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Interfaith Community Tour to Israel

Congregation Emanu-El Israel and Seton Hill University With enthusiasm and excitement, Rabbi Sara Perman, Sister Lois Sculco, S.C. and Sister Gemma DelDuca, S.C. invite you to join them us as they explore, tour and learn about the Land of the... ... (Posted 18 Nov)

Holocaust Survivor Fritz Ottemheimer speaks about Kristallnacht Experience

The annual Kristallnacht Remembrance Service was held at Seton Hill University (SHU) on Tuesday November 9, 2009 from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm in St. Joseph Chapel.  Fritz Ottenheimer, author of "Escape and Return," who fled Germany with his family and later... ... (Posted 16 Nov)

Educators Gather at The Ethel LeFrak Holocaust Education Conference 2009

The Ethel LeFrak Holocaust Education Conference 2009, presented by the National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education (NCCHE) at Seton Hill University (SHU), was held October 25-27 on the University's campus.  One hundred and thirty attendees plus SHU students, faculty, and... ... (Posted 16 Nov)

Film Screening and Discussion of "40 Years of Silence: An Indonesian Tragedy" Examines Effects of Hidden Genocide

The second day of the Ethel LeFrak Holocaust Education Conference 2009 concluded with a screening and panel discussion of the documentary film “Forty Years of Silence: An Indonesian Tragedy.” The film examines one of the largest unknown mass killings of... ... (Posted 13 Nov)

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Yad Vashem 2009 Summer Institute

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Holocaust Museum Trip

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Interfaith Community Tour to Israel

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29 Apr Students Experience Both Rewards and Challenges During NCCHE Internships   It was the new minor in Genocide and Holocaust studies that drove Ryan Gephart to choose to intern at the National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education (NCCHE). “Since coming to Seton Hill genocide studies and Holocaust education is something...

11 Sep Unto Every Person There is a Name The following is a speech given by Fritz Ottenheimer. Fritz will be a featured speaker at Seton Hill's annual Kristallnacht Remembrance Service, on November 11, 2008, held in St. Joseph Chapel at 6 p.m.   Unto Every Person There...

16 Mar Reflections on Nostra Aetate:
40 Years after Its Call for a New Era of Interreligious Dialogue
The surprise at the Conference in Rome for me was the extent of the expansion of dialogue in pursuing the encounter with Islam and beyond especially with Buddhism and Hinduism.--Sister Gemma R. Del Duca

26 Jan Ruth Drescher Recalls Memories of Kristallnacht I look down at my one piece [of candy] wondering why I only got one, when the other children got two. "It is because you are Jewish," said one of the other 5-year olds. --Ruth Drescher