Holocaust Educational Foundation

The Holocaust Educational Foundation is a private, nonprofit organization founded by Theodore Zev Weiss in 1976[1] and dedicated to the support of teaching and research about the Holocaust at the university level.[2] It has helped establish courses on the Holocaust at over 400 colleges.[1]

This article is about the US organization established in 1976. For the unrelated British charity established in 1988, see Holocaust Educational Trust.

On July 9th, 2013 the HEF was integrated into Northwestern University.[1]

Programming

The Holocaust Educational Foundation of Northwestern University offers several programs: the Summer Institute on the Holocaust and Jewish Civilization; the biennial Lessons and Legacies conference; the Sharon Abramson Research Grants; and teaching grants to support college-level teaching in Holocaust Studies.

See also

References
  1. Alan K. Cubbage (2011-01-17). "Holocaust Educational Foundation to Join Northwestern Northwestern will continue the Foundation's efforts to support Holocaust research, outreach". Retrieved 2011-01-18.
  2. "Holocaust Educational Foundation to Become Part of Northwestern U." Chronicle of Higher Education. 2011-01-17. Retrieved 2011-01-18.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.