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ISRAEL [CHI] — It is no coincidence that Mrs. Rivkah Denberg, from Coral Springs Fl, Mrs. Devorah Kornfeld of Seattle WA, Mrs. Chanie Nemes from Metrairie LA, and Mrs. Sora Strauss, from Brooklyn NY, all mechanchos in Chabad schools, find themselves in an ELAL flight to Israel, along with 20 other Chabad teachers. They are all participants in the Holocaust seminar sponsored cooperatively by the Merkos Chinuch Office and Yad Vashem.

Chabad Educators Hold Conference in Yad Vashem

ISRAEL [CHI] — It is no coincidence that Mrs. Rivkah Denberg, from Coral Springs Fl, Mrs. Devorah Kornfeld of Seattle WA, Mrs. Chanie Nemes from Metrairie LA, and Mrs. Sora Strauss, from Brooklyn NY, all mechanchos in Chabad schools, find themselves in an ELAL flight to Israel, along with 20 other Chabad teachers. They are all participants in the Holocaust seminar sponsored cooperatively by the Merkos Chinuch Office and Yad Vashem.

For 9 days they will be the guests of Yad Vashem which has tailored a seminar to meet the educational background and erudition of an elite group of mechanchos. They will hear lectures, tour and visit and will hopefully, come back to their respective schools with the educational tools necessary to teach their students about the darkest period of our history.

The seminar was organized by the Merkos Chinuch Office and Rabbi Nochem Kaplan and his wife will be accompanying the mechanchos on their adventure.

The fact is that there is coordinated approach for teachers to follow when attempting to teach about the Holocaust and leaving as sensitive an issue as the Holocaust to child to learn through discovery is fraught with danger. The Rebbe taught that the ultimate purpose of all education is that what we learn should both enlighten and serve to positively influence our lives as people and especially as Jews. The objective of the seminar and the curriculum development which will follow is to actualize this fundamental approach, even when dealing with a subject as sensitive as the foremost horror in our history.

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25 Comments

  • Berl

    Chabad Lubavitch is blessed to have Reb Nochem Kaplan leading its educational institutions.

    He has done more for the Chinuch of our children than anyone else in the last 50 years!

    On behalf of the many many Moisdos you have assisted, Thank you Thank you and Thank you!

    May you have much continued Hatzlocho

  • we miss you

    WE MISS YOU MOMMY LEBOVICS!!!! FROM MENDEL, MIRIAM, SHOLOM, DOVID, AYDEL, ELI ,NISSI AND SHMULY
    p.s
    (TA IS DOING A GREAT JOB)

  • Chaim

    Also: Chabad Lubavitch isblessed to have Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky, who had the wisdom and foresight to ask Rabbi Kaplan to head up the Merkos Chinuch office and fund its costs.

    The two are a powerful duo for the benefit of Jewish education.

  • Curious Floridian

    Funny how Rivkah Denburg was mentioned first in the article, but she’s not in a single picture!

  • MAYBE

    To #7 – MAYBE it’s a little cool there, so folding your hands warms you up a bit!
    To #13 – MAYBE the reason Rivkah Denburg is not in any of the pictures, is that she is the one who took all these lovely pictures!

  • miss you!!!!

    hi mrs caplan your the best teacher and i miss tou yunzz cant wait till you come back!

  • Brazilian gang

    Chanie Begun, happy to see u there. How was it? Missing you here in S.Paulo. Gotta catch it up!!!!

  • 406

    GO MRS STRAUS. BEST TEACHER IN THE UNIVERSE . YOU MADE IT IN THE DESK, FITS PERFECTLY