Center Organization of Holocaust Survivors in Israel
in cooperation with
Yad Vashem and the Shalom Hartman Institute
will hold a conference on
Shaping the Memory of the Holocaust
“Remembering Responsibly”
February 20–21, 2018
Tuesday, February 20
16.00-17.00 – Registration
17.00-17.30 – Opening Session
Greetings: Colette Avital, Chairperson, COHSI
Danny Attar, Chairman of the Jewish
National Fund
Abraham Duvdevani
Chairman World Zionist Organization
Greg Schneider, Executive Vice President
Claims Conference Against Germany
17.30-18/30 Address: "The Imperative of Holocaust Remembrance
Paths toward the Future "
Mr.Avner Shalev,
Chairman of the Board, Yad Vashem
Address: “Remembrance of the Holocaust nowadays"
Rabbi Dr. Daniel Hartman
18.30-18.45 Intermission
18.45-19.30 Address: "Are we responsible for the suffering
of others ?"
Professor Yehuda Bauer
Wednesday , February 21,2018
9.00- 9.30 Gathering and coffee
9.30-10.45 Plenum: "A Past that Builds the Future"
Panel discussion:
Muki Tsur
Professor Shimon Azulai
Moderator: Irina Steinfeld, Yad Vashem
10.45-11.00 Intermission
11.00-12.30 Panel Discussion: “What will we remember ?”
Professor Jan Grabowski, University of Ottawa
Professor Michael Berenbaum, American Jewish University
Moderator: Dr. Laurence Weinbaum, WJC
12.30- 13.30 Lunch break
13.30-14.30 Aharon Appelfeld z"l 's message: A short video clip
"Remembering the Shoa- An ongoing personal
Challenge for Humanity" Professor Michal Govrin
14.30- 14.45 Intermission
14.45- 16.00 Workshops
Workshop#1: Values and Methods in the Educational System
Yael Richler and Shani Lurie, Yad Vashem
Workshop#2: An intergenerational discussion- messages and
Tools –Dorit Blitenthal and Lili Haber, COHSI
Workshop#3: The Memory of the Holocaust in a Multicultural
Society- Inbal Kiviti, Yad Vashem
Workshop#4: Educational dilemmas in transmitting the Memory
Of the Holocaust –Noam Leibman, Moreshet
Workshop#5: "The Ingathering – an innovative mode of active
Remembrance" – Professor Michal Govrin
16.00-16.15 Intermission
16.15-17.15 Panel discussion : "Remembering the Holocaust
Young voices in the Israeli Literature"
Mr. Yishai Sarid and Dr. Gali Tibon
Moderator: Rani Jaeger, Hartman Institute
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17.15-18.00 Concluding Remarks
Recommendations of the workshops:
Colette Avital, Chairperson, COHSI
