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Address: New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education 
PO Box 500
Trenton, NJ 08625
Phone: 609-376-3968
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Website: https://www.nj.gov/education/holocaust/

Director/Person-in-Charge: Doug Cervi, Director
Principal Staff Members:
Brianna Doherty

Year Established: 1981
Staff: Salaried - 1 part-time; 1 full-time

Type of Organization or Mission: The core mission of the Commission is to promote Holocaust education in the State of New Jersey. On a continual basis, the Commission shall survey the status of Holocaust education; design, encourage and promote the implementation of Holocaust and genocide education and awareness programs and coordinate designated events that will provide appropriate memorialization of the Holocaust on a regular basis. The Commission will provide assistance and advice to public and private schools, will meet with county and local school officials, and other interested public and private organizations, to assist with planning courses of study on the Holocaust.

Services: Coordinate activities state-wide /provide workshops; Coordinate annual Yom Hashoah commemoration; Coordinate and network with Holocaust centers located in the colleges, universities, and federations; Coordinate activities of Commission; Training; Awareness; Curriculum Development

Publications: Newsletter - Remember

Address: Stockton University
101 Vera King Farris Drive
Galloway, NJ 08205
Phone: 609-652-4699
Fax: 609-626-3649
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Website: https://stockton.edu/holocaust-resource/

Director/Person-in-Charge: Gail Rosenthal

Year Established: 1990
Staff: Salaried - 3

Type of Organization: Resource Center; Library: 4,000 volumes catalogued, 15 periodicals, 400 videotapes, 150 posters, archival material, interactive CD-ROMs

Services: Education workshops; Speakers' bureau; Oral history project; Yom Hashoah observances; Symposia, academic convocations, and exhibits; Distinguished visiting Ida E. King Chair in Holocaust Studies (filled annually on a rotating basis); Educational consultation / curriculum development; Annual Holocaust Awareness Programs; College undergraduate credit courses offered: Holocaust and Genocide Education (for teachers); Holocaust in Film and Literature; The Holocaust: An Introduction; Holocaust and Genocide (seminar); Holocaust Resource Center Internship; The Impact of the Holocaust; Women Holocaust and Genocide; Modern Germany; Mussolini, Hitler and Stalin; Race and Nation in History; Will Genocide Never End?; Non-Jewish Victims, Perspectives on Genocide, Literature of Genocide & Upheaval, Genocide, War Crimes & the Law; Character education programming and resource materials; Annual study tours to sites of Holocaust interest; Internship student program; The College offers a Master of Arts in Holocaust and Genocide Studies

Address: 2083 Lawrenceville Road
Lawrenceville, NJ 08648
Phone: 609-896-5345
Fax: 609-895-5684
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Website: https://www.rider.edu/student-life/diversity-inclusion/koppelman-holocaust-genocide-resource-center

Director/Person-in-Charge: Dr. Harvey Kornberg, Director
Principal Staff Members:
Dr. Marvin Goldstein, Associate Director
Dr. Elizabeth Scheiber, Associate Director
Carol Azoff, Admin. Assistant

Year Established: 1984
Staff: Salaried - 2; Volunteer - 3

Type of Organization or Mission: The mission of the Center is to develop commemorative programs, scholarly conferences and educational workshops to remember and study the Holocaust and other genocides, and to disseminate materials that use these tragedies as a vehicle for prejudice reduction and improving relations between diverse ethnic groups in our society.

Services: Educational programs; Interfaith activities; Commemorations; Teacher training workshops; Film and lecture series; Speakers' bureau; Lending library

Publications: Occasional Paper Series, Vols. 1-10; Proceedings of the Christianity and the Holocaust Biennial Conference (1-5)

Address: 80 Main St., Suite 380
West Orange NJ, 07052
Phone: 212-727-9955
Fax: 212-727-9956
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Website: https://jfr.org/
Facebook: https://www.Jewish-Foundation-for-the-Righteous 
Twitter: @JFRDirector
Blog: https://jfr.org/blog/

Director/Person-in-Charge: Stanlee J. Stahl, Executive Vice President
Principal Staff Members:
Dara Zadikow, Director of Development

Year Established: 1986
Staff: Salaried - 6; Volunteer - 8

Type of Organization: The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous (JFR) honors and supports Righteous Gentiles, non-Jews who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust. The Foundation provides monthly support to more than 500 aged and needy non-Jewish rescuers in 20 countries. Through its national education program, the Foundation also preserves the legacy and memory of the Righteous and educates teachers and students about the history of the Holocaust.

