News18 Nov 09 Interfaith Community Tour to IsraelCongregation 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...[ More
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16 Nov 09 Holocaust Survivor Fritz Ottemheimer speaks about Kristallnacht ExperienceThe 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...[ More
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16 Nov 09 Educators Gather at The Ethel LeFrak Holocaust Education Conference 2009The 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...[ More
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13 Nov 09 Film Screening and Discussion of "40 Years of Silence: An Indonesian Tragedy" Examines Effects of Hidden GenocideThe 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...[ More
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13 Nov 09 "Music Reborn" Shines Light on Forgotten ComposersDay one of the Ethel LeFrak Holocaust Education Conference 2009 featured “Music Reborn: Forbidden and Forgotten,” a musical program celebrating entartete musik, the so-called “degenerate music” that the Third Reich suppressed in the years surrounding World War II. The project...[ More
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11 Nov 09 THe Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre presents, "Light/The Holocaust & Humanity Project"The big question was whether a ballet can do justice to a history as large and as cruel and as meaningful as the Holocaust. Well, some are saying that such an event can be taught in many ways; art being one of them. Light/The Holocaust &...[ More
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09 Nov 09 Kristallnacht Remembrance ServiceThe National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education (NCCHE) and Campus Ministry sponsor this annual interfaith service in remembrance of Kristallnacht, "Night of Broken Glass," when in 1938, Nazis burned synagogues, looted Jewish homes and businesses and murdered individuals throughout Germany...[ More
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09 Nov 09 ART AND THE HOLOCAUST: "THE QUESTION MARK[ER] PROJECT"Written by Brigid Beatty Freelance Writer E-mail: brigidbeatty@msn.com The invitation was clear: Engage in conversation related to the Holocaust and genocide; ask questions; get creative. The Question Mark[er] Project came about through the collaboration between Seton Hill University’s National...[ More
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25 Oct 09 Ethel LeFrak Holocaust Education Conference 2009The triennial Ethel LeFrak Holocaust Education Conference seeks to enhance Catholic-Jewish understanding by “educating the educators” in the hope of reaching the whole of humanity. The Conference will equip teachers and faculty members, especially those at Catholic institutions to enter...[ More
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19 Oct 09 An Interview with Nancy Rubenstein Messham: Director of the Music Reborn ProjectBy Megan Seigh Nancy Rubenstein Messham has been a musician and teacher for years. She will currently be directing a special concert titled, “Music Reborn: Forbidden and Forgotten” during the 2009 Ethel LeFrak Holocaust Education Conference at Seton Hill University...[ More
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06 Aug 09 Michael Berenbaum: Keynote Speaker at LeFrak Holocaust Education Conference 2009Michael Berenbaum is director of the Sigi Ziering Center for the Study of the Holocaust and Ethics at American Jewish University. A writer, lecturer, scholar, professor and consultant for the conceptual development of museums and the development of historical films, Berenbaum will deliver the keynote speech for the 2009 LeFrak Holocaust Education Conference.[ More
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05 Aug 09 Schedule: LeFrak Holocaust Education Conference 2009Ethel LeFrak Holocaust Education Conference 2009 (Updates and Links)Registration | Hotel & Transportation | Full ScheduleThis is the current conference schedule, updated September 21, 2009.Sunday, October 25, 2009 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. . . . . . . . ....[ More
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07 May 09 Center Hosts Holocaust Survivor as Speaker in conjunction with Mountain Playhouse Student Matinees of ‘My Heart in a Suitcase’Sister Lois Sculco, SC, Seton Hill university vice president for Mission and Student Life and National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education (NCCHE) administrator, when approached by staff of the Mountain Playhouse in Jennerstown, PA to advise them about a...[ More
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27 Apr 09 Yom HaShoah Holocaust Memorial Service Followed by Greenspan's One-Man ShowOn April 26th, members of both Jewish and Christian communities gathered at Congregation Emanu-El Israel Synagogue for the annual Yom HaShoah Holocaust Remembrance Day. Yom HaShoah was founded in 1951 by the Prime Minister of Israel David Ben-Gurion and...[ More
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24 Apr 09 Call For Proposals: Ethel LeFrak Holocaust Education Conference 2009 (Deadline: May 15)Ethel LeFrak Holocaust Education Conference 2009 (Updates and Links)The deadline for this call for papers was May 15, 2009.CALL FOR PROPOSALS Seton Hill University National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education The Ethel LeFrak Holocaust Education Conference October 25, 26,...[ More
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24 Apr 09 The Ethel LeFrak 2009 Holocaust Education Conference Addresses Topic of ‘Holocaust Education in the 21st Century: Religion and Cultural Perspectives’Ethel LeFrak Holocaust Education Conference 2009 (Updates and Links)The Center’s next triennial Holocaust Education Conference, now known as The Ethel LeFrak Holocaust Education Conference, will take place at Seton Hill University from Sunday, October 25, 2009 through Tuesday, October 27,...[ More
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17 Apr 09 "Question Marker Project" UpdateThe "Question Marker Project" dedication has been postponed until the fall of 2009. The students are currently in the proposal phase of the project. Thanks to everyone who submitted questions....[ More
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01 Apr 09 New Class Offered in Genocide and Holocaust Studies Program at Seton HillIn the fall, there will be a new course within the Genocide and Holocaust Studies to coincide with the NCCHE conference. The Ethel LeFrak Holocaust Education Conference is scheduled to take place from Sunday, October 25 to Tuesday, October...[ More
