The Future of Holocaust Memory

What does Holocaust memory demand of us? How does the dwindling of the number of living Holocaust survivors impact our responsibility?

Rachel Jacoby Rosenfield, Michal Govrin, Justin Pines, Dara Horn

May 9, 2022

May 9, 2022

Rachel Jacoby Rosenfield

Rachel Jacoby Rosenfield is the Chief Executive Officer at the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America, where she leads the staff, shapes the vision, strategy, and growth, develops the culture, and oversees programs and operations. She previously served as Executive Vice President for 8 years. Rachel has served in the field of Jewish education and social justice for more than two decades as an entrepreneur, executive leader and educator. Previously, Rachel was Director of Experiential

Michal Govrin

Justin Pines

Dara Horn

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JEWISH MEMORY AND THIS MORAL MOMENT

The Future of Holocaust Memory – A Responsibility in Translation
What does Holocaust memory demand of us? How does the dwindling of the number of living Holocaust survivors impact our responsibility? Can we ensure a shared collective Jewish memory of the Holocaust when the Jewish people are dispersed in cultures steeped in disparate conceptions of memory?

Members of the Shalom Hartman Institute’s Israeli and North American Hitkansut design teams explore these questions and share their experience of transforming the Hitkansut ritual for Yom HaShoah from an Israeli idiom to a culturally compelling ritual for North Americans.

This program took place on Thursday, April 28, 2022 and was part of Jewish Memory and this Moral Moment, a conference and commemoration on Yom HaShoah 5782.

Watch more video from this conference.