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Day of Learning

Thank you for your interest in the Day of Learning. 2013 registration is now closed and the program is sold out.

Please join us for future educational opportunities and for Yom HaShoah: Holocaust Remembrance Day, on April 7, 2013.

At the Day of Learning, students and educators from public and private schools throughout California are invited gain a deeper understanding about the Holocaust and patterns of genocide to inspire moral courage and social responsibility in the future. The many workshops include eyewitness testimonies from survivor's of the Holocaust or genocide. The Day of Learning program is free and lunch is provided.

When: Sunday, March 17, 2013 
Where: Mercy High School, 3250 19th Avenue, San Francisco
Registration is required by March 11, 2013.

The Day of Learning was established in 2003. It offers students and educators an exceptional interactive learning opportunity to enhance their understanding of critical events in modern history. Each year, more than 550 students and teachers throughout California participate in the event. 

Day of Learning Flyer (pdf)

The Day of Learning is a program of the Preisler Shorenstein Institute for Holocaust Education.

The JFCS Holocaust Center’s 2013 Day of Learning is co-presented by the achieve Program, Alameda Office of Education, Anti-Defamation League, Bishop O’Dowd High School, Congregation Emanu-El, The Curriculum Initiative, Facing History and Ourselves, The Fred T. Korematsu Institute for Civil Rights and Education, The Genocide Education Project, Jewish Partisan Educational Foundation, Mercy High School's Helen and Joe Farkas Center for the Study of the Holocaust, San Francisco Bay Area Darfur Coalition, and the USC Shoah Foundation  - The Institute for Visual History and Education.

The JFCS Holocaust Center is inviting schools and youth groups to join us as a partner for the Day of Learning. To learn more about this opportunity please contact Morgan Blum

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Contact: 

Morgan Blum, Director of Education, JFCS Holocaust Center; 415-449-1289; MorganB@jfcs.org

Questions? Email Dol@jfcs.org or call the JFCS Holocaust Center at 415-449-3717.

Cost: Free
 

Registration is required before March 11, 2013
 

Day of Learning Flyer (pdf)

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