Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education

Learn more and register for the Center's Spring 2017 events.

Upcoming Events

The Center Denounces Hate Speech

The Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education at the College of Saint Elizabeth has joined institutions from around the world in condemning white nationalist groups and their promotion of hate speech. By signing the joint statement, the College has joined in the movement which includes 71 Holocaust scholars and educators as well as 89 other institutions.

Read Joint Statement

Meet the New Center Director

Dr. Amy Weiss received her doctoral degree from the departments of Hebrew & Judaic Studies and History at New York University.

Her goals for the center include increasing student and community involvement, diversifying the curriculum to include other genocides and increasing the learning opportunities, especially for K-12 teachers who are mandated by the state to teach Holocaust and genocide studies.

Read Amy's Profile

Center Offerings

• Annual Kristallnacht commemorations.
• Workshops for public and private school teachers in conjunction with the New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education.
• In service workshops for public and Catholic school teachers.
• Programs for secondary, public and Catholic school students. For example, presentations at state, national and international gatherings of teachers, religious groups, holocaust survivors and civic groups
• Trips to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC, the Museum of Jewish Heritage/A Living Memorial to the Holocaust and the Ellis Island Immigration Museum.

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Memberships

• Association of Holocaust Organizations (AHO)
• Association of New Jersey Holocaust Organizations (ANJHO)
• American Catholic Theological Societies (ACTS) Subcommittee on Jewish-Christian Relations
• Council of Centers on Jewish-Christian Relations

Holocaust Resources

Mission Statement

The Mission of the Center is to provide education and remembrance of the Holocaust and other genocides, to facilitate Catholic/Jewish dialogue and interfaith understanding, and to do so with high academic and scholarly standards, as well as standards consistent with the teachings of Vatican Council II.

The Center aims to provide a variety of programs, courses, resources, and other educational opportunities to CSE undergraduate and graduate students and the community, as well as for teachers to enable them to help their own students meet the New Jersey State mandate for education about the Holocaust and genocide.