Genocide Curriculum Guide Caring Makes a Difference[7]
  • 5-8 Holocaust/Genocide Curriculum Guide To Honor All Children[8][9][10][11]
  • 9-12 Holocaust/Genocide Curriculum Guide The Holocaust and Genocide:The Betrayal of Humanity[12][13]
  • The Cambodian Curriculum[14][15]

References
  1. "About us", Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education website, accessed September 19, 2009.
  2. "Hela Young Award", New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education website, accessed September 18, 2009.
  3. Gotlieb, Andy (2016-07-14). "Former N.J. Commission on Holocaust Education Executive Director Paul B. Winkler Dies at 79". Jewish Exponent. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
  4. "Statement On the Passing of Dr. Paul Winkler | The Jewish Federation in the Heart of New Jersey". jewishheartnj.org. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
  5. "HAMEC mourns the passing of Dr. Paul B. Winkler, leader of Holocaust education in New Jersey | Holocaust Awareness Museum and Education Center". www.hamec.org. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
  6. "Holocaust scholar to deliver Dr. Paul B. Winkler annual lecture at Rowan | Rowan Today". today.rowan.edu. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
  7. "Caring Makes a Difference" (PDF).
  8. "TO HONOR ALL CHILDREN FROM PREJUDICE, TO DISCRIMINATION, TO HATRED... TO HOLOCAUST" (PDF).
  9. "TO HONOR ALL CHILDREN part 2" (PDF).
  10. "TO HONOR ALL CHILDREN PART 3" (PDF).
  11. "TO HONOR ALL CHILDREN Part 4" (PDF).
  12. "The Holocaust and Genocide: The Betrayal of Humanity, part one" (PDF).
  13. "The Holocaust and Genocide: The Betrayal of Humanity, part two" (PDF).
  14. "The Killing of Cambodia part 1" (PDF).
  15. "Using Memoirs to Meet Content Standards part 2" (PDF).



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