Still undecided about attending Dr. Franklin H. Littell's Kristallnacht presentation next Wednesday, Nov. 10?
Following are 10 reasons why you and your students should consider attending during college hour:
1. Dr. Franklin H. Littell is a champion of religious liberty and Jewish Christian understanding and cooperation.
2. He was a graduate student in Germany at the start of the Holocaust, an event that changed his life.
3. He inspires younger people to learn from the lessons of the past.
4. Dr. Littell is often referred to as “the Father of Holocaust Studies in America;” his graduate seminar on the German Church Struggle and the Holocaust at Emory University in 1959 was the first Holocaust course taught in America.
5. His book, “The Crucifixion of the Jews” is considered the first Christian response to the Holocaust.
6. In 1970, he helped to establish the Annual Scholars’ Conference on the Holocaust and the Churches—the first and oldest interfaith, scholarly meeting of its kind in the world.
7. He is a founding member of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Committee, appointed by President Carter and re-appointed by Presidents Regan and Bush.
8. His newspaper column “Lest We Forget” was published for over a quarter of a century.
9. He has dedicated his career to creating educational awareness of the Holocaust and strengthening the cause of liberty and individual responsibility in a democracy.
10. Your students will thank you.
Wednesday, Nov. 10
“Hating the Jews: Germany in the 1930s, America in 2004?”
College Hour (noon – 1 pm)
Warshof Conference Center, (Monroe A & B), R. Thomas Flynn Campus Center
Free and open to the public.
This event will be videostreamed to Room 4-151 at the Damon City Campus.
Co-sponsored by the Holocaust Genocide Studies Project and Campus Activities Board.
Can't make it on Nov. 10? Following is another opportunity to hear Dr. Littell present in the Greater Rochester community:
Thursday, Nov. 11
“Catholics, Protestants, Jews: The Long Road to Conversation and Cooperation in the Light of the Holocaust”
An interfaith exploration of the lessons learned from the Holocaust and application of those lessons to today’s world. Includes a ceremony to recognize and honor local people who liberated the concentration camps after the fall of Nazi Germany.
7:30 pm
Asbury First United Methodist Church, 1050 East Ave., Rochester
Co-sponsored by the Commission on Christian Jewish Relations (Jewish Community Federation of Greater Rochester and Greater Rochester Community of Churches) and the Holocaust Genocide Studies Project and Campus Activities Board at MCC. Free and open to the public.
Questions? Contact Linda Ingraham, Liberal Arts/HGSP, at x3321.
Rosanna Condello
Public Affairs
11/03/2004 |