Apr 26, 2010 By: yunews
Azrieli Publishes Second PRISM Journal, Offering Educators Creative and Scholarly Methods on Teaching the Holocaust
Apr 26, 2010 -- The Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration has just published its second issue of PRISM: An Interdisciplinary Journal for Holocaust Educators with funding from the Rothman Foundation and is making it available with the hope that it will help students examine and find meaning in the complex story of those who remained bystanders during the Holocaust.
Each issue examines a specific topic through a variety of lenses, including education, history, literature, poetry, psychology and art. Experts from high schools, colleges, universities, museums and resource centers in the U.S. and Israel share diverse perspectives highlighting particular facets of Holocaust education.
“The Holocaust is too often discussed as a series of historical dates and events without engendering an emotional and more deeply intellectual engagement in the subject,” said Dr. Jeffrey Glanz, Raine and Stanley Silverstein Chair in Professional Ethics and Values at YU. “The use of literature, art and poetry—if properly selected and implemented—has the potential to communicate essential ideas about the Holocaust in creative and alternative ways students find appealing.”
The second issue of the international, peer-reviewed journal edited by Dr. Karen Shawn, visiting associate professor of Jewish education, and Dr. Glanz, features essays by Azrieli faculty Dr. Rona Novick and Dr. Moshe Sokolow and by former and current Azrieli graduate students, including Rabbi Daniel Kroll, Effie Kleinberg and Emily Amie Witty. The editors welcome submissions from faculty and students; the themes for upcoming issues are stated in the journal.
To receive a complimentary copy, send a request with your complete mailing address to prism@yu.edu.
Apr 26, 2010 -- The Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration has just published its second issue of PRISM: An Interdisciplinary Journal for Holocaust Educators with funding from the Rothman Foundation and is making it available with the hope that it will help students examine and find meaning in the complex story of those who remained bystanders during the Holocaust.
Each issue examines a specific topic through a variety of lenses, including education, history, literature, poetry, psychology and art. Experts from high schools, colleges, universities, museums and resource centers in the U.S. and Israel share diverse perspectives highlighting particular facets of Holocaust education.
“The Holocaust is too often discussed as a series of historical dates and events without engendering an emotional and more deeply intellectual engagement in the subject,” said Dr. Jeffrey Glanz, Raine and Stanley Silverstein Chair in Professional Ethics and Values at YU. “The use of literature, art and poetry—if properly selected and implemented—has the potential to communicate essential ideas about the Holocaust in creative and alternative ways students find appealing.”
The second issue of the international, peer-reviewed journal edited by Dr. Karen Shawn, visiting associate professor of Jewish education, and Dr. Glanz, features essays by Azrieli faculty Dr. Rona Novick and Dr. Moshe Sokolow and by former and current Azrieli graduate students, including Rabbi Daniel Kroll, Effie Kleinberg and Emily Amie Witty. The editors welcome submissions from faculty and students; the themes for upcoming issues are stated in the journal.
To receive a complimentary copy, send a request with your complete mailing address to prism@yu.edu.
