This lesson plan deals with the Ancient Near East, early civilization, and early Israelite history. Use maps to explore principal geographic features of the region and to trace migration, and compare the biblical story of the flood with a similar account in the Epic of Gilgamesh. All activities focus on key concepts explored in Heritage. Lesson plans have been designed to allow teachers to select activities appropriate to the grade levels of their classes. Each plan includes teacher's resource pages and a student worksheet, which can be reproduced for distribution to the class. Historical background, instructions, and answers to the activities on the student worksheet appear in the teacher's resource pages.

This unit explores the Holocaust, as the destruction of European Jewry is commonly known. The mass killing represented by the Holocaust raises many questions concerning the development of European civilization during the twentieth century. This unit, therefore, covers essential ground if you wish to understand this development.

This site offers multimedia exhibits filled with artifacts and photos that help students learn about the Holocaust. Topics include Kristallnacht, the St. Louis ocean liner, the rescue of the Jews of Denmark, Oskar Schindler, the Warsaw ghetto uprising, Father Jacques, the dress of Lola Rein, Nazi book burnings, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, America's responses, Arthur Szyk, maps, and children.

This site looks at European and Chinese immigration to the U.S., early 20th century immigration documents, 350 years of Jewish life in America, America as a religious refuge (17th century), Irish words, the Tenement Museum in New York City, and the first Yiddish cookbook in America. The website includes images of Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty, stories of immigrants, and interactive timelines and maps showing immigration patterns.

FILM: This lesson plan is designed to be used in conjunction with the film, Inheritance, which illustrates the lasting effects of the Holocaust from the perspectives of both a victim of Nazi war crimes and the child of a perpetrator. Classrooms can use this lesson to explore the responsibility of standing up to injustice and cruelty.

NOTE: This film contains sensitive content related to the genocide of Europe's Jews during World War II. In addition to verbal descriptions of abuses, the complete film includes disturbing concentration camp images, footage of the execution of a war criminal by hanging, and clips from the movie Schindler's List that contain profanity and show the shooting of a Jewish woman. Please preview before using the film in its entirety in the classroom. The clips for this lesson plan, however, are less graphic and contain primarily verbal descriptions of cruelty.

This course will explore a number of issues which emerge from the history of Christian theology: How did a negative image of Judaism develop within Christianity? In what ways did these unfavorable teachings contribute toward violence against the Jews over the centuries?What is the relationship between Christian anti-Jewish teachings and Anti-Semitism? Is there any corresponding Jewish hostility towards Christians? In what ways have Jewish authors reacted to developments within the Christian tradition?

The primary mission of the Judaica Sound Archives at FAU Libraries is to collect, preserve, and digitize Judaica sound recordings; to provide educational programming to highlight the contents of this rich cultural legacy; and to promote the use of this unique scholarly resource for students, scholars and the general public.

This website provides the film script, reviews, a discussion forum, and 15 essays on Hasidism.

Warrant for Genocide the Protocols of the Elders of Zion is Professor Milton Shain topic for UCT Gordon Institute for Performing and Creative Arts GIPCA Great Texts Big Questions lecture on 22 April. The Protocols of the Elders of Zion has been described as the world biggest literary forgery and yet despite intense research into this infamous text some still believe it is evidence of a Jewish plot for world domination. First published in Russian in 1903 The Protocols has appeared in many versions and has been used as an antisemitic anticommunist and political propaganda tool in Russia the USA and Nazi Germany In the first English version which appeared in the USA in 1919 the word Jew was replaced throughout by Bolshevik According to Shain The Protocols are at this time widely available in the Arab world. It has been claimed that The Protocols were originally stolen from a secret Jewish organisation in the late 19th Century However the so-called original has never been uncovered According to much research The Protocols are a forgery most of which was plagiarised from a book of fiction by French political satirist Maurice Joly Dialogue aux Enfers entre Montesquieu et Machiavel A Dialogue in Hell Between Montesquieu and Machiavelli first published in 1864 and translated into Russian in 1872Professor Milton Shain teaches Modern Jewish History and is Director of UCT Isaac and Jessie Kaplan Centre for Jewish Studies and Research He has written and edited several books on South African Jewish history South African politics and the history of antisemitism Among them is the prizewinning The Roots of Antisemitism in South Africa and The Jews in South Africa An Illustrated History coauthored with Richard Mendelsohn His most recent book Zakor vMakor Place and Displacement in Jewish History and Memory co-edited by David Cesarani and Tony Kushner was runnerup in the Anthology and Collectionscategory of the National Jewish Book Award in the United States for 2009 In addition to his many books Professor Shain has published numerous academic articles and is the recipient of a number of awards including Fellowships at the International Centre for the University Teaching of Jewish Civilization at University of Jerusalem and Yale University Shain says I will be also talking of the history of The Protocols in South Africa and reflecting on the warm reception it has received worldwide. Dr Rob Baum director of UCT Gordon Institute for Performing and Creative Arts GIPCA said The Protocols of the Elders of Zion is a highly contentious and horrific hoax that emerges every few years It will be fascinating to hear what so a learned scholar as Shain has to say on the topic and we hope it provoke debate the uses of this tract have been prolific and its recurrence is itself cause for question What makes inflammatory language hate speech directed at any people so compelling1934 Protocols Patriotic Pub image released in the public domain

Voices of the Holocaust consists of oral history testimonies gathered from Jewish men and women who came to live in Britain during or after WWII. These testimonies are personal, individual, true stories, that describe the hardships of life during Hitler's reign.