The Impact of Rising Antisemitism on Holocaust Education

Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 6:00pm EDT

In commemoration of Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, join us for a discussion about the implications for Holocaust education in the face of rising antisemitism, the impact of the October 7 terrorist attack, and the changing political landscape in the US and across the globe. Featuring Dr. Oren Stier, Professor of Religious Studies and Director of the Holocaust & Genocide Studies Program in the Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs at Florida International University.

This event is organized by the Harriet & Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Center (KHC) is underwritten by the Yehoshua and Edna Aizenberg Holocaust Memorial Fund. It is co-sponsored by the Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center; the Reiff Center for Human Rights and Conflict Resolution at Christopher Newport University; the Martin-Springer Institute at Northern Arizona University; the Genocide Studies Program at Yale University; the Holocaust, Genocide & Interfaith Education Center at Manhattan University; the Ray Wolpow Institute for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Crimes Against Humanity at Western Washington University; the Wagner College Holocaust Center; the Cohen Institute for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Keene State College; and the Center for the Study of Genocide & Human Rights at Rutgers University. For more information about the KHC, please visit https://khc.qcc.cuny.edu.

To attend in person:

Registration ahead of time is required and visitors must show ID upon entering the campus at Queensborough Community College (QCC).

This is a general RSVP. IT DOES NOT GUARANTEE A SEAT. The event in open to the general public on a first-come first-serve basis.

For elevator access to the KHC, enter the QCC Administration building and follow signs for the Kupferberg Holocaust Center. For directions to QCC’s campus, please visit https://www.qcc.cuny.edu/about/index.html#gettingHere.

Event Venue

Kupferberg Holocaust Center @ Queensborough Community College, 222-05 56th Avenue, Queens, United States