O SĂPTĂMÂNĂ PLINĂ ÎN ISRAEL
În intervalul 11-18 iunie, am fost la Ierusalim, pentru a participa la două conferinţe internaţionale găzduite de memorialul Yad Vashem: Seventh International Conference on Holocaust Education - 12-13 iunie, care i-a avut printre invitaţi pe cunoscutul eseist francez Alain Finkelkraut, pe nu mai puţin cunoscutul istoric al Holocaustului Yehuda Bauer, pe foştii preşedinţi ai Poloniei Alexander Kwasnievski şi Croaţiei Stipe Mesic şi ITF Plenary Session, care a găzduit şi un simpozion academic la care au prezentat Yehuda Bauer, Dina Porat, Havi Dreifuss Ben-Sasson şi alţii.
Seventh International Conference on Holocaust Education, June 12-13, 2010
Friday, June 11, 2010Arrival of Participants
Saturday, June 12, 2010 - Leonardo Plaza Hotel, Jerusalem
21:30-23:00 Opening Session• Remarks by Mr. Avner Shalev, Chairman of the Yad Vashem Directorate
• Remarks by Mr. Gideon Sa’ar, Israeli Minister of Education
• Keynote Address by Professor Alain Finkielkraut, Philosopher “Remembrance and Resentment”
• Remarks by Ms. Dorit Novak, Director, International School for Holocaust Studies
Aleksander KwasniewskiSunday, June 13, 2010 - International School for Holocaust Studies Auditorium
10:00-11:30 Panel Session: Our Legacy in Hindsight and in Foresight
Remarks by Mr. Dan Tichon, Chairman of the International Cooperation on Holoucast Education, Remembrance and Research (ITF)
Chairperson: Professor Dina Porat, Tel Aviv University and Academic Advisor of the ITF
• Dr. Yitzchak Arad, Scholar
• Mr. Roman Frister, Journalist
• Dr. Samuel Pisar, International Lawyer
Remarks by Rabbi Israel Meir Lau, Chairman of the Yad Vashem Council
12:00-13:30 Lecture by Professor Yehuda Bauer, Academic Advisor, Yad Vashem
Respondent: Ms. Shulamit Imber, Director of Pedagogy, International School for Holocaust Studies - Text and Context: Educational Approaches and Challenges.
10:00-11:30 Panel Session: Our Legacy in Hindsight and in Foresight
Remarks by Mr. Dan Tichon, Chairman of the International Cooperation on Holoucast Education, Remembrance and Research (ITF)
Chairperson: Professor Dina Porat, Tel Aviv University and Academic Advisor of the ITF
• Dr. Yitzchak Arad, Scholar
• Mr. Roman Frister, Journalist
• Dr. Samuel Pisar, International Lawyer
Remarks by Rabbi Israel Meir Lau, Chairman of the Yad Vashem Council
12:00-13:30 Lecture by Professor Yehuda Bauer, Academic Advisor, Yad Vashem
Respondent: Ms. Shulamit Imber, Director of Pedagogy, International School for Holocaust Studies - Text and Context: Educational Approaches and Challenges.
Dina Porat
Groups of thirty persons each will meet with group leaders to discuss different questions and make some recommendations that will be reported upon.
Topics of discussion may include:
• Training Staff at Holocaust-Related Sites and Museums
• Educating About the Holocaust, Human Rights and Other Crimes Against Humanity
• Diminishing of the Holocaust
• Commemorating Holocaust Memorial Days in a Meaningful Fashion
• Antisemitism and Holocaust Education
• Recommendations to Ministers of Education
16:30-18:00 Closing Session in Memory of Israel H. Asper Closing Panel Session: Our Responsibility Over the Next Decade: Upholding the Stockholm Declaration (2000)
Chairperson: Mr. Moses Levy, Executive Director, Asper Foundation
• Dr. Leonidas Donskis, Member of the European Parliament
• Mr. Aleksander Kwasniewski, Former President of Poland
• Mr. Stjepan Mesic, Former President of Croatia
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