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Trip to Holocaust museum coming
Brittany Lacey
Issue date: 2/15/07 Section: News
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Education and Remembrance. Two words that describe the principles the Museum of Jewish Heritage, a living memorial to the Holocaust, was built to support.
The museum honors those who died by celebrating their lives.
On Feb. 18, SHU students will have the opportunity to go on a guided tour of the museum and to focus on the exhibition on Pope John Paul II and the Jewish people. On this trip, students will also have several free hours to explore New York City.
"It's good that students will be able to learn more about the Jewish Heritage, and also enjoy a fun-filled day in the city," said Alyssa Pasquariello, freshman, Wayne, N.J.
Since its doors opened in Sept. 1997, hundreds of thousands of men, women and children from around the world have visited the Museum of Jewish Heritage.
The six-sided shape and tiered roof are symbolic of the six points of the Star of David and the six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust.
"I believe that this trip into New York City is a good learning opportunity for students," said Tyler Teaton, freshman, Nanuet, N.Y. "Everyone is not fully informed on the Holocaust and this will give students a chance to experience what really went on."
Teaton is not the only student to feel this way.
Pasquariello said, "Everyone knows something about the holocaust, and to get the chance to learn more about it would be great."
Most people today only know what's in history books about the Holocaust. Facts that students may not know are that besides Jews being victims of Nazi racism, tens of thousands of Roma (Gypsies), and at least 200,000 mentally or physically disabled people were also murdered.
Dr. Jean Ehret, professor of religious studies, is bringing students on this trip to broaden their views on the Holocaust.
"This genocide raises so many fundamental and existential questions about who or what God is, what it means to be human, and how we shall build a society and a world of mutual respect and love," said Ehret. "It is so difficult to imagine and understand what really happened, and yet so important. I hope that the confrontation with our dark past helps increase the participants' awareness that making this world a better place to live for everyone is an ongoing task."
Ehret said that this trip is part of a class called "Reflecting the Holocaust."
The goal of the trip is for students to discover different perspectives on a time of hate and madness in Western history and listen to different voices so that they can progress in their search for truth, he said.
"Taking a trip is, in itself, a metaphor for our effort to understand," said Ehret. "We leave our usual environment [and] we travel to another place to see what it looks like from within.
"If we want to understand ourselves, our true nature and our faiths, we need to remember to let events affect ourselves, to think, and to share."
The trip to The Holocaust Museum and New York City costs $10. The bus will leave the school at 8:30 a.m. and will return at 6:30 that night. Call 396-8254 or e-mail ehretj@sacredheart.edu to sign up.
The museum honors those who died by celebrating their lives.
On Feb. 18, SHU students will have the opportunity to go on a guided tour of the museum and to focus on the exhibition on Pope John Paul II and the Jewish people. On this trip, students will also have several free hours to explore New York City.
"It's good that students will be able to learn more about the Jewish Heritage, and also enjoy a fun-filled day in the city," said Alyssa Pasquariello, freshman, Wayne, N.J.
Since its doors opened in Sept. 1997, hundreds of thousands of men, women and children from around the world have visited the Museum of Jewish Heritage.
The six-sided shape and tiered roof are symbolic of the six points of the Star of David and the six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust.
"I believe that this trip into New York City is a good learning opportunity for students," said Tyler Teaton, freshman, Nanuet, N.Y. "Everyone is not fully informed on the Holocaust and this will give students a chance to experience what really went on."
Teaton is not the only student to feel this way.
Pasquariello said, "Everyone knows something about the holocaust, and to get the chance to learn more about it would be great."
Most people today only know what's in history books about the Holocaust. Facts that students may not know are that besides Jews being victims of Nazi racism, tens of thousands of Roma (Gypsies), and at least 200,000 mentally or physically disabled people were also murdered.
Dr. Jean Ehret, professor of religious studies, is bringing students on this trip to broaden their views on the Holocaust.
"This genocide raises so many fundamental and existential questions about who or what God is, what it means to be human, and how we shall build a society and a world of mutual respect and love," said Ehret. "It is so difficult to imagine and understand what really happened, and yet so important. I hope that the confrontation with our dark past helps increase the participants' awareness that making this world a better place to live for everyone is an ongoing task."
Ehret said that this trip is part of a class called "Reflecting the Holocaust."
The goal of the trip is for students to discover different perspectives on a time of hate and madness in Western history and listen to different voices so that they can progress in their search for truth, he said.
"Taking a trip is, in itself, a metaphor for our effort to understand," said Ehret. "We leave our usual environment [and] we travel to another place to see what it looks like from within.
"If we want to understand ourselves, our true nature and our faiths, we need to remember to let events affect ourselves, to think, and to share."
The trip to The Holocaust Museum and New York City costs $10. The bus will leave the school at 8:30 a.m. and will return at 6:30 that night. Call 396-8254 or e-mail ehretj@sacredheart.edu to sign up.
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