Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies - Ramapo College of New Jersey

Address: Ramapo College Library
505 Ramapo Valley Road
Mahwah, NJ 07446
Phone: 201-684-7409
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Web: www.ramapo.edu/hgc 

Director/Person-in-Charge: Dr. Jacob Ari Labendz, Director

Year Established: 1979
Staff: Salaried - 3

Type of Organization or Mission: Resource Center; Library: 800 volumes catalogued; videotapes on the Holocaust and Jewish Life, 70 oral histories

Services: In-service teaching workshops (grades K thru 12) Educators' seminars; Repository for audio-visual aid materials and programs for schools in North Jersey area; Lectures/Film series; Holocaust speakers' program; Oral history program in conjunction with Fortunoff Video Archive at Yale University

Address: William Paterson University
1600 Valley Road
Wayne, NJ 07470
Phone: 973-720-2331
Fax: 973-720-3137
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Website: https://www.wpunj.edu/icip/center-for-holocaust-and-genocide-studies/

Director/Person-in-Charge: Dr. Alison Dobrick, Director; Yvonne Roux, Librarian

Year Established: 1993

Type of Organization or Mission: Resource Center; Library

Services: Conferences and workshops; Community outreach programs; Materials for teachers

Address: 765 Newman Springs Road
Lincroft, NJ 07738
Phone: 732-224-1889
Fax: 732-224-2405
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Website: https://www.chhange.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Chhange.BCC
Twitter: twitter.com/Chhange_BCC
Instagram:@chhange.org

Director/Person-in-Charge: Dr. Asya Darbinyan, Executive Director, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Principal Staff Members:
Rachel L. MacAulay, Senior Administrator, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Year Established: 1979
Staff: Salaried - 3; Volunteer -105

Type of Organization or Mission: Resource/Education Center

Services: Teacher training; Curriculum development; Lending library: 5,000+ volumes, 800+ multimedia library; Archives: 600+ artifacts, documents, mementos, etc.; Educator seminars and conferences; Community programming; Commemorations; A Journey to Life - curriculum suitcases; Speakers' bureau; Annual student art exhibition; College internships; Juvenile Bias Crime Education Program; Curriculum development; The Clare and Adam Boren Testimony Collection; US Shoah Foundation Institute (156 testimonies); Oral history project; The Generations: Descendants ofˇ Holocaust Survivors

Publications: A Tribute to the Holocaust Survivors in Our Community; Hundred-Year Legacy of Courage: Celebrating the Lives of Armenian Genocide Survivors in Our Community; To Tomorrow's Children: Words of Survivors; Flowers from the Ashes: Student Anthology (4 volumes); Illuminating Traditions: Generational Hanukah Stories; Teacher's Guide for A Study of the Holocaust in the Netherlands: Using Diaries

Films: I Was There: Remembrances of Seabrook Village Veterans; Soul Saving: Common Threads of Kindness

Traveling Exhibits: Survival of the Human Spirit: Triumph Over Adversity; A Journey to Life: Armenia; 100 Days of Silence (1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda)

Address: Saint Elizabeth University
2 Convent Road
Morristown, NJ 07960
Phone: 973-290-4351
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Website: https://www.steu.edu/meet-seu/centers/hge

Director/Person-in-Charge: Richard Quinlan, Director

Year Established: 1994

Type of Organization or Mission: Resource Center

Services: Teacher training conferences and workshops; Curated art exhibitions; Film festival screenings; Armenian genocide commemoration; Programs for students with teachers: Survivor and second
generation testimonies; Travel study programs; Interfaith dialogue program; Kristallnacht commemoration; Graduate certificate program in Holocaust and genocide education; Collaborative programs planned in partnership with other Holocaust and genocide organizations; Week of Holocaust remembrance-in-class faculty sessions.

Publications: Videos: The Holocaust in Catholic Education, Remembering Kristallnacht: A Survivor's Testimony

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

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: 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: 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: 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: 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.