APPLICATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED
The Holocaust Centre of New Zealand will be taking a new cohort of educators on the
Inge Woolf Memorial Seminar for New Zealand Educators at Yad Vashem, 2023
Inge Woolf Memorial Seminar for New Zealand Educators at Yad Vashem, 2023
A 14-day intensive teacher training seminar from 6th - 23rd January, 2023, at the International School for Holocaust Studies, at Yad Vashem, in Jerusalem, Israel, this programme brings teachers from all over Aotearoa New Zealand to learn from world experts in Holocaust education.
This programme provides:
- Pedagogy and theories on teaching the Holocaust in a safe manner to students
- Connections between the actions of victims, perpetrators, and bystanders before, during, and after the events of the Holocaust
- Curriculum from experts in the field of Holocaust education
- Meeting with Holocaust survivors
- Connections with the New Zealand Aotearoa Histories curriculum
Background
Between 2013 - 2019*, the Holocaust Centre of New Zealand, in conjunction with Yad Vashem, has sent between 25-30 New Zealand educators every two years to attend an intensive study seminar at the International School for Holocaust Studies at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, Israel.
These educators get to experience Jerusalem and other areas of Israel, meet Holocaust survivors, and bring home into their classrooms the many lessons and teaching practicum ideas learned from world leading experts in the field of Holocaust education.
Many seminar graduates reflect on this as a "life changing experience".
Beyond the seminar itself Yad Vashem graduates become part of our very cherished alumni, and continue as supported advocates in Holocaust education, turning present youth and future generations into global citizens.
The seminar underwent a name change in 2021 in honour of HCNZ's Founding Director and the person who initiated the NZ educators Yad Vashem seminar, Mrs Inge Woolf z"l.
*COVID-19 impacted us being able to undertake a 2021 seminar.
These educators get to experience Jerusalem and other areas of Israel, meet Holocaust survivors, and bring home into their classrooms the many lessons and teaching practicum ideas learned from world leading experts in the field of Holocaust education.
Many seminar graduates reflect on this as a "life changing experience".
Beyond the seminar itself Yad Vashem graduates become part of our very cherished alumni, and continue as supported advocates in Holocaust education, turning present youth and future generations into global citizens.
The seminar underwent a name change in 2021 in honour of HCNZ's Founding Director and the person who initiated the NZ educators Yad Vashem seminar, Mrs Inge Woolf z"l.
*COVID-19 impacted us being able to undertake a 2021 seminar.
A video overview of the Yad Vashem seminar experience, 2013.
Photo montage from Yad Vashem 2017 trip.
Our Yad Vashem Seminar for NZ Educators is generously supported by donations from various sponsors, including the Raye Freedman Trust, Claims Conference, JJ Ofer, Auckland Private Educational Charitable Trust, Astor Foundation, Israeli Embassy, Henry Ganor & Vivienne Fliegner, David Zwartz, John Barnett, Frank Pearson, Kerry & Jacqui Knight, Han & Jenny Klisser, Claire & Peter Bruell.
