Jewish Partisan Educational Foundation

Address: 2245 Post St., Suite 204
San Francisco, CA 94115
Phone: 415-563-2244
Fax: 415-563-2442
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Website: https://www.jewishpartisans.org/

Director/Person-in-Charge: Elliot Felson, President
Principal Staff Members:
Sheri Pearl Rosenblum, Director of Operations, Development and Programs
Mitch Braff, Founding Director

Year Established: 2000
Staff: Salaried - 1; Contractors - 6; Volunteers - 12

Type of Organization or Mission: The focus of the JPEF is to bring the history and life lessons of the Jewish partisans to students and their educators.

Services: Free online professional development for teachers; Teacher training workshops; Classroom visits; Speaker's bureau

Media: Traveling photographic exhibit - Pictures of Resistance: The Wartime Photographs of Jewish Partisan Faye Schulman

Address: 
PO Box 159004
2245 Post Street
San Francisco, CA 94115
Phone: 415-449-3717
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Website: www.jfcsholocaustcenter.org 

Director/Person-in-Charge: Dr. Anita Friedman, Executive Director Jewish Family and Children's Services of San Francisco, the Penninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties
Principal Staff Members:

Principal Staff Members:
Morgan Blum Schneider, Director
Joe Hayes, Administrator
Rebecca Hausammann, Associate Director
Dr. Beth Cohen, Director of Education
Dr. Yedida Kanfer, Director of Collections and Programming

Year Established: 1979
Staff: Salaried - 10

Type of Organization or Mission: As one of California’s leading resources for Holocaust and genocide education, our work increases awareness about Jewish history and the causes and consequences of antisemitism, racism, and discrimination. Through a deeper understanding of the Holocaust and patterns of genocide, we inspire moral courage and social responsibility in future generations. The Holocaust Center is a program of Jewish Family and Children’s Services and includes an Educational Resource Center; Library (with 13,000 volumes, films, 500 Yizkor books); and Archive (including documents and artifacts, historical pamphlets and periodicals, photographs, and rare books).

Services: Teacher training workshops; Curriculum development; Commemorations; Seminars and Fellowships for students; Exhibits; Speakers Bureau; and Educational Programs.

California Teachers Collaborative for Holocaust and Genocide Education: The statewide network unites 14 institutions for Holocaust and genocide education. Through standards-aligned lesson plans, expert-led trainings, and a wealth of educational resources, we empower and unify educators in teaching the lessons of history and about what happens when bias goes unchecked. The California Teachers Collaborative was established by the JFCS Holocaust Center, with support from the California Department of Education, Marin County Office of Education, and the State of California. https://holocaustcenter.jfcs.org/education-resource/california-collaborative/

Address: 100 The Grove Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90036 
Phone: 323-651-3704
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Website: https://www.holocaustmuseumla.org/
Instagram: @LAMOTH1961
Twitter: @LAMOTH1961

Director/Person-in-Charge: Beth Kean, CEO
Principal Staff Members:
Lisa Barnet, Director of Operations
Jordanna Gessler, Vice President of Education and Exhibits
Katherine Semel, Director. Of Museum Tours
Jill Brown, Director of Public Programming
Stephanie Rosenbaum, Director of Development

Year Established: 1961
Staff: Salaried - 17; Volunteer - 100

Days and Hours Open to the Public: https://www.holocaustmuseumla.org/visit

Type of Organization or Mission: Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust is a primary source institution, one that commemorates those who perished, honors those who survived, and houses the precious artifacts that miraculously weathered the Holocaust. The Museum provides free Holocaust education to students and visitors from across Los Angeles, the United States, and the world, fulfilling the mission of the founding Holocaust Survivors to commemorate, educate, and inspire. Through engagements and education programs that value dialogue, learning, and reflection, the Museum believes that we can build a more respectful, dignified, and humane world.

