Commuity Yom HaShoah Remembrance
"About Numbers, Pictures and Words"
With Guest Speaker Dr. Rachel Korazim
April 7, 2013 at 3:00 p.m.
Free and Open to the Public
Overview
Yom HaShoah commemorates the Holocaust and honors the six million Jews who were murdered as part of the Nazis’ systematic plan to exterminate the Jewish people. In Hebrew, it means "Day of the Calamity." It is also the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, which is observed this year on Monday, April 8.
In the spirit of shared tribute, Alvernia University and the Jewish Federation of Reading gather to remember the victims of the Holocaust and ghetto uprisings in a public observance. Joining the program will be keynote speaker, Dr. Rachel Korazim. Dr. Korazim will talk about humanizing the millions of victims, going beyond the numbers, and looking for the beauty destroyed in the pictures that portray atrocities. She will also discuss the importance of paying close attention to how we speak and what we say about those who perished.
The remembrance will conclude with a memorial candle lighting service led by survivors and family members of survivors.
This session will be held at the following location:
Alvernia University
Bernardine Hall, Lecture Hall
400 Saint Bernardine Street, Reading, PA 19607
Rachel is a freelance Jewish education consultant specializing in curriculum development for Israel and Holocaust education.
Until 2008 she had been the Academic Director of Distance Learning programs at the JAFO Department of Education.
Born in Israel, she had served in the I.D.F. as an officer in the central training base for women and was later, a member of the I.D.F. delegation to Niger (West Africa). She is a graduate of Haifa University with a Ph.D. in Jewish education. Rachel had a vast experience in Jewish education both in Israel and the Diaspora.
As one of the founders and directors of a special program for soldiers from a disadvantaged background, she was responsible for creating the educational framework and training teachers for the implementation of the program.
As one of the founders and directors of a special program for soldiers from a disadvantaged background, she was responsible for creating the educational framework and training teachers for the implementation of the program.
Since her first Shlichut to Canada where she was the head of JAFI delegation from (1985-1988) she is involved with Jewish education worldwide; creating and implementing in-service training programs for educators, writing educational materials, counseling and teaching. Rachel is familiar, through many visits, with the Jewish education communities of the US, Canada, Latin America and Europe. Since 1990 she has invested a lot of her time and energy in helping the emerging Jewish schools of Hungary.
