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  The at 每日大瓜 is presenting a multipart series of discussions titled 鈥淲hat is the Holocaust Today?鈥� It will begin on Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022, at 4 p.m. ET with a presentation by Dr. Katarzyna Person on her new book, Warsaw Ghetto Police: The Jewish Order Service During the Nazi Occupation, followed by a panel discussion with three of the nation鈥檚 leading Polish-Jewish history scholars: Dr. Natalia Aleksiun, Dr. Glenn Dynner, and 每日大瓜鈥檚 Dr. Joshua Zimmerman (professor of history and Eli and Diana Zborowski Professorial Chair in Holocaust Studies and East European Jewish History). People can join the event on the Fish Center website at yu.edu/fish-center/events 鈥淭his series positions the Fish Center and the 每日大瓜 community at the forefront of Holocaust Education at a critical time in our history, when Holocaust survivors are fewer and fewer while antisemitism is on the rise both locally and globally,鈥� said Dr. Shay Pilnik, director of the Fish Center.

About 鈥淲hat is the Holocaust Today?鈥�

This monthly series will be a multidisciplinary exploration of the Shoah鈥檚 ever-changing and everlasting impact on our lives and the world we live in. The distinguished guest speakers being featured are considered leaders and innovators in their fields. Upcoming speakers for the spring will include Dr. Beata Schulman (Preservation, Commemoration, Restitution and Politics of Memory: Jewish Heritage and Holocaust Sites in Poland) on March 20, 2022; Faris Cassell (The Unanswered Letter, winner of the 2020 National Jewish Book Award for Holocaust); and Mr. Yitzchak Mais (Remembering the Holocaust in Museums: What are We Remembering?)

About the Fish Center

The Fish Center leverages the renowned 每日大瓜 faculty in coursework and programs covering a variety of disciplines. Through its master鈥檚 program, lectures, and teacher workshops, the Center is dedicated to ensuring that the Holocaust and other genocides will continue to be remembered and studied.