The Department of Jewish Studies at Universidad ORT Uruguay a course for educators titled “The Shoah: The Human Condition and Memory,” which will take place from July 1 to 5, 2019, from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. at the Downtown Campus (Cuareim 1451).
This is a free program with limited enrollment. A certificate of attendance will be awarded to participants who attend at least 75% of the classes.
2019 Thematic Program
Monday, July 1
- The Shoah and Genocides: The Origins of Irrational Hatred. Specifics and Universalities
Dr. Miguel Bresciano - Universidad ORT Uruguay - Current State of Anti-Semitism Around the World
Dr. Alberto Sepektorowski - Columbia University and Universidad ORT Uruguay
Tuesday, July 2
- The Wannsee Conference: The Final Solution
Dr. Gabriel Goldman - Member of the Board of Governors, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Screening of the documentary *Giza, the Girl in the Suitcase*
Testimony by Giza Alterwajn
Wednesday, July 3
- World War II and the Holocaust as Seen from the Present
Roberto Cyjon, Ph.D. – Visiting Professor, Universidad ORT Uruguay - Screening of the documentary *Menazka*
Testimony by Isaac Borojovich
Thursday, July 4
- From Prejudice to Auschwitz
, Dr. Miguel Bresciano – Universidad ORT Uruguay - Anti-Semitism and the Law
, Dr. Jonás Bergstein
Friday, July 5
- The Nationalization of the Masses
Roberto Cyjon, Engineer – Visiting Professor, Universidad ORT Uruguay - The Holocaust Memorial Center and Its Place in the Landscape of Memory
Profs. Andrés Serralta, Sandra Veinstein, and Deborak Polakof - Montevideo Holocaust Memorial Center