November 3rd, 2015
SJAM student, parents and members of the community are invited to the first History Speakers Session for the 2015-2016 school year on Wednesday, Nov. 4th at 7pm in the SJAM auditorium.
SURVIVING THE HOLOCAUST:
20th Century Stories of Survival and Rebirth from Germany and Austria
Presenter: Dr. Lauren Granite, 2015 HEW Educator-in-Residence, Centropa
Dr. Lauren Granite, the Educator-in-Residence for Holocaust Education Week 2015, is the North America Education Director for Centropa, a historical institute based in Vienna, Austria. She holds a Ph.D. from Drew University, and a Masters from the University of Chicago. Before joining the Centropa staff, Dr. Granite spent more than a dozen years teaching Jewish history to adults, college students and teens. As a teacher at a Jewish day school in the United States, she attended Centropa’s pilot summer trip in Europe for teachers, as a result of which she created Centropa’s first cross-cultural projects between her students in Washington, DC and teens in Berlin and Budapest. In 2010, Dr. Granite joined the Centropa team. She builds their network of Jewish, public, parochial and charter schools in North America; runs workshops and seminars; mentors teachers; writes curriculum; and establishes teacher advisory teams.
