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Antisemitism
Unlearn It: Resource Hub for Parents and Educators
Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA), Toronto Holocaust Museum, Facing History & Ourselves
Audience: Educators, Parents
Videos and discussion guides for parents and educators to frame constructive conversations with children about antisemitism and online hate.
Contact: THM, Carrie Swartz, [email protected]
Director of Museum Experience
Curricula, Teaching Strategies and Professional Development Events
Facing History & Ourselves
Audience: Educators
Adaptable teaching materials, professional learning, and ongoing support to equip teachers with the tools and practices they need to help students fully engage in their learning.
Contact: Leora Schaefer, [email protected]
Executive Director
Educational Booklets on Antisemitism, Tools for Activism and Israel Education
Stand with Us
Audience: Educators, Students, Parents, Activists
Students, community members, and activists worldwide have used our renowned booklets and brochures to educate the public about Israel.
Contact: Jesse Primerano, [email protected]
Executive Director
Antisemitism Classroom Toolkit
Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center
Audience: Educators, Parents
Carefully designed to provide parents and educators the content and learning strategies to guide young learners through a curriculum-compatible introduction to the complex and difficult topic of antisemitism.
Contact: Melissa Mikel, [email protected]
Director of Education
Professional Development Workshop: Antisemitism: Then and Now
Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center
Audience: Educators
“Antisemitism: Then and Now” helps employers and employees to ensure that Jewish voices are heard, respected and understood. Our 90-minute presentation covers historic and contemporary antisemitism, how to address it and ways to build allyship.
Contact: Zach Sadowski, [email protected]
Workshop: Understanding Antisemitism: Past and Present
Bernie Farber and Len Rudner
Audience:: Adult Audience (e.g., Teachers, Administrators, Police Services, etc.)
“Understanding Antisemitism: Past and Present” is a three-hour workshop that identifies the early roots of antisemitism in the Western tradition, and considers its evolution, consequences, and impact to the present day.
Contact: Bernie Farber, [email protected]
Len Rudner, [email protected]
October 7 Hamas Terrorist Attack and Ensuing War
Resource Guide: Helping Students Understand the October 7 Hamas Terrorist Attack and Ensuing War
Facing History & Ourselves
Audience: Educators
These resources help guide classroom discussion about the antisemitic attacks on Israel by Hamas, and the ensuing Israel-Hamas war.
Contact: Leora Schaefer, [email protected]
Executive Director, Canada
Jasmine Wong, [email protected]
Senior Program Associate
Holocaust Education
The Learning Platform for Holocaust Education and Antisemitism
Toronto Holocaust Museum
Audience: Educators
One of our newest resources designed to support educators learning and teaching about the Holocaust, by deepening knowledge about essential topics with access to classroom-ready materials with new Canadian resources. This resource will take teachers through topic-based learning modules and culminates with lesson plans to use in the classroom.
Contact: THM, Carrie Swartz, [email protected]
Director of Museum Experience
Contact: Dara Solomon, [email protected]
Executive Director, Holocaust Education Centre
Additional Resources for Teaching about the Holocaust
Toronto Holocaust Museum
Audience: Educators
Our additional resources are designed to encourage independent and collective learning through critical thinking and analysis for students. All programs and resources include interactive, activities, multimedia and lesson plans.
Contact: THM, Carrie Swartz, [email protected]
Director of Museum Experience
Contact: Dara Solomon, [email protected]
Executive Director, Holocaust Education Centre
School Visits
Toronto Holocaust Museum
Audience: Educators, Students
The Museum offers tailored experiences and age-appropriate content for different demographics of students.
Contact: THM, Carrie Swartz, [email protected]
Director of Museum Experience
Contact: Dara Solomon, [email protected]
Executive Director, Holocaust Education Centre
Professional Development Workshops for Educators on Teaching Holocaust Education
The Azrieli Foundation
Audience: Educators
Grade 6 Educator Workshop: A full day workshop designed to engage educators in best practices as it relates to Holocaust education, age-appropriate resource sharing and implementing the new curriculum in the classroom.
Contact: Michelle Sadowski, [email protected]
Educator, the Holocaust Survivors Memoir Program
Professional Development Workshops for Educators on Teaching Holocaust Education
The Azrieli Foundation
Audience: Educators
General Workshop: Can be tailored to any length and covers any grade group from Grade 5-12. Educators will learn about best practices in Holocaust education, trauma-informed learning and an overview of our offerings. There is no fee for any of our professional development workshops.
Contact: Michelle Sadowski, [email protected]
Educator, the Holocaust Survivors Memoir Program
The Holocaust Survivor Memoirs Program
The Azrieli Foundation
Audience: Educators
Offers free memoirs that were written by Holocaust survivors who moved to Canada after the war. Many of the 11+ and 14+ memoirs have accompanying educational materials including biography activities and themed programs. Materials include themes such as Hidden Children and Identity, Rescue and the Righteous Among the Nations, the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and the Human Experience of Auschwitz. Students may also engage with a survivor via a virtual or in-person presentation, in a Q&A style format, facilitated by a member of our education team.
