Shoa and Experience

Shoa and Experience is a collection of essays offering important insights on the nature of Holocaust education with implications for Holocaust education development for future generations, in Israel and worldwide. Special attention is given to the evolving nature of contemporary multimedia society in which youth are inundated with stimuli of all kinds. Hence, consideration is given to the incorporation of multidimensional aspects of learning and experience in Holocaust education in order to enhance students' understanding on cognitive, emotional and moral levels. This book will help Holocaust educators and curriculum developers to design Holocaust education programs and attune them to the nature and the needs of the current generation. It is intended to prepare educators to initiate and lead programs and encounters designed to teach today's youth about the Holocaust from multiple perspectives.

Shoa and Experience is a collection of essays offering important insights on the nature of Holocaust education with implications for Holocaust education development for future generations, in Israel and worldwide. Special attention is given to the evolving nature of contemporary multimedia society in which youth are inundated with stimuli of all kinds. Hence, consideration is given to the incorporation of multidimensional aspects of learning and experience in Holocaust education in order to enhance students' understanding on cognitive, emotional and moral levels. This book will help Holocaust educators and curriculum developers to design Holocaust education programs and attune them to the nature and the needs of the current generation. It is intended to prepare educators to initiate and lead programs and encounters designed to teach today’s youth about the Holocaust from multiple perspectives.

Acknowledgements................................................................ ix About the Authors................................................................. xi Introduction...................................................................... xvii The Trip Experience: Poland and the Polish People as Perceived by Israeli Youth in Light of Their Trips to the Death Camps.................................................1 Nitza Davidovitch and Dan Soen A Test of Leadership: IDF Delegations to Poland— A Tool for Promoting Command-Oriented Leadership?................. 26 Nitza Davidovitch, Osnat Ur-Leurer, and Dan Soen The Pedagogy of Commonness: An Alternative Theory in Teaching about the Holocaust................................... 50 Marek Kaźmierczak Myth and Reality: On “Future Generations” of the Holocaust................................................................. 71 Haim Y. Knobler, Lily Haber, Batya Brutin, and Zvi Zemishlany A13808............................................................................. 81 Ruth Dorot The Unterlimpurg Synagogue: Issues Involved in Restoring a Demolished Synagogue.......................................136 David Cassuto and Zvi Orgad The Abuse of Holocaust Memory in 2011–2012.........................168 Manfred Gerstenfeld Studying Judaism, Jewish History, and the Jews: The Experience of Jewish Studies at Academic Campuses in Poland Today..................................................................194 Edyta Gawron Remnants of the Holocaust: A Process of Consciousness Far from Conclusion............................................................211 Zvi Gil Index...............................................................................229