Summer Program
The Holocaust and Jewish Resistance Teachers' Program is an intensive three week learning and living experience in Washington, DC, Poland, Germany and Israel for U.S. secondary school teachers who are committed to teaching about the Holocaust and Jewish resistance in their classes upon completion of the program. This year's program is scheduled for July 5–26, 2010. more
The National Alumni Conference
The National Alumni Conference will be held at the Renaissance Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C., from February 12–15, 2010. This is the 25th anniversary of our program, and we are planning some special events to celebrate the occasion. The staff of the program, as well as the staff of the Jewish Labor Committee and members of the American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors, and others associated with the program look forward to greeting you and sharing time with you. more
Vladka Meed
Vladka Meed is the founder of the Holocaust and Jewish Resistance Teachers' Program. She was a member of the Jewish underground in the Warsaw Ghetto from its first days. Meed’s book, On Both Sides of the Wall, recounts how she served in the resistance by passing as a Christian outside the Warsaw Ghetto. Because of her typically "Aryan" appearance, and fluency in Polish, she was not only able to smuggle weapons to the Jewish Fighting Organization inside the ghetto, but also to help Jewish children escape from the ghetto to be sheltered in Christian homes.
After the war, Vladka Meed continued to lecture on the Holocaust, and, together with her husband, Benjamin Meed ז"ל, was extremely active in Holocaust education and memorialization.
Vladka Meed has decided to step back from directing the program. Elaine Culbertson and Steve Feinberg will be sharing this task. Both have long and fruitful relationships with the program and are experienced Holocaust educators. They are fully committed to the program and feel that it is through the strength of our alumni that Vladka's message will continue to be taught.