John Mitty Monday, October 1, 2012 |
WHO: Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County
WHAT: 20th Annual Tribute Dinner
WHEN: Tuesday, November 13, 2012
WHERE: Temple Israel of Great Neck, 108 Old Mill Road, Great Neck
Reservations Required
The Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County celebrates 20 years of standing up to hatred, intolerance and bullying. Honorees are Flora and Frank Lalezarian and Erika Witover. Beth Lilach will receive the Bruce Morrell Education Award. The featured speaker is New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo.
Since 2007, nearly 180,000 students, teachers, employers and law enforcement personnel have participated in the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center’s education programs, including 130,000 students.
Under construction is the Claire Friedlander Education Institute that will accommodate four fully equipped classrooms with state-of–the-art audio-visual aids and cutting edge technical equipment for specialized Holocaust video-conferencing programs and a wide variety of workshops for students, adults, law enforcement personnel and professional development for educators.
With the Louis Posner Memorial Library, the Center offers over 7,000 volumes of Holocaust, genocide, multicultural, anti-bias and anti-bullying material for youth and adults, from Kindergarten through post-graduate researchers. It is the largest such collection on Long Island. Additional information is available online at www.holocaust-nassau.org.
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