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The Charlotte Jewish News - March 2016 - Page 26 NC Council on the Holocaust Selects New Director of Teacher Workshops By Amy Krakovitz For most of our lives, my sis ters and I were eonvineed that we were the last of our family name, a rare and nearly unpronouneeable relie of Eastern Europe. These days, with Google as your friend, we ean see that is far from the truth, but even as reeently as 1993, we were fairly eertain this was the ease. When I arrived in Charlotte in late 1993, within a few days, I found myself investigating Shalom Park and the ageneies herein. As I stood by the front desk (whieh at the time was in the loeation of the Jewish Family Serviees bulletin board in the eir- ele by the rear gym door), I skimmed a list of personnel at the Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte. One name eaught my attention: Audrey Krakovitz. “That ean’t be,” I thought. But it was. I had found what might have been a long lost eousin. As of yet, we have not been able to eonfirm a familial relationship At the time, Audrey was the Program Assoeiate in Federation and then the Campaign Assoeiate. A few years later, she moved on to Greensboro, where she has sinee served in many eapaeities, using her Masters in Jewish Communal Serviee from Brandeis University. She has worked aetively in the Jewish field for the past 20 years, ineluding the Greensboro Jewish Federation and Jewish Family Serviees, as well as eongregations 1 ' « the L oat® A HADASSAH ”TIu2/ Thursday, October 27,20161 The Ritz-Carlton - Charlotte Sponsorships, Advortising & Opportunitios Benefiting Research for Breast Cancer For more information, please contact: Janice Bernstein atjbernstein@hadassah.org or Roz Cooper at rcooper@shalomcharlotte.org Painting Days will be at Shalom Park, Sept. 6th & 13th by appointment. in Greensboro (Beth David), Chapel Hill (Kehillah Syna gogue), and Winston-Salem (Temple Emanuel). Reeently, the NC Couneil on the Holoeaust tapped Audrey as Direetor of Teaeher Workshops where she will eoordinate one of the Couneil’s most important mis sions, to aidNC edueators in their teaehing of Holoeaust Studies throughout the state. “I’ve also worked in the elass- room as a substitute teaeher,” Au drey explains, “and I have an understanding of the diffieulties teaehers have in planning and im plementing lesson plans.” The Couneil runs 7 to 9 workshops around the state eaeh year to help teaehers navigate the rough road of teaehing one of the most un speakable events in human his tory, the Shoah. The workshops are available for teaehers from 100 NC eounties to spend a day learning, so Audrey has her hands full. “Teaehing the Holoeaust is a required eurrieulum in North Carolina,” Audrey points out. “These workshops en- hanee the teaehers’ knowledge, experi- enee, and resourees to do the subjeet justiee. “In general,” she eontinues, “Holoeaust edueation is taught through Soeial Stud ies or Language Arts by teaehers in middle and high sehools. However, all teaehers interested in expand ing their knowledge, from elementary through university, as well as from other subjeet areas - media, li brary, musie, art - are weleome.” The NC Couneil on the Holo eaust is a division of the NC De partment of Pub lie Instruetion and the workshop offers teaehers eon- Audrey Krakovitz tinuing edueation eredits and sub stitute teaeher pay for publie sehool teaehers. The morning por tion of the workshop ineludes a seholar who outlines the history and ideology of the period. The afternoon sessions ineludes in struetion on teaehing the Holo eaust with approved pedagogie methods and a survivor or the P2G COMMUNITY TEEN LEADERSHIP EXCHANGE - JUNE/JULY 2016 In collaboration with the Jewish Federation, Temple Beth El, Temple Israel and Consolidated High School of Jewish Studies PART I - HADERA (JUNE 28 - JULY 13.'Journey to Israel with teens from across the Southeast and spend two weeks with students from Hadera. Travel the country, engage In tikkun olam projects and learn about Israel's politics, culture and society. Enjoy Israeli hospitality and teen life. PART II - CHARLOTTE (JULY 18 - 511: Welcome Hadera teens and introduce them to the American way of life. Together they will explore Charlotte's Jewish community and all the Queen city has to offer to learn about our cultural differences, tzedakah and leadership. Cost for all 4 weeks is $3,000*, which includes a $500 subsidy from the Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte. *Rates may vary according to cost of flight Participants are still eligible for Taglit Birthright Israel Experiences jt’U'isli ii tlfiiilinri ^ or GREATER CHARLOTTE For more information, please contact Tal Stein in the Federation office at 704.944.6751 or tal.stein@jewishcharlotte.org Lee Holder teaches the Holocaust curriculum at North Lenoir High School in Kinston. child of a survivor speaks to the group. Here in Charlotte, Irving Bienstock, Suly Chenkin, Henry Hirschmatm, and Susan Cemyak- Spatz have filled this role for years. “This has the most pro found impact on the educators,” Audrey says. “In fact,” adds Mike Abram son, Chair of the NC Council on the Holocaust, “Susan Spatz was a founding member of the Council and continues to contribute her gifts to the program.” And teachers have great ac claim for what they have learned at the workshops. “My students have been empowered by ... the knowledge and understanding of the Holocaust,” says Lee Holder, a teacher at North Lenoir High School in Kinston. “They tell me they have learned not to be by standers, not to be perpetrators of hate, and equally importantly, not to be victims.” The newest available resource is called “The Suitcase Educa tional Exhibit.” There are eight teaching suitcases with book, videos, photographs, and artifacts representing a Jewish person sent to a ghetto, available at no charge for classroom use for up to six weeks. “The best part about the suitcase is that a seasoned teacher can utilize the resources and a teacher looking to supplement material will find use for it, as well,” says Talli Dippold, who led (Continued on page 29)
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