News05 Sep 08 Mark your calendars!This fall Seton Hill's National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education (NCCHE) will be hosting and supporting many exciting events that are open to the public. We encourage you to look through the list below to find the event or event(s)...[ More
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23 Apr 08 New program in Genocide and Holocaust studies under wayThe first course in the curriculum of Seton Hill University’s (SHU) new program in genocide and Holocaust studies has recently finished and the start of the third course in this program begins in two weeks. SHU has had the National...[ More
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21 Apr 08 Westmoreland County Interfaith Holocaust Remembrance Service 4/30GREENSBURG, Pa. -This year’s Westmoreland County Interfaith Remembrance Service (Yom HaShoah) will be held on Wednesday, April 30. The ceremony will take place at 7 p.m. at the Congregation Beth Israel on Weldon Street in Latrobe, Pa. A reception will...[ More
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11 Apr 08 Nina’s Home delivers a powerful account of child survivorsIn the midst of the chaos created during the liberation of Europe, the French government responded to an alarming number of orphaned and displaced children with several halfway houses scattered throughout the French countryside. Very seldom do we hear about...[ More
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11 Apr 08 Sister Lois Sculco of Seton Hill U. to Receive John McGrady Award from the Catholic Youth Association of PittsburghGREENSBURG, Pa. - Sister Lois Sculco, SC, Ph.D., vice president for mission and student life at Seton Hill University, will receive the John McGrady Award from the Catholic Youth Association of Pittsburgh at the 35th Anniversary Art Rooney Award Dinner...[ More
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02 Apr 08 15th Annual Jewish Israeli Film Festival comes to GreensburgGREENSBURG, PA: The Pittsburgh Jewish-Israeli Film Festival (PJIFF), in conjunction with the National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education at Seton Hill University, will host a film screening of the film Nina’s Home at Carmike Cinemas in Greensburg on April 10,...[ More
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15 Feb 08 Literature tells the story of the Holocaust: Dr. Alan Rosen and literary responses to the Holocaust"You can take everything… but you cannot take our words, they will live forever” -Dr. Alan Rosen After thanking the audience for braving the weather to attend the lecture, Dr. Alan Rosen began with a single question: “What can literature...[ More
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08 Feb 08 NCCHE sponsors trip to traveling exhibit, “The Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals: 1933-1945”Danielle Meyer (kneeling) and Elyse Schneider take a closer look at panels 15 and 16. Pictured is a panel describing the tactics of denunciation that the Nazi regime used to identify and arrest homosexuals.In Nazi Germany, not only were the...[ More
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06 Feb 08 Holocaust educator Dr. Alan Rosen will speak on “Literary Responses to the Holocaust”Free and open to the public GREENSBURG, Pa. - Dr. Alan Rosen, lecturer in Holocaust Literature at the International School for Holocaust Studies, Yad Vashem in Israel, will discuss “Literary Responses to the Holocaust” during a guest lecture at Seton...[ More
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07 Dec 07 Christian and Jewish Travelers Visit the Holy Land TogetherSister Lois Sculco, S.C., vice president for mission and student life at Seton Hill, and Rabbi Sara Perman, leader of the Congregation Emanu-El Israel in Greensburg, Pa., led a group of 20 members of the local community on a trip “to walk the Bible by visiting Christian and Jewish holy sites in Israel with a group of travelers from both faiths,” according to Sr. Sculco.[ More
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07 Nov 07 Historian Alex Grobman speaks on "Those Who Dared: Rescuers and Rescued During the Holocaust"Seton Hill University’s annual JoAnne Boyle World Affairs Forum and it’s NCCHE featured guest speaker Dr. Alex Grobman who spoke on "Those Who Dared: Rescuers and Rescued During the Holocaust" on November 7.His lecture was about the role of the rescuers of the Jews during the Holocaust. Grobman explained that Yad Vashem has honored close to 20,000 Righteous Gentiles since the memorial was established in 1953 and gave the criteria that is used to decide who is awarded. [ More
