Hamilton: Holocaust Education Seminar for Community Professionals, Educators, and Civil Servants

event_title: Hamilton: Holocaust Education Seminar for Community Professionals, Educators, and Civil Servants

event_time_zone: America/Toronto

event_start: November 10, 2025 17:00

event_duration: 210

event_end: November 10, 2025 20:30

event_address: 1605 Main St W, Hamilton, ON L8S 1E6, Canada

event_description: Part 1Speaker: Michelle Sadowski Michelle Sadowski is an educator with the Holocaust Survivor Memoirs Program. She has a master’s degree in education from OISE and twenty years of experience in the field of education, including eight years as a classroom teacher. Michelle develops educational resources and facilitates teacher training workshops across Canada, applying a trauma-informed lens to all aspects of her work to ensure appropriate and meaningful learning. She is committed to helping educators confidently teach Holocaust history through survivor memoirs.Synopsis: This presentation will present a general overview of Holocaust education practices in Ontario by reflecting upon the current curriculum and practices as it relates to pedagogy and best practices.  It will also explore where Holocaust education fits within the larger framework of contemporary Jewish identity. These lessons are incredibly impactful for the educators in the room but are significantly applicable far beyond the walls of the classroom and into professional and community spaces.Part 2Speaker: Dan AlpertDan Alpert is the founding Executive Director of Friends of JCC Budapest, a U.S. 501(c)(3) organization that educates the North American public about Hungarian Jewry and supports Jewish life in Budapest. Previously, he was a JDC Global Jewish Service Corps Fellow in Budapest, Hungary working with JCC Budapest on global partnerships and U.S. engagement efforts. Dan was primarily focused on expanding partnerships in the United States, raising funds for local operational efforts, and building relationships with other JCCs throughout Central and Eastern Europe.His global Jewish involvement has included serving on the World Jewish Congress Executive Committee, Vice Chair of the Maryland-Israel Sister State Committee, and President of Camp Airy’s alumni association. He has worked with and traveled to dozens of Jewish communities across the world, including attending the 80th anniversary commemoration of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau and the 30th anniversary of the AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires.Speaker: Marcel KeneseiMarcell helped to establish the Israeli Cultural Institute in Budapest in 2008, serving as deputy director until 2011. He then joined Centropa, a non-profit Jewish historical and educational institute that preserves 20th century Jewish stories and photos for educational use in film, books, exhibits and programs. After serving as director of Centropa Hungary, and deputy director of Centropa International, Marcell joined JCC Budapest- Bálint Ház as director for resource development, becoming director in September 2020.Marcell extends his expertise to other organizations as a board member for the UCCU Informal Roma Educational Foundation, the Haver Informal Jewish Educational Foundation, Centropa, the Charity Taxi Foundation, and the Dutch Jewish Humanitarian Fund.Speaker: Rachel MeyerowitzRachel Meyerowitz is the Global Engagements Fellow at JCC Budapest. She is originally from Toronto and has been living in Budapest for over a year now. Synopsis: Jewish life in Budapest, yesterday and today. Click here to register