Services: Free docent-led tours, Self-guided audio tours, Holocaust Survivor speakers, Traveling Exhibits, Guest Lectures, Teacher training, Docent training, Law enforcement training, Public programing, Special events, Digitized archive, Art and memory programs, L’Dough V’Dough, Community outreach programs, Internships, Newsletters, Lectures/film series

Publications: Those Who Dared: Rescuers and Rescued (a teaching guide for secondary schools); Anne Frank in Historical Perspective (a teaching guide for secondary schools); Polluting the Pure: An Exhibit on Racial Hygiene, Eugenics & Contemporary Questions (exhibit catalogue)

Address: Claremont McKenna College
888 Columbia Ave.
Claremont, CA 91711
Phone: 909-607-0788
Fax: 909-621-8419
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Website: https://human-rights.cmc.edu/

Director/Person-in-Charge: Dr. Wendy Lower, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Year Established: 2003
Staff: Salaried - 1

Type of Organization or Mission: Focused on undergraduate education in the areas of genocide, human rights and Holocaust history.

Services: Seminars; Lecture series; Visiting professorships; Workshops; Research projects; Summer internships; Post-Graduate Fellowship; Conferences

Address: Chapman University
One University Drive
Orange, CA 92866
Phone: 714-628-7377
Fax: 714-532-6072
Website: https://www.chapman.edu/research/institutes-and-centers/holocaust-education/rodgers-center/index.aspx

Director/Person-in-Charge: Dr. Marilyn J. Harran, Stern Chair in Holocaust Education, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Principal Staff Members:
Jessica Cioffi, Holocaust Ed. Coordinator, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Ashley Bloomfield, Senior Program Assistant, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Joyce Greenspan, Community Liaison, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Staff: Salaried - 2
Year Established: 
The Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education 2000; Sala and Aron Samueli Holocaust Library 2004

Type of Organization or Mission: The Center provides a multi-faceted program in Holocaust education and awareness, with many events open to Orange County schools and the community. The library serves as a gathering place, in an academic setting, for survivors, where teachers and students from throughout Southern California may gather to learn from survivors, visual testimonies and printed resources.

Services: The "1939" Club lecture series of historians, ethicists and artists; The Jerry and Sally Schwartz lecture series of survivors; The "1939" Club's Leopold Page Memorial Righteous Rescuers Lecture Series of resisters and rescuers; Annual Holocaust Remembrance commemoration event; Tours of displays for schools and community guests; Annual art and writing contest for middle and high school students; Teacher workshops

Address: American Jewish University
15600 Muholland Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90077
Phone: 310-440-1576; 310-476-9777
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Website: https://www.aju.edu/institutes-groups/sigi-ziering-institute 

Director/Person-in-Charge: Dr. Michael Berenbaum, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Principal Staff Members:
Oren Saig

Year Established: 2002
Staff: Salaried - 3

Type of Organization or Mission: The Sigi Ziering Institute is dedicated in memory of a brilliant scientist and thoughtful survivor of the Riga Ghetto who has written powerfully on the ethics of the Holocaust. It is situated within the University of Judaism, an institution dedicated to Jewish life and the Jewish future, respectful of Jewish death, the Jewish past and Jewish memory.

Services: Host conferences on the Holocaust and its impact; Educate for ethics, training rabbis and Jewish educators, leaders in non-profit organizations and the general community on the ethical and religious implications of the Holocaust; Outreach to clergy and seminarians of other faiths so that an understanding of the Holocaust is integral to all contemporary religions; Convene programs exploring the role of the Holocaust in contemporary Jewish identity and in American society; Convene seminars and public lectures, advanced professional training in the Holocaust and legal ethics, medical ethics, business ethics, professional ethics, governmental ethics; Publish papers, works and films exploring the religious and ethical implications of the Holocaust

Address: Simon Wiesenthal Plaza
9786 West Pico Blvd (SE Corner of Pico Blvd and Roxbury Drive)
Los Angeles, CA 90035
Phone: 310-553-8403
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Website: https://www.museumoftolerance.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/museumoftolerance
Twitter: twitter.com/MOTLA

Directors/Persons-in-Charge:
Melissa Mott, Executive Vice President
Mark Katrikh, Deputy Director: 

Principal Staff Members:
Anna Schwarz, Director of Education
Ann Pesahovitz, Director of Content

