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When Never Again Starts to Feel Like Again...
MorseLife “Next Generations Holocaust Living
Learning Experience” Teaches Resonating Lessons
This year, three- promoting the importance of social justice and tolerance
quarters of a century through the lessons learned from the Holocaust. Available
after the Holocaust, The to 5th through 12th-grade classrooms, universities and
United Nations General youth organizations, programs feature diverse interactive
Assembly adopted a lessons with Holocaust Survivors and their descendants
resolution that condemns sharing their experiences. Participants learn the effects of
the denial and distortion hate speech and “real-life” tools on how to quickly identify
of the Holocaust. Co- and help reset inflammatory judgments and narratives, so
authored by 71 countries that kindness, empathy, respect and unity prevail locally,
a r o u n d t h e g l o b e nationally and globally.
and passed without Studying the Holocaust provides opportunities to inspire
opposition or abstention, MorseLife NEXT GENERATIONS Holocaust Living Learning students with stories of courage, overcoming adversity,
this validated that the Experience brings Holocaust Survivors into the classroom to resilience, and honorable behavior. These lessons illustrate
failure to recognize and share their own experiences to bear witness to this watershed the precious advantages of living in a diverse and cohesive
understand the tragic moment in world history. society, free of bigotry, hate, and intolerance. The MorseLife
scope of this genocide is NEXT GENERATIONS Holocaust Living Learning
dangerous to all humanity. Keith Myers and Nancy Experience curriculum topics may include:
As the current example in Dershaw of the MorseLife NEXT • The dangers of bullