Seneca Valley students engage in Holocaust education programs
Dozens of Seneca Valley students recently stepped outside the classroom for lessons in Holocaust education and remembrance.
On Sept. 10, 57 high school students and history teacher Jim Lucot attended a presentation at Rodef Shalom Congregation in Pittsburgh by Holocaust survivor Marion Ein Lewin, who shared her story of survival at Bergen-Belsen with her twin brother, Steven. They are thought to be the only surviving twins of the Holocaust. Marion also offered to send each student a copy of her book, Inseparable.
A week later, on Sept. 17, seventh- and eighth-grade PURPOSE students from Ryan Gloyer Middle School attended a documentary screening presented through Teen Screen and the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh at the Harris Theater in Pittsburgh.
As part of the outing, Lee Goldman Kikel, daughter of a Holocaust survivor, and Carol Black, a survivor of the Tree of Life synagogue shooting, shared their stories and addressed the importance of combating antisemitism.
