The Next Chapter enables 10th, 11th, and 12th graders to develop profound connections to the Holocaust.  Over the course of the rigorous six-month program, teens interview Holocaust survivors and create books that include each survivor's story, along with genealogical and historical research. These books will be presented to the Yad Vashem Holocaust History Museum in Jerusalem, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., and the Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw.

At  weekly workshops, students study Holocaust history and art, how to write and document oral histories, and how the Jewish community in Poland has re-emerged after the 1989 fall of Communism. 

Workshops will be offered in San Francisco, on the Peninsula, and in Marin County beginning in December 2011 and ending in May 2012.

The Next Chapter is a partnership of JFCS and the Taube Foundation for Jewish Life and Culture in cooperation with Congregation Emanu-El.

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