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27 Mar 09 "Blessed is the Match" Screening Held as Part of Annual Jewish Israeli Film Festival“Blessed is the Match” By Hannah Senesh Blessed is the match consumed in kindling flame. Blessed is the flame that burns in the secret fastness of the heart. Blessed is the heart with strength to stop its beating for honour's...[ More
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21 Mar 09 Center Reaffirms Mission of Countering Antisemitism, Fostering Catholic-Jewish Relations by Promoting Holocaust EducationDear Friends, As the Seton Hill University administrator responsible for the National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education, I am writing to inform you of the statement issued by the NCCHE in consultation with Rev. John T. Pawlikowski, OSM,...[ More
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18 Mar 09 Renowned Holocaust Scholar Joins Seton Hill’s Genocide and Holocaust Studies ProgramLast fall, Dr. Michael Phayer taught an online course at Seton Hill University (SHU) titled “Special Topics: Nazism, Communism and the Vatican.” “Dr. Phayer was overwhelmingly recommended by members of the Genocide and Holocaust Studies advisory board. He has extremely...[ More
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06 Mar 09 Students Gather for Lenten Screening and Discussion of "Sophie Scholl"On Wednesday, March 4th at 7:00, students and faculty gathered in Admin 308 for a showing of the film “Sophie Scholl: The Final Days”. The film showing was part of Dr. Fran Leap’s “Images of Jesus in Film” course and...[ More
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20 Feb 09 Dr. Bernice King Speaks at Westmoreland County Community CollegeOn Tuesday, February 17th, hundreds gathered in Westmoreland County Community College (WCCC) Youngwood’s auditorium to hear Bernice King, the youngest daughter of Dr Martin Luther King Jr., speak on a variety of issues. The Reverend Victor J Grisby, pastor of...[ More
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16 Feb 09 National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education Collaborates with Seton Hill Art Program on New ProjectOn Tuesday, February 10th, panelists and students gathered at a forum to discuss “The Question Mark[er] Project,” a collaborative effort between the Seton Hill University Art department and the National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education (NCCHE). Panelists included Sister...[ More
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02 Feb 09 National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education and Seton Hill Art Program Initiate New ProjectThe National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education (NCCHE), in collaboration with the Seton Hill University Art Program, will host a panel presentation at 7 pm on Tuesday, February 10th in the Greensburg Room to launch an exciting new project, "The...[ More
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04 Dec 08 Three-Quarters of a Million Dollar Grant to Endow the Work of the Seton Hill University National Catholic Center for Holocaust EducationEthel LeFrak of New York, N.Y., has donated $750,000 to Seton Hill University’s National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education (NCCHE) to endow The Ethel LeFrak Holocaust Education Conference and create The Ethel LeFrak Student Scholars of the Holocaust Fund. Seton...[ More
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20 Nov 08 Ho Carlson spoke about grandfather's efforts to help Jews during the HolocaustOn Tuesday, November 18, about 45 people gathered at the Congregation Emanu-El Israel (CEI) social hall to listen to Bettie Ho Carlson speak about her grandfather, Dr. Feng Shan Ho and how he helped rescue hundreds of Jews during...[ More
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07 Nov 08 Holocaust survivor remembered by studentsJack Sittsamer was a Holocaust survivor who resided in the Pittsburgh area. He survived three years in six concentration camps, then several years as a refugee in Europe before coming to Pittsburgh in 1949, Sittsamer died on October 26, 2008 at...[ More
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06 Nov 08 Pawlikowski's lecture gives new meaning to the Year of St. PaulOn October 22, the National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education (NCCHE) hosted an event in honor of the Year of St. Paul, which was designated by Pope Benedict XVI. In a lecture titled, “Which Paul Are We Celebrating during the Jubilee?”...[ More
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07 Oct 08 Benjamin Ajak shares his story at SHUAs part of the Lynch Lecture Series, Benjamin Ajak and Judy Bernstein, co-authors of “They Poured Fire on us from the Sky: The True Story of Three Lost Boys from Sudan,” visited Seton Hill University (SHU) on Thursday, October 2,...[ More
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30 Sep 08 Students remember Holocaust through Museum tourAt 5 a.m. on Saturday, September 20, 2008, students, faculty and friends from Seton Hill University (SHU) boarded a bus to take a day trip to Washington DC. Among those in the full bus, were 17 individuals planning...[ More
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11 Sep 08 Dr. Eugene Fisher to receive Nostra Aetate AwardSeton Hill University, through its National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education (NCCHE), established the Nostra Aetate Award to acknowledge distinguished and scholarly work done by an individual in the field of Catholic-Jewish relations. Named for the first Vatican II...[ More
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09 Sep 08 Visiting Scholar to speak at Seton HillOn Wednesday, October 22, 2008, the National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education (NCCHE) will host visiting scholar, Rev. John T. Pawlikowski, OSM, Ph.D., for a lecture on the ministry and the writing of the Apostle Paul in a presentation...[ More
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05 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 Catholic Center for Holocaust Education on campus for 20 years, and in that time, there has not been any formal program of study drawing on the resources of the center.[ 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.[ 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, 2008, beginning at 7:00 p.m.[ 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...[ 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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