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06 Nov 07 Kristallnacht Ceremony: An Interfaith Service of RemembranceThis year’s guest speaker was Eric Blaustein of Pittsburgh. Blaustein was born in Chemnitz, Germany and grew up under Nazi persecution. Blaustein spoke about his experiences during Kristallnacht and the events that transpired around it.“It’s one thing to pick up a book and read about the Holocaust and to see pictures. It’s another thing to actually listen to someone talk about their own personal experience and to see their face,” said Katrina Stokum, a senior. [ More
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05 Nov 07 The Interfaith Community Tour returns from Israel"Israel is just so ancient. There's so much history. You never read Scriptures the same way after going to Israel." From October 14 through 23, 2007 a group of 19 journeyed through Israel to explore, tour, and learn about the land of the Bible.[ More
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01 Nov 07 Viewers respond to art exhibit, “A Child Artist in Terezin: Witness to the Holocaust”Out of 15,000 children brought to Terezín and later deported to Auschwitz, only 132 survived the Holocaust. Helga Weissová-Hosková is one of them.[ More
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26 Oct 07 Seton Hill University to Hold Kristallnacht Remembrance CeremonyThe annual Kristallnacht remembrance ceremony will be held on Tuesday, November 6th from 6-7:00 pm in St. Joseph Chapel. Invited speakers are Bob Mendler, Jack Sittsamer, Shulamit Bastacky, and Sam and Goldie Weinreb, who are five Holocaust survivors. Eric W. Blaustein of Pittsburgh will also serve as this year's featured speaker for the event.[ More
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17 Oct 07 Preparation underway for Art Exhibit: A Child Artist in Terezín: Witness to the HolocaustPreparation is underway for the Art Exhibit: A Child Artist in Terezín: Witness to the Holocaust by Helga Weissová-Hosková.[ More
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10 Oct 07 Students reflect on US Holocaust Memorial Museum tourAs part of Seton Hill’s Annual Washington, D.C., Trip, the Center arranged a group tour of The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Saturday, September 29, 2007. The tour was led by two of the Center’s interns, seniors Andrea Perkins and Marcus Thompson.[ More
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03 Oct 07 Israeli speaker preps tour group for Israel experienceA trip to Israel, coordinated by Seton Hill University and Congregation Emanu-El Israel in Greensburg, is scheduled for October 14-23, 2007. The tour group met at the Emanu-El Israel Synagogue on Monday, October 1 for a document celebration and to hear a program about what it will be like to experience Israel.[ More
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11 Sep 07 Seton Hill University creates new online program in Genocide and Holocaust StudiesDeveloped through the NCCHE, a new online program in Genocide and Holocaust Studies is available for international access for students, professors and scholars.[ More
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17 Apr 07 Westmoreland Interfaith Service and Program Brings Together Community Members to Remember the HolocaustMembers of the interfaith community gathered together on Sunday, April 15th for Westmoreland County?s 18th Annual Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance) service at Congregation Emanu-El Israel in Greensburg, Pennsylvania.[ More
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16 Feb 07 Exploring the Land of the Bible — Interfaith Community Tour to IsraelWe invite you to join us October 14-23, 2007 as we explore, tour, and learn about the Land Of The Bible with travelers from the Christian and Jewish faiths. The deposit deadline has been extended to June 1, 2007.[ More
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16 Feb 07 Genocide in Darfur: Sudan's Defiance of International Human RightsThe NCCHE and Humanities division in conjunction with JoAnne Boyle?s Forum on World Affairs, is proud to present "Genocide in Darfur: Sudan?s Defiance of International Human Rights," a lecture by visiting scholar and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Sharon E. Hutchinson, Ph. D.[ More
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29 Jan 07 International Day of CommemorationOn January 29th, National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education observed the United Nations' International Day of Commemoration. This day, established in 2006, serves as a tribute to those who lost their lives in the Holocaust as well as their families.[ More
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31 Aug 06 Emerging Issues in Holocaust Education Conference -- Preliminary ScheduleThe National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education is sponsoring its 7th Holocaust Education Conference at Seton Hill University. The theme of the conference is "Emerging Issues in Holocaust Education" and the dates are November 5-7, 2006. The conference will bring...[ More
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