Holocaust

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.
Joshua Ladon, Masua Sagiv, Morgan Blum Schneider
Rabbi Dr. Joshua Ladon is the Vice President, West Coast and Senior Faculty at the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America, where he guides the program and development strategy on the West Coast. An award-winning educator, Joshua was previously the Director of Education for the Institute in North America, guiding the content and curriculum of national and regional programs. Prior to Hartman he served as the Dean of Student and Jewish Life at the Jewish

Masua Sagiv

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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