Monday, June 26, 2006

10.00-14.00 Guided tours of the New Holocaust History Museum
                  Participants who wish to take the tour should meet at the
                  Visitor's Center. The tours will run approximately for two
                  hours and will be limited to 30 people.
                  Tours will begin at: 10:15, 11:00, 11:15, 12:00, 12:15,
                  13:00, 13:15 and 14:00.

13:00-16:00 The Association of Holocaust Organizations will hold a
                  special meeting to discuss: Teaching the Holocaust in
                  Light of Contemporary Antisemitism.
                  This meeting is open to all conference participants and
                  will be held in the school auditorium.
                  The presenters are listed below:

Session Chairman: Dr. William L. Shulman
                            President, AHO

Presenters: Dr. Wolf Kaiser
                  Deputy Director and Director of Education
                  Wannsee House, Germany

                  Christer Mattsson
                  Living History Forum, Sweden

                  Ronaldas Racinskas, Director
                  International Commission for the Evaluation
                  of the Crimes Of the Nazi and Soviet Regimes
                  in Lithuania

                  Otto Ruehl,
                  Department for Holocaust and Genocide Studies
                  Danish Institute for International Studies

                  Mark Weitzman
                  Director, Task Force Against Hate
                  Simon Wiesenthal Center, United States

19.30-20.30   Opening Ceremony of the 5th International Conference for Educators: Teaching the Holocaust to Future Generations

The ceremony will take place in the Family Plaza adjacent to the International School for Holocaust Studies, Yad Vashem.

In the presence of:

Rabbi Michael Melchior, MK, Chairman of the Education, Culture and Sports Committee, The Knesset

Mr. Avner Shalev, Chairman of the Yad Vashem Directorate

Mr. Shlomo (Momo) Lifshitz, President of Oranim Educational Initiatives

Musical Program: The King David Children's Choir directed by Irena Kogan

Sanias El-Kreuter, violin

Master of Ceremonies: Dr. Gideon Greif

Tuesday, June 27, 2006

9:00-11:00   Yad Vashem Auditorium

The Face of the Individual within the Historical Narrative: Educational Uses of Holocaust Art, Literature, and Film

Chairperson: Dr. William L. Shulman, President, AHO

Prof. Lawrence Langer
Professor Emeritus of English
Simmons College, MA. USA

Dr. Stephen Feinstein
Director, Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies
Univ.of Minnesota, MN. USA

Dr. Deborah Oppenheimer
Producer of the Academy Award winning film: "Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport"
USA

11.00-11.30 - Break
Refreshments will be available in the Family Plaza adjacent to the International School for Holocaust Studies.

11.30-12.30 - Discussion Groups in the International School for Holocaust Studies
These sessions will allow for reflection and discussion on the morning topics. The discussions will be chaired by:

Dr. Carol Rittner, RSM                                ROOM 25 Coordinator of Holocaust and Genocide Studies
Richard Stockton College of New Jersey USA

Orit Margliot                                               ROOM 15
European Department, ISHS, Yad Vashem
Israel

Yehudit Shendar                  SCHOOL AUDITORIUM A Director of the Art Department, Senior Art Curator
Yad Vashem, Israel

Dr. Stephen Feinstein           SCHOOL AUDITORIUM B Director, Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies
University of Minnesota, USA

12.30-13.30 - Lunch
Lunch will be served in the Family Plaza adjacent to the International School for Holocaust Studies.

13.30-15.00 - Session A: Educational Workshops will take place in the School

15.00-16.00 - Break

16.00-17.30 - Session B: Educational Workshops

Wednesday, June 28, 2006

9:00-11:00 Yad Vashem Auditorium

The Educational Implications of Visiting Holocaust Memorial Sites and Museums - On Site Objectives and Classroom Use

Chairperson: Prof. David Bankier, Head of the International Research Institute

Avner Shalev
Chairman of the Yad Vashem Directorate
Jerusalem, Israel

Prof. Dr. Rita Süssmuth
Former President of the German Parliament
Chairperson of "The Friends of Yad Vashem in Germany"

Dr. Jolanta Ambrosewicz-Jacobs
Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum
Head of Research Section for Holocaust Studies
Jagiellonian University
Krakow, Poland

Dan Napolitano,
Director of the Education Division,
USHMM, Washington, D.C. USA

11.00-11.30 - Break
Refreshments will be available in the Family Plaza adjacent to the International School for Holocaust Studies.

11.30-12.30 - Discussion Groups in the International School for Holocaust Studies
These sessions will allow for reflection and discussion on the morning topics.The discussions will be chaired by:

Dr. Wolf Kaiser                                          ROOM 25 Deputy Director and Director of Education
Wannsee House, Germany

Dan Napolitano                                         ROOM 15
Director of the Education Division
USHMM, Washington, D.C. USA

Dr. David Silberklang        SCHOOL AUDITORIUM A Editor Yad Vashem Studies
Yad Vashem, Israel

Eli Rubenstein                   SCHOOL AUDITORIUM B March of the Living Toronto, Canada

12.30-13.30 - Lunch
Lunch will be served in the Family Plaza adjacent to the International School for Holocaust Studies.

13.30-15.00 - Educational Workshops will take place in the School

15.30-17:30 - Guided Tours of the New Yad Vashem Art Museum, Visual Center, Learning Center, and Synagogue

Thursday, June 29, 2006

9:00-11:00 Yad Vashem Auditorium

The Uniqueness of the Shoah in the Context of Genocide: the Educational Objectives

Chairperson: Dr. Israel Charney, Executive Director of the Institute on the Holocaust and Genocide, Israel

Dr. Deborah E. Lipstadt
Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish and Holocaust Studies
Director, Rabbi Donald Tam Institute for Jewish Studies
Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia
USA

Professor Ben Kiernan
Whitney Griswold Professor of History,
Professor of International and Area Studies,
Director, Genocide Studies Program,
Yale University, New Haven, CT
USA

Prof. Yehuda Bauer, Academic Advisor to Yad Vashem
Yad Vashem, Israel

11.00-11.30 - Break
Refreshments will be available in the Family Plaza adjacent to the International School for Holocaust Studies.

11.30-12.30 - Discussion Groups in the International School for Holocaust Studies
These sessions will allow for reflection and discussion on the morning topics. The discussions will be chaired by:

Mark Weitzman                                          ROOM 25 Director, Task Force Against Hate
Simon Wiesenthal Center, USA

Mary Johnson                                            ROOM 15
National Senior Program Associate for Facing History and Ourselves
Brookline MA. USA

Dr. Doron Avraham            SCHOOL AUDITORIUM A Director, European Department
Yad Vashem, Israel

Raya Kalisman                   SCHOOL AUDITORIUM B Founder and Director of the Center for Humanistic Education
Ghettos Fighters' House
Israel

12.30-13.30 - Lunch
Lunch will be served in the Family Plaza adjacent to the International School for Holocaust Studies.

13.30-15.00 - Educational Workshops will take place in the School

15.00-16.00 - Break

16.00-18.00 - Closing Session - Yad Vashem Auditorium

This session is in memory of Dr. Israel Asper

Chairperson: Moses (Moe) Levy, Executive
Director, Asper Foundation

Topic of the closing session:

The Holocaust, Genocide and Human Rights: What have we learned? Where do we go from here?

Speakers:

Shulamit Imber, Pedagogical Director of the International School for Holocaust Studies

The Honorable Prof. Irwin Cotler, Member of the Canadian Parliament

Master of Ceremonies: Ephraim Kaye