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Programs at the Museum The Lipper Internship brings together graduate and undergraduate students
from across the Northeast to train in New York City for a semester-long
internship in museum education. Interns teach students about the Holocaust
in local schools in their college communities and on visits to the Museum.
Following training, Interns visit several middle and high schools in their college communities to give an introductory lesson in the classroom followed by a guided tour at the Museum. Interns then return to the classroom one last time to facilitate a discussion about the lessons learned during the course of the program. Interns receive a stipend and are reimbursed for travel expenses. Lodging in New York City is provided during the training period, if necessary. Students of all backgrounds are encouraged to apply. Fall Semester applications due April 1, training in late August. Spring
Semester applications due November 1, training in early January. Programs through the Auschwitz Jewish Center
Academy Program The United States Service Academy Program is a dynamic three-week educational initiative in Poland created by the Auschwitz Jewish Center Foundation (AJCF) for a select group of cadets and midshipmen from the U.S. Military Academy, U.S. Naval Academy, and the U.S. Air Force Academy. Focusing on the Holocaust and related contemporary moral and ethical considerations, this in situ program provides an authentic learning experience for future military officers that extends beyond what they are taught in their Academy classrooms. The poignancy of the setting not only educates them about the past, but also stimulates dialogue about its relationship to the present and the future. It is within this framework that the Academy students can understand what can happen in the absence of open and democratic governing institutions – when evil is given free reign, when fear overpowers ethics, and when democratic ideals are not defended. The Program begins in the United States with an orientation in Washington D.C. at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, and continues with sessions at the Pentagon, State Department, Congress, and in New York City at the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust. The Academy students then leave for Poland, traveling to Warsaw, Krakow, and Oswiecim. While traveling through the country, they gain a better understanding of pre-War Jewish life and its subsequent devastation. The Academy Program is an annual offering as part of a specialized summer curriculum at each of the Academies. The AJCF created the program to educate, inspire, and empower future military officers. These men and women will become leaders in the U.S. Armed Forces with a clear understanding of the Holocaust that will supplement their military education. These students will become ambassadors of ethical behavior and responsibility to their peers because of their close examination of this historical atrocity. For more information on this program please visit our website www.ajcf.org or email Shiri Sandler at ssandler@mjhnyc.org. Download an Application
Auschwitz Jewish Center Fellows Program After a brief orientation in New York City, the Auschwitz Jewish Center Fellows travel in Poland for three weeks, during which time they visit Krakow, Warsaw, Oswiecim (Auschwitz), and Lodz. The Fellows will be taken on a study trip throughout south-east Poland to explore the area's rich Jewish heritage and meet with local Jewish and non-Jewish leaders to learn about pre-war Jewish life, life under the Nazi occupation and Communism, as well as about the status of the Jewish community. In Oswiecim, the Fellows attend an intensive program at the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum where they tour the camps, learn about the history of Jewish, Roma, and Polish inmates, as well as how to use the archives, collections, publications, and educational departments. The Fellows engage in sessions with Polish and German students, leaders of the Jewish community, and with scholars, to discuss stereotypes and prejudices that exist in the respective societies of the participants, while at the same time promoting the creation of lasting cross-cultural relationships. It is the goal of the program that, upon returning home, Fellows incorporate the lessons they have learned into their intellectual, personal, and professional lives in a significant way. The preferred candidate is matriculated in a graduate program or has completed an undergraduate degree and is engaged in meaningful continuing studies. For more information on this program please visit our website www.ajcf.org or email Shiri Sandler at ssandler@mjhnyc.org. Download an Application This program has been supported by The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
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