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How Do We Talk to Kids About the Holocaust?

How we talk about the Holocaust in our homes, what Shoah education in the post-survivor era might look like, and Holocaust and genocide education best practices.
Masua Sagiv, Joshua Ladon, Morgan Blum Schneider
Dr. Masua Sagiv is Scholar in Residence of the Shalom Hartman Institute based in the San Francisco Bay Area and the Koret Visiting Assistant Professor of Jewish and Israel Studies at the Helen Diller Institute, U.C. Berkeley. Masua’s scholarly work focuses on the development of contemporary Judaism in Israel, as a culture, religion, nationality, and as part of Israel’s identity as a Jewish and democratic state. Her research explores the role of law, state actors

Joshua Ladon

Morgan Blum Schneider

 

Introducing children to the Holocaust is an important part of both Jewish and non-Jewish education, but the way that it’s explained varies widely among communities.

In this episode Morgan Blum Schneider, Director of JFCS Holocaust Center in San Francisco, joins hosts Masua Sagiv and Joshua Ladon to discuss how we talk about the Holocaust in our homes, what Shoah education in the post-survivor era might look like in the classroom, and how different framings of the Holocaust and genocide affect children’s perceptions of these ideas.

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A transcript of this episode is available here.

Perfect Jewish Parents is a podcast from the Shalom Hartman Institute about the joys and oys of raising children Jewishly, hosted by Hartman faculty and parents Masua Sagiv and Joshua Ladon.

 

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