NCCHE in the MediaConference to confront rising anti-SemitismThe National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education at Seton Hill University will host its sixth annual conference this weekend amid concerns about rising anti-Semitism worldwide. "Catholics need to hear the story of the Holocaust," said Sister Gemma Del Luca, who...[ More
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C-J teacher part of U.S. holocaust education groupIt was seen as a perfect time to invite 125 Catholic educators from across the United States to Poland...The one-week experience in early May was sponsored by College of St. Elizabeth in Morristown, N.Y., and Seton Hill University, home of the National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education in Greensburg, Penn. -- Catholic Telegraph[ More
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Students Turned Away From Guest Speaker's PresentationTwo classes were waiting in the hall to be seated. However, there was no seating left and no possibility of standing or sitting on the floor, due to fire safety codes. "The unfortunate part is we did have to turn people away," Kaylor said. -- Setonian[ More
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SHU's Production of Kindertransport"The Kindertransport Journey: Memory into History," an exhibit of historical pictures, letters and quotes, will be at Reeves Library on Seton Hill's campus through Nov. 20. --Pittsburgh Post-Gazette[ More
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Lenten panel discusses continuity, discontinuity of passion narratives[A]s the Christian world prepared for Holy Thursday, Seton Hill's National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education (NCCHE) hosted a panel [which]...discussed the ways the Catholic church had presented the gospels and the implications for Jewish-Christian relations." --Evan Reynolds, Setonian[ More
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I'm Leaving for Poland in Two DaysHalfway through the presentation I knew I wanted more than anything to go to on this trip, but I still didn't think it was possible. So many people have helped me along the way....[ More
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Bishop Wuerl to be missed by Jewish community hereBishop Donald Wuerl of the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh was instrumental in building bridges between Pittsburgh's Catholic and Jewish communities, area Jewish leaders said. Wuerl has been named archbishop of Washington, D.C. by Pope Benedict XVI, it was announced Tuesday....[ More
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Pittsburgh Jews give new archbishop high marksBishop Donald Wuerl, the newly named archbishop of Washington, D.C., leaves behind a legacy of friendship with Jewish Pittsburgh following 18 years at the helm of the Catholic diocese in the Pennsylvania city. Jewish leaders say he was instrumental in...[ More
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NCCHE Board Member Great Stokes Tucker Noted for LeadershipAs director of the Department for Black Catholics, Ethnic and Cultural Communities, Greta Stokes Tucker directs the Office for Black Catholic Ministries and the Office for Ethnic Ministries with the Korean, Latino and Vietnamese Catholic communities. She also provides support...[ More
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Holocaust play opens Seton Hill 2006-07 season"Mazel," a play about the bitter effects of repressed Holocaust memories on a family, will open the 2006-07 theater season at Seton Hill University in Greensburg. Seton Hill's National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education will host a "Talk Back" session and reception with local Holocaust survivors following the 2 p.m. Oct. 8 performance.--Pittsburgh Tribune-Review[ More
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Broken glass, shattered livesOn Tuesday evening, Ottenheimer, of Forest Hills, Allegheny County, recalled Kristallnacht, "the night of broken glass," at a remembrance service held as part of the Holocaust Education Conference at Seton Hill University in Greensburg. The event was sponsored by the National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education. --Tribune-Review[ More
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Catholic nun, Holocaust educator, marks KristallnachtA Catholic nun, Del Duca, 74, lives in the heart of Jerusalem, where she maintains a formal relationship between Yad Vashem and the National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education at Seton Hill University in Greensburg. -- Jewish_Chronicle[ More
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Community Bulletin Board PostingThe National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education will sponsor a lecture, "Genocide in Darfur: Sudan's Defiance of International Human Rights."...Speaker will be Sharon Hutchinson. -- Pittsburgh Post Gazette[ More
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Holocaust lesson inspires penny driveWhen English teacher Tiffany Boyce attended Seton Hill University, her senior seminar was taught by a professor who was highly involved in the Holocaust Center. -- Valley Independent[ More
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Student explores career options“I didn’t choose to intern here (at the NCCHE) because it was close or convenient, I did it because it was something that I am so interested in and something I would like to do in the future,” said Vanessa...[ More
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Darfur lecturer speaks at SHUOn March 26, 2007 the National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education and the JoAnne Boyle World Affairs Forum hosted a lecture by Sharon Hutchinson at Seton Hill University (SHU)...During her lecture, Hutchinson discussed the conflict [in Darfur] and its history,...[ More
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Artists interning on and off campusSenior Cherie Menser-Dell, an intern at SHU’s National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education (NCCHE) is learning a lot about confidence and independence, and other possible careers she can do with her creative writing major. To her surprise, her degree doesn’t...[ More