Services: Provides monthly financial support to more than 500 aged and needy Righteous Gentiles in 20 countries; Holocaust Centers of Excellence Program; Alfred Lerner Fellowship Program; Summer Institute for Teachers - at Columbia University; Advanced Seminar; European Study Program in German and Poland; New York - New Jersey Schools Program; Whoever Saves a Single Life...Rescuers of Jews During the Holocaust - Traveling Exhibition on Rescue; Speaker's Bureau; Missions Program

Publications: How Was it Possible?: A Holocaust Reader; At the JFR (monthly electronic newsletter); From the JFR Library (electronic monthly e-newsletter); Poster set on Rescue: The Traits That Transend (available in English, Croatian, Spanish, and Polish); Alfred Lerner Fellows e-newsletter

Address: P.O. Box 3300 
Somerville, NJ 08876
Phone: 908-526-1200, ext. 8524
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Website: https://www.raritanval.edu/community-resources/holocaust-institute

Director/Person-in-Charge: Michelle Edgar

Year Established: 1989

Type of Organization or Mission: Resource Center and Library

Services: Annual 3-day workshops - Learning Through Experience Program; Teacher seminars; Speakers' bureau-Survivors, Liberators, and Rescuers; Art and writing competition; Annual Make a Difference reception and program; Human rights and genocide education; Curriculum development; Annual Kristallnacht commemoration; Community outreach and public programs; Resource room for research and study.

Address: 901 Route 10
Whippany, NJ 07981
Phone: 973-929-3066
Fax: 973-884-9316
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Website: https://www.jfedgmw.org/

Director/Person-in-Charge: Gina Lanceter & Lois Lautenberg, Co-Chairpersons
Principal Staff Members:
Ilyse Shainbrown, Director of Holocaust Education, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Leah Dukes, Holocaust Council Coordinator and Admin Assistant, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Year Established: 1979
Staff: Salaried - 2; Volunteer - 60

Type of Organization or Mission: Educational Outreach Resource Center, memorial and museum; Library, reference and video

Services: Speakers' bureau; Teacher training; Curriculum development; Commemorations; Exhibits; Lectures; Witness testimonies; Adopt-a Survivor program; Second and third generation educational workshops and programs; USHMM trips for students and teachers; Bar/Bat Mitzvah twin with a survivor

Address: The Bildner Center
Rutgers University
12 College Ave.
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Phone: 848-932-2033
Fax: 732-932-3052
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Website: https://bildnercenter.rutgers.edu/holocaust-education/about-hrc

Director/Person-In-Charge: Karen Small, Managing Director

Year Established: 1998
Staff: Salaried - 3

Type of Organization or Mission: Resource Center; Library

Services: Workshops and mini-courses for educators; Resources for teachers; Speakers' bureau; Symposia and conferences; Public programs and lectures; Yom Hashoah observances; College credit courses offered

Address: 1301 Springdale Road
Cherry Hill, NJ 08003
Phone: 856-751-9500, x1249
Fax: 856-751-1697
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Website: https://www.jcrcsnj.org/goodwin

Director/Person-in-Charge: Helen Kirschbaum, Education Program Director

Year Established: 1997
Staff: Salaried - 1; Volunteer - 40

Type of Organization or Mission: Holocaust museum and education center

Services: Commemorations; Speakers bureau; Media center; Generation After the Shoah group; Teacher training; Library; Video Conferences

Publications: Young Person's Introduction to the Holocaust (in English, Spanish, French and Russian - grades 7-12) The Story of Rudy (English and Spanish - grades 6-9) The Holocaust, Nazi Era and American Political Principles (High school and community college) The Holocaust and Genocide: The Betrayal of Humanity - Traveling exhibit

Address: Embury Hall
Drew University
36 Madison Avenue
Madison, NJ 07940
Phone: 973-408-3600
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Website: https://drew.edu/academic/centers-institutes/center-for-holocaust-genocide-study/

Director/Person-in-Charge: Joshua Kavaloski, Ph.D., Director
Principal Staff Member:
Ann Saltzman, Ph.D., Director Emerita
Jaqueline Burke, Ph.D., Director Emerita
Dr. Angela West, Coordinator

Year Established: 1992
Type of Organization or Mission: Resource Center; Library

Publications: Perspectives on the Holocaust: A Bi-Annual Publication

Services: Conferences; Film/discussion series; Teacher workshops; Speakers' bureau; Commemorations; Exhibits; Guided Trips to USHMM; Writing workshops for survivors; Conversations with witnesses

Address: New Jersey Dept. of Education
P.O. Box 500
Trenton, NJ 08625
Phone: 609-376-3968
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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Council-of-Holocaust-Educators-CHE/100064580414237/

Director/Person-in-Charge: Colleen Tambuscio, President
Principal Staff Members:
Vernoy Paolini, Vice-President
Helen Simpkins, Secretary
Karen Levine, Treasurer

Year Established: 2001
Staff: Volunteer - 14

Type of Organization or Mission: A professional development organization for educators who teach about the Holocaust, genocide and human rights. CHE strives to provide its members with the opportunity to find mutual support from their colleagues in their educational efforts and to further the instructional program and goals of Holocaust education through ongoing professional development.

Publications: CHE Parent Guides: Talking with your Child about Prejudice, Discrimination, Genocide and the Holocaust; Talking with your Elementary School Child about Prejudice, Discrimination, Bullying and the Holocaust; Talking with your Middle School Child about Prejudice, Discrimination, Genocide and the Holocaust; Talking with your High School Teenager about Prejudice, Discrimination, Genocide and the Holocaust