Center for Peace, Justice & Reconciliation at Bergen Community College

01/31/2024

If you are a friend of the Jewish people, take a moment and post. Speak on behalf of the Jewish hostages. Condemn Hamas! Your Jewish friends need to know that you are on our side! Use your voice on behalf of those cannot speak out. Silence is NOT an option.

08/15/2021

07/07/2021

The Holocaust education program is a collaboration between the borough of Tenafly and the Simon Wiesenthal Center.

07/02/2021

Arizona’s Long-Awaited Holocaust Education Bill Has Passed!! Arizona House Bill 2241, known as the Holocaust Education Bill, passed in the AZ Senate on Wed., June 30, ending a more than three-year effort to ensure Holocaust education is taught in Arizona’s public schools. The bill, which unanimously passed the House of Representatives in early February, received a vote of 27 to 2 in the Senate. HB2241 is now headed to Gov. Doug Ducey’s office for signature. The bill was introduced by Rep. Alma Hernandez, D-Tucson.

It will now be law that Arizona’s public schools will be required to teach about the Holocaust and other genocides at least twice between 7th and 12th grades. In anticipation of this mandate, PHA spearheaded a task force to develop resources for teachers on the Holocaust and several other genocides including Armenia, Rwanda, Bosnia, and Native Americans. Co-chaired by PHA President Sheryl Bronkesh and Kim Klett, a Dobson High School teacher and Holocaust educator, the task force included professors from all three state universities and several community colleges, Holocaust survivors, and authors. The toolkit can be accessed here: https://www.azed.gov/standards-practices/holocaust-and-genocide
Thank you to members, supporters, community partners, and especially the Arizona survivor community for helping us reach this milestone.

01/27/2021

Today is International Holocaust Commemoration Day.
I am remembering my Dad, Mom, and also other family members: Uncle, Aunts, cousins, grandparents, who survived the Holocaust and others who perished, including many Great Aunts & Uncles and cousins.... just because they were Jewish.
Please honor their memories by sharing and watching my parents' and uncles' testimonies
youtube.com/bevmargo

This YouTube channel holds extracts from my parents' and uncle's testimonies describing their life as Jewish teenagers during the Holocaust. Their testimony ...

10/29/2020

To register & receive WEBEX LINK for SAMI's talk go to https://bergen.edu/community/center-for-peace-justice-reconciliation/events/

You can also explore our Dialogue Series on Racial Justice.

10/29/2020

Announcing return of Holocaust Survivor SAMI. You will receive the Webex link once you fill out the registration link.

Join us for “Remembering the Holocaust on the anniversary of Kristallnacht” for a virtual story with survivor Sami Steigmann on Monday, November 9th at 11:00am-12:30pm. Sami Steigmann was born in 1939 in Bukovina, Romania. As a toddler Sami was subjected to cruel...

06/29/2020

Spring is a time of commemoration for the Armenian people.