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Yom Hashoah program remembers all Holocaust victimsAnd Sister M. Noel Kernan, a co-founder of the National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education at Seton Hill University, Greensburg, lit a candle honoring all other victims. "It is tragically clear to all of us that letting evil go unchecked allows it to replicate itself," she said. (Jewish_Chronicle)[ More
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Seton Hill Holocaust educator honoredSister Gemma Del Duca will be the first non-Israeli to receive Yad Vashem's Excellence in Holocaust Education Award.[ More
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U.S. nun who started Holocaust seminars gets award from Yad VashemA Catholic nun from Pennsylvania is the first non-Jew and non-Israeli to receive Yad Vashem's Award for Excellence in Holocaust Education. CNS[ More
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Holocaust scholar urges Seton Hill students to learn lessons of historyShould someone who worked for the Nazis be designated a "rescuer" by Yad Vashem, Israel's Holocaust remembrance authority? Should the same be said for an anti-Semite or a Catholic priest? Alex Grobman raised those questions at Seton Hill University last...[ More
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Catholic university offers online courses in genocide, HolocaustA new program at Seton Hill University in Greensburg allows students to pursue a graduate program certificate or an undergraduate minor in genocide and Holocaust studies. The new program, which began with the 2007-08 academic year, is offered entirely online to allow international access for students, professors and scholars. -- Catholic News Service[ More
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Notre Dame College's Tolerance Resource Center celebrates 10th yearTucked away in the library of South Euclid's Notre Dame College is the Tolerance Resource Center, which is celebrating its 10th year. The center was proposed by Margaret Kocevar, a Notre Dame adjunct professor and graduate of the school, whose...[ More
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Holocaust survivors inspire studentsSister Lois Sculco, director of the National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education at Seton Hill University in Greensburg, urged the students to spread the messages of the survivors. "When you hear a witness, you become a witness," she said....[ More
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Nostra Aetate award winner emphasizes communicationOn October 23 the National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education’s (NCCHE) presented the Nostra Aetate Award to Eugene Fisher. This prestigious award was given in recognition of Fisher’s renowned work towards the goal of bettering the relations between those of...[ More
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Event to mark 70th anniversaryFritz Ottenheimer was 13 years old, living with his parents in Constance, Germany, in late 1938 when he was startled awake one night by an explosion. Charity Sister Gemma Del Duca, who founded Seton Hill’s Holocaust center in 1987 and...[ More
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'Night of broken glass' shattered teen's world 70 years agoOn the morning of Nov. 10, 1938, Fritz Ottenheimer was awakened by an explosion that shook his bed. Ottenheimer was just 13 then -- a boy living in Konstanz, Germany. And he was a Jew. And while the German government...[ More
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Forest Hills man speaks of life in Germany under NazisFritz Ottenhiemer was the featured speaker Nov. 11 at the annual Kristallnacht Remembrance Service, sponsored by the National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education at Seton Hill University. Mr. Ottenheimer addressed a standing-room crowd in St. Joseph Chapel, which seats 400 to...[ More
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Seton Hill Holocaust center given $750,000A New York philanthropist has donated $750,000 to Seton Hill University's National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education, the university announced yesterday. (Tribune-Review)...[ More
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Seton Hill Holocaust center gets $750,000 giftA cofounder of the National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education at Seton Hill University says a $750,000 gift from a benefactor will help future generations understand the causes and consequences of the Nazi slaughter of millions of Jews and others...[ More
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Holocaust center at Seton Hill U. receives $750,000Seton Hill University today announced it has received a gift of $750,000 to the university's National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education. (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)...[ More
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Pittsburgh Jewish Israeli Film Festival Announces 2009 LineupThis year’s Pittsburgh Jewish Israeli Film Festival opens with an act of treason.OK, not really. But the opening night movie on Thursday, March 12, 7 p.m., at SouthSide Works Cinema is “The Little Traitor,” a film adaptation of the novel...[ More
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Pittsburgh Post Gazette talks about Holocaust Conferece InformationThe Ethel LeFrak Holocaust Education Conference will take place Oct. 25-27 at Seton Hill University, Greensburg. It will be hosted by SHU's National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)....[ More
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Indonesian Genocide Shows Parallels to HolocaustYinz/Yidz shows the daily doses of Jewish Pittburgh from the staff of The Jewish Chronicle. They wrote an article featuring Dr. Robert Lemelson's film "40 Years of Silence: An Indonesian Tragedy," and it is titled, "Indonesian Genocide Shows Parallels to...[ More
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Seton Hill Remembers Kristallnacht, the beginnings of the Holocaust in GermanyThe Pittsburgh Tribune-Review covered the Kristallnacht service at Seton Hill University on November 10, 2009. The article features on the reflection given by Holocaust survivor Fritz Ottenheimer....[ More
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