2006 HEW a Huge Success
With 152 impactful programs in venues across the Greater Toronto and surrounding areas, over 25,399 persons attended Holocaust Education Week 2006, the largest event of its kind in the world. Over 5,000 of the participants were students. Venues throughout the community included churches, synagogues, universities, colleges, hospitals, theatres, public libraries and schools. The nine day event offered an opportunity for people from diverse religious, ethnic and cultural backgrounds to learn about the history of the Holocaust and to understand the lessons that this watershed event can teach about the importance of championing religious and racial tolerance while protecting Canadian values of multiculturalism and democracy.
The UJA Federation of Greater Toronto Holocaust Centre has been committed - for almost two decades - to ensuring that never again will the world act as a bystander to mass murder and genocide. Through our vital work, the Centre is committed to honouring and memorializing the victims of Nazi persecution, to cherishing the legacy of the survivors, and to perpetuating dynamic educational and cultural programming for future generations.
Did you know? Over 20,000 students visit the Centre yearly More than 2,000 people attend the annual Yom Hashoah
Community Commemoration, making it the largest memorial
outside Israel With over 25,000 people attending more than 150 programs,
Holocaust Education Week is the largest event of its kind
in the world
In addition, the Centre offers curriculum guidance and professional
development programs to schools and teachers. Research opportunities
are available at the Anita Ekstein Holocaust Resource Centre, which
holds an extensive collection of Holocaust-related materials. Through
these and other widely-recognized programs, the Centre is able to reach
well beyond our Jewish community, touching the lives of so many and
truly making a difference.
Photos from 2006 Holocaust Education Week
We need your help to continue our crucial work.
By becoming a supporter of the Holocaust Centre or by sponsoring
a specific program during Holocaust Education Week, your financial
commitment will help fight bigotry, intolerance, racism and antisemitism.
Please join our committed supporters, who believe that through education we can begin to understand
our past and strive to build a more compassionate future.
To make your tax-receiptable donation, call Mary Siklos at 416-635-2883 x301 or e-mail: msiklos@ujafed.org. All donations welcome.
Thank you for your generosity.
Over 20,000 students visit the Centre yearly