Year Established: 1993
Staff: Salaried -41; Volunteer - 165

Type of Organization: Educational, Non-profit, Human Rights Museum

Mission: The Museum of Tolerance is dedicated to challenging visitors to confront antisemitism, bigotry, and racism, while deepening their understanding of the Holocaust in both historical and contemporary contexts. Through immersive exhibitions, thought-provoking events, and customized educational programs for all ages, the Museum serves as a dynamic laboratory for learning and dialogue. It fosters critical reflection on the origins and impact of prejudice and discrimination in today’s world, promotes human dignity, and inspires individuals to take personal responsibility in the ongoing pursuit of a more just and compassionate society.

Services: Holocaust and Tolerance education programs; Youth and school workshops; Educator training and professional development; Law enforcement training; Traveling exhibitions, including the Mobile Museum of Tolerance; and Public lectures and speaker events.

Publications: Educational materials and curriculum guides

Address: University of Southern California
Leavey Library
650 W. 35th St., Suite 114
Los Angeles, 90089
Phone: 213-740-6001 
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Website: https://sfi.usc.edu/
Facebook: USC Shoah Foundation 
Twitter: @uscshoahfdn 
YouTube: youtube.com/USCShoahFoundation

Director/Person-in-Charge: Dr. Robert Williams, Executive Director

Year Established: 1994
Staff: 56

Type of Organization or Mission: USC Shoah Foundation-The Institute for Visual History and Education is dedicated to making audio-visual interviews with survivors and witnesses of the Holocaust and other genocides a compelling voice for education in action. The Institute's current collection of nearly 55,000 eyewitness testimonies contained within its Visual History Archive preserves history as told by the people who lived it, and lived through it. Housed at the University of Southern California, within the Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, the Institute works with partners around the world to advance scholarship and research, to provide resources and online tools for educators, and to disseminate the testimonies for educational purposes.  

Services: The Institute supports the academic and scholarly use of the Visual History Archive at universities and memorial institutions, and other sites worldwide. Testimony from the Visual History Archive has been incorporated into nearly 494 university courses across a broad range of academic disciplines and enhanced over 146 research projects; The Visual History Archive available at in its entirety at 67 institutions around the world, and smaller collections are available at 220 sites in 36 countries. In March of 2016 USC Shoah Foundation announced a landmark partnership with ProQuest to quadruple that number within two years and projects a 10-fold increase by the Institute's 25th anniversary in 2019; The Visual History Archive is digitized, fully researchable, and hyper-linked to the minute. This indexing allows students, professors, researchers and others around the world to retrieve entire testimonies or search for specific sections within testimonies through a set of more than 63,000 key words and key phrases, 1.8 million names, and 695,000 images; The Institute provides educational resources, online tools, and training to help teachers use testimony in the classroom setting. IWitness, USC Shoah Foundation's flagship online educational platform, curates clips from over 2,224 full-length testimonies from the Visual History Archive to provide teachers with testimony-based multimedia learning programs.The Institute also works with governmental and non-governmental entities in countries where the testimonies originated to encourage their local educational use.

Address: 7755 E. Quincy Ave., T-21
Denver, CO 80237
Phone: 720-210-4374
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Website: http://www.coholo.org/
Facebook: www.facebook.com/coholo.org 

Director/Person-in-Charge: Todd Hennessy, Board President
Principal Staff Members:
Peter Mehlbach, Vice-President
Mark Thorsen, Treasurer
Kirsten Aarestad, Secretary
Barbara Figg, Board Member

Year Established: 2011
Type of Organization or Mission: Holocaust education organization

Services: Teacher training; Curriculum development; Educational programming

Center for Judaic Studies / University of Denver
Address: 2000 E. Asbury Ave.
Suite 157, Sturm Hall
University of Denver
Denver, CO 80208
Phone: 303-871-3013
Fax: 303-871-3037
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Website: https://liberalarts.du.edu/center-for-judaic-studies/hai

Publications: Survival & Witness website (survivalandwitness.org); Letters from Colorado Holocaust Survivors to Future Generations