Youth and Adolescence
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| "Open Hands, or Fists?": Eboo Patel on Young People's Worldwide Influence | Video Clip | August 7, 2009 |
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A Discussion with Elie Wiesel 30 minutes, color View The "In" Group |
Library Resource | December 15, 2009 |
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A Yearning to Belong Sholom Aleichem believed that before Jews could return to the Jewish land, they had to “return to the Jewish People.” It was an idea that struck a chord with Jews throughout Eastern Europe—including many with little or no interest in Zionism. Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, thousands of young people, Jews and Christians alike, joined youth groups, clubs, unions and other organizations that sprang up throughout Poland. These groups gave members a sense of purpose and satisfied their yearning to belong. |
Publication Readings | January 3, 2012 |
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Anton the Dove Fancier: and Other Tales of the Holocaust by Bernard Gotfryd (Washington Square Press)
Watch a video of Bernard Gotfryd discussing Anton the Dove Fancier. |
Library Resource | December 15, 2009 |
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Au Revoir Les Enfants 103 minutes, color, subtitles |
Library Resource | December 15, 2009 |
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Building Bridges 20 minutes With footage shot for Shaker Heights: The Struggle for Integration, producer/director Stuart Math also created Building Bridges, a video about Shaker's Student Group on Race Relations (SGORR). This short documentary models their highly innovative program, which sends integrated teams of high school students into Shaker's elementary classrooms to teach the younger students how to combat racial prejudice. |
Library Resource | December 15, 2009 |
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Bullies and Their Enablers How should those who work with children - pediatricians, educators, parents and community members - respond to bullying behavior? In the article, "At Last, Facing Down Bullies (and Their Enablers)," Dr. Perri Klass reviews research that provides answers to this important question. |
Facing Today | June 9, 2009 |
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Chicago Students Confront Hatred and Discrimination 7 minutes This video, produced as a companion to the Anne Frank in the World exhibit in Chicago, features Facing History and Ourselves students speaking about issues of racism, antisemitism, and violence in their lives. |
Library Resource | December 15, 2009 |
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Childhood Experiences of German Jews 23 minutes These excerpts from the testimonies of five German Jews representing different areas of Germany explain what circumstances were like for Jewish children attending school between 1933 and 1939. A principal theme of the montage is that antisemitic legislation was applied at different levels of intensity in different areas of Germany and not all Jews felt equally threatened by the discriminatory policies of the prewar Nazi regime. Part of the Elements of Time series |
Library Resource | December 15, 2009 |
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Childhood Memories 57 minutes Through interviews of eleven Holocaust survivors and witnesses, this montage examines what conditions were like for Jewish and non-Jewish children living in Nazi-occupied Europe before and during World War II. Part of the Elements of Time series. |
Library Resource | December 15, 2009 |
