Teaching "Maus": Recent Book Ban Spurs Educational Workshop for Teachers

 

Littman Families Holocaust Resource Center Maus: Using Graphic Novels to Teach about the Holocaust  Free Workshop for Middle and High School Teachers, March 3   A Tennessee school district’s controversial ban of Maus, Art Spiegelman’s Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic memoir, has brought increased attention to this complex work of Holocaust literature. Thanks to a recent gift from Len Littman, the Bildner Center and the Herbert and Leonard Littman Families Holocaust Resource Center (HRC) are able to offer a timely virtual workshop to guide educators in teaching this important text.  Teachers Register Here   Barbara Mann  Chana Kekst Professor of Jewish Literature, Jewish Theological Seminary  Colleen Tambuscio Pedagogical Consultant, Littman Families HRC   Bildner Center Virtual Mini-Courses   Innovative Orthodoxies Two-part series on new trends in Orthodox Judaism Thursdays, February 10 & 17 | 12:30-1:30pm  Register Here   Michal Raucher Department of Jewish Studies,  Rutgers University   Adam S. Ferziger Bildner Visiting Scholar,  Rutgers University     A Short History of Jewish Farming on Four Continents in the Modern Era Wednesdays, February 16 & 23 | 7:00-8:00pm Register Here   Jonathan Dekel-Chen Bildner Visiting Scholar, Rutgers University Abe and Martha Crystal on their poultry farm, Alliance Colony, New Jersey   Join Our Mailing List Visit Our Website Donate Now