Contact: Michelle Sadowski, [email protected]
Educator, the Holocaust Survivors Memoir Program
Digitial Resources for Holocaust Education
The Azrieli Foundation
Audience: Educators
Re: Collection includes video interviews, memoir excerpts, photographs and artifacts from many of the survivors who have had their memoirs published with the Holocaust Survivor Memoirs Program. Many of the education materials incorporate Re:Collection, but it can also be used as a supplementary tool for learning. This resource also includes maps and a timeline for students to explore.
Contact: Michelle Sadowski, [email protected]
Educator, the Holocaust Survivors Memoir Program
Digitial Resources for Holocaust Education
The Azrieli Foundation
Audience: Educators
Education Disrupted, the newest digital exhibit in the collection, is tailored for students in Grade 5 and above. It focuses on the fundamental right to education and the impact of the Holocaust on school age children during the war. This exhibit is paired with an education activity and a glossary, as well as links to additional research resources.
Contact: Michelle Sadowski, [email protected]
Educator, the Holocaust Survivors Memoir Program
Classroom Resources and Teacher Professional Development for Holocaust Education
Liberation75
Audience: Educators
Provides educators with a trusted and comprehensive set of resources, materials, and lesson plans presented by leading Holocaust organizations to facilitate meaningful Holocaust education in all classrooms.
Student Workshops: Holocaust, Genocide, Equity and Diversity
Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center
Audience: Educators
A series of programs that provide elementary and high school teachers with knowledge of historical and contemporary issues of racism, antisemitism and other forms of hate, along with tools to help them address these topics in their classrooms.
Contact: Daniella Lurion, [email protected]
Tour for Humanity Director
Tour for Humanity (T4H): Mobile Human Rights Education Centre
Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center
Audience: Students, Educators in grades 6-12
The 30-seat, fully accessible vehicle serves as a self-contained classroom in which FSWC’s instructors teach students about the horrors of genocide, especially the Holocaust, while addressing issues of racism, intolerance, diversity, democracy and human rights. Various workshops available, including, Holocaust: Then & Now.
Contact: Melissa Mikel, [email protected]
Director of Education
Educator Professional Development Workshop on Holocaust Education
Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center
Audience: Educators
FSWC offers tailored professional development programs for teachers about how to teach the Holocaust. This program is rooted in pedagogical best practices alongside practical teaching tools that allow teachers to integrate activities into their classrooms using a cross-curricular approach.
Contact: Melissa Mikel, [email protected]
Director of Education
Israel Education
Film-Based Israel Education Program
NCSY
Audience: Students, Educators
“Step Up For Israel” is a film-based Israel education program for schools and communities that connects Jews of all ages to Israel through dynamic and compelling content, and nuanced education techniques.
Contact: [email protected]
Educational Booklets on Antisemitism, Tools for Activism and Israel Education
Stand with Us
Audience: Students, Parents, Educators, Activists
Students, community members, and activists worldwide have used our renowned booklets and brochures to educate the public about Israel.
Contact: Jesse Primerano, [email protected]
Executive Director
UJA Task Force: Israel Education Workshops
UJA Israel Engagement
Audience: Students, Youth, Teens, University Students
Trained UJA professionals who can lead workshops that focus on Israel culture and education, through music, arts, STEM, dance, and technology.
Contact: Jenna Potash, [email protected]
Director, Capacity Building Israel Engagement
Young-Israeli (ShinShinim)-led Programing
UJA Israel Engagement
Audience: Students, Youth, Teens, University Students
ShinShinim are young Israeli leaders who have recently completed high school and have come to the GTA, from Israel, for one year, to engage with young people to explore and discuss Israeli culture and current events, through meaningful programs and events.
Contact: Jenna Potash, [email protected]
Director, Capacity Building Israel Engagement
Canadian/Ontario Jewish Community
Learning Modules, Films, Podcasts and Exhibits
Ontario Jewish Archives
Audience: Educators
The OJA has many resources designed to bring the history of the Ontario Jewish community into the classroom, including films, podcasts, web exhibits and formal lesson plans.
Contact: Dara Solomon, [email protected]
Executive Director, Holocaust Education Centre
Jewish Heritage Month Book
Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Centre
Audience: Educators, Community Groups, School Boards
To enhance participation in Jewish Heritage Month, FSWC has produced a resource guidebook for community groups and school boards across the country, which includes information and resources about the Jewish community.
Contact: Melissa Mikel, [email protected]
Director of Education
Equity and Diversity
Student Workshop: Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center
Audience: Elementary and High School Educators
Our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion workshops address Ontario Ministry of Education expectations while generating lively discussions that challenge perspectives and offer greater understanding of often difficult subjects.
Contact: Danielle Lurion, [email protected]
Tour for Humanity Director
Intolerance, Genocide and Hate
Tour for Humanity (T4H)
Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center
Audience: Educators for Students in grades 3-12, Educators and other Community Members from diverse personal and professional backgrounds
Award-winning mobile human rights education centre. The 30-seat, fully accessible vehicle serves as a self-contained classroom in which FSWC’s instructors teach students about the horrors of genocide, especially the Holocaust, while addressing issues of racism, intolerance, diversity, democracy and human rights.
Contact: Danielle Lurion, [email protected]
Tour for Humanity Director
Hatepedia Database and Resource Centre
Toronto Holocaust Museum