October EmpowerED Insights

 

OCTOBER 2024       One Last Chance to Apply for a Holocaust Education Grant! Grant applications close on October 20th and we want to reach all 50 states! Send this email to a teacher in one of the 19 states we have yet to work with and encourage them to apply this year before the deadline! Help us expand Holocaust education and give even more students an appreciation of the past, and the tools to combat hate in the future!   APPLY NOW     Help Clear the Grants List: We've experienced a 50% increase in applications this year. YOU can help teachers and make a difference for students. Donate to Clear the Grants List today!   DONATE TO CLEAR THE GRANTS LIST       A Closer Look at the Relationship between Holocaust Knowledge, Education and Antisemitism The latest research from ADL’s Center for Antisemitism Research (CAR), suggests a direct relationship between deficiencies in Holocaust education and heightened prejudicial, antisemitic beliefs. Their findings reveal that believing in antisemitic tropes is strongly correlated with a lack of knowledge about Jews, Judaism, and the Holocaust. In their study, respondents who correctly answered that 6 million Jews were killed in the Holocaust believed the fewest anti-Jewish tropes (only 3.2%), compared to 7.3% for those who underestimated the number of Jews killed at 1 million or fewer.   READ MORE       100-Year-Old Holocaust Survivor Granted Wish to Reunite with Sister One Last Time, Thanks to AARP Program Helena and her sister Barbara protected one another from the horrors of their surroundings during World War II. Yet, the war ultimately tore them apart five years after the Nazis invaded Poland in 1939. They forcibly took Helena to a work camp in Germany, while Barbara’s fate remained unknown. After enduring years of hardship and uncertainty, Helena was liberated from the work camps and became determined to find her sister. The relentless search finally led to their reunion in 1947. Their unbreakable bond lasted for decades as Helena started fresh in Connecticut and Barbara landed in New Jersey. As Helena approached her 100th birthday this year, her greatest wish was to reunite with Barbara once more. Touched by their story, AARP’s Wish of a Lifetime granted Helena’s dream, making it possible for her to travel from her new home in Montana to see her beloved sister and share even more precious moments with her family.   READ MORE         Tuesday, October 29, at 7:15 pm ET: Join us for a play and talkback Berlin, 1933. With martial law in effect, political activism has become a capital crime. A young Gestapo officer arrests a graduate student suspected of doing illegal research. Inspired by real events, this fantastical drama delves into the life and mind of the iconic thinker Hannah Arendt. Mrs. Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library by Jenny Lyn Bade directed by Ari Laura Kreith at 59E59 Theaters 59 E. 59th St. (between Park & Madison Ave.) New York City The play runs approximately 90 minutes.  The 10/29 performance will be followed by a conversation with Mark Schonwetter and his daughters Ann Arnold and Isabella Fiske of the Mark Schonwetter Holocaust Education Foundation.  For discount tickets to the Tuesday, October 29 performance, order by 10/15 and use code MSHE.   BUY TICKETS     Thank you for being a part of our community! We hope our monthly EmpowerED Insights has inspired you to empower your own community through education in honor of our mission to #EmpowerThroughEducation.         DONATE