by yjxb9 | Jul 6, 2022 | Newsletter
Florida’s new state budget for Fiscal Year 2022-2023 that took effect July 1 dedicates $300,000 for HERC’S educational mission. The Florida Legislature approved and Gov. Ron DeSantis in June signed the state’s $110 billion budget, passed during the 2023 Legislative...
by yjxb9 | Jul 6, 2022 | Newsletter
As a summer community-engagement project, 15 area students arrived at HERC on a hot July morning to put in a week of life-changing service and learning about the Holocaust. Topped off by a visit to Florida’s Holocaust Museum in St. Petersburg, the students spent the...
by yjxb9 | Jul 6, 2022 | Newsletter
Mark your calendars for Sept. 18 when award-winning documentary producer Ken Burns will bring the story of the Holocaust to the screen. THE U.S. AND THE HOLOCAUST is a three-part documentary directed and produced by Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein. The...
by yjxb9 | Jul 6, 2022 | Newsletter
With a mission to provide resources, instructional guidance, and support for educators and the community, HERC is one of the nation’s leading authorities on Holocaust education. A scan of recent headlines demonstrates why this mission is a critical one. While Jewish...
by yjxb9 | Jul 6, 2022 | Newsletter
It’s been 77 years since the end of World War II and justice is still owed to victims of the Holocaust. The latest example comes from Florida where the state’s Department of Financial Services’ (DFS) Holocaust Victims Assistance Program recently announced the program...
by yjxb9 | Jun 6, 2022 | Newsletter
Featured speaker Michael Berenbaum, an eminent Holocaust historian who played a lead role in the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s creation, will discuss the importance of understanding a lesser-known part of the “Final Solution.” Come to HERC’s June 14th event to hear...
