Jewish Foundation for the Righteous

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: 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: 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: 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: 616 Central Avenue SW
Albuquerque, 87102
Phone: 505-247-0606
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Website: https://nmholocaustmuseum.org/

Director/Person-in-Charge: Raye Cohen, Executive Director; Werner Gellert, Founder
Principal Staff Member:
Lyn Berner, Director of Administration

Year Established: 2001
Staff: 4

Type of Organization or Mission: The mission of the New Mexico Holocaust & Intolerance Museum (NMHIM) is to use the lessons and personal stories of the Holocaust and other genocides to educate and inspire communities of upstanders. The museum strives to teach those we serve how to confront hate and bigotry so they can make a difference. NMHIM envisions a world in which individuals respect and stand up for the differences in others. Through the museum’s collaborations, both in person at the museum, in schools and community sites, and online, we aspire to be agents of change by encouraging dialogue, building mutual understanding, and taking appropriate actions within our diverse communities to create upstanders.

Services: Educational outreach, group tours, survivors' stories, research library

Address: 146 West 25th Street, Ste 905
New York, NY 10001
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Website: https://yadvashemfoundation.org/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yadvashemusafoundation/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/yadvashemusafoundation/

Type of Organization: 501(c)3

Principal Staff Members:
National Director of Philanthropy: Tamar Major, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Deputy National Director of Philanthropy: Beth Katznelson, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Development Assistant: Olivia Strulowitz, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Mission/Description of Organization: Yad Vashem USA Foundation is a U.S.-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit that provides vital support for Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center in Jerusalem. As the leading center of Holocaust documentation, research, education, and commemoration, Yad Vashem strives to preserve the legacy of the victims and survivors while conveying the chronicles of this singular Jewish and human event to audiences around the world. Through its unique perspective and by highlighting individual voices from testimonies, diaries, artifacts, and other documentation, Yad Vashem continues to pave the way for a better future. The Yad Vashem USA Foundation is proud to support Yad Vashem in advancing its mission and passing the torch of remembrance from survivors to future generations, promoting awareness, and fostering a world where such atrocities are never repeated.

Address: 244 Fifth Ave Ste J220
New York, NY 10001
Phone: 212-431-7993
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Website: https://annefrank.com/

Director/Person-in-Charge: Dr. Lauren Bairnsfather, Chief Executive Officer

Year Established: 1977

Type of Organization or Mission: The Anne Frank Center builds on the legacy of the young writer through education and the arts. Its mission is to teach young adults about what happens when hatred and prejudice are allowed to flourish.

Services: The Anne Frank Center offers traveling exhibits, workshops, performances, and virtual field trips to communities throughout America

Address: 171 Madison Ave., Room 1405
New York, NY 10016
Phone: 212-239-2251
Fax: 212-594-6881
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Website: https://bluecardfund.org/

Director/Persons-in-Charge: Mark Bilski, Co-President; Mimi Lieber, Co-President; Gia Machlin, Chairman; Marsha Girshin, Executive Director

Year Established: 1939
Staff: Salaried - 2; Volunteer - 50

Type of Organization or Mission: The Blue Card, Inc. was founded in 1934 in Germany, by German Jews seeking to help other Jews flee the country's growing persecution. It was re-established in the United States in 1939. Its name comes from the blue cards issued to those given financial assistance.

Services: For many survivors, the losses they experienced decades ago are compounded by their current struggles to subsist on meager incomes; Emergency cash assistance - provides for survivors' most immediate needs by helping with the cost of dental care, medicine, rent, food and other essentials; Stipend programs - supports the most indigent survivors with monthly checks; Jewish holiday program - provides funds to allow survivors to celebrate the Jewish holidays with dignity and joy.

Address: 255 East Ave
Rochester, NY, 14607
Phone: 585-241-8628
Fax: 585-461-0912
Website: https://www.jewishrochester.org/

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

Year Established: 1984

Type of Organization: Resource Center; Library: 1200 volumes catalogued; 400 videotapes catalogued; Archive: 60 audiotapes and 70 videotapes catalogued

Mission: The Jewish Federation of Greater Rochester works to build a strong Jewish future in Rochester, Israel and Worldwide through philanthropy, engagement, education and advocacy.

Services: Speakers' bureau; Curriculum guides; Teacher training; Exhibits, Poster Series; Public programs; Survivor Files; Curriculum consultation; Study Guides to accompany audio-video materials; Student workshops; Traveling Trunks

Publications: Choosing Courage, videotape and accompanying study guide about a local family of Dutch rescuers; Perilous Journeys: Personal Stories of German and Austrian Jews Who Escaped the Holocaust; Angie's Story; Online CHAI Newsletter; Web Book - Perilous Journeys (http://www.perilousjourneys.org/)

Address: 15 West 16th St.
New York, NY 10011
Phone: 212-294-8301 ext. 8202
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Website: https://primolevicenter.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/centroprimolevi

Director/Person in Charge: Natalia Indrimi, Executive Director
Principal Staff Members:
Alessandro Cassin, Director of Publications

Year Established: 1989
Staff: Salaried - 2

Type of Organization or Mission: Disseminate knowledge on Primo Levi's work, the history of the Shoah in Italy and the history of Italian Jews through programs, academic seminars and publications.

Services: Assist with school curricula, provide access to source materials and bibliographies, assist PhD students and scholars with archival research in Italy, translate recent research conducted on primary sources in Italy, advise on academic and general publications, advise on institutional programming and exhibitions on the topics relevant to the center. Provides films with subtitles for educational and institutional screenings.

Publications: Printed matter, online magazine. CPL Editions books (including general books and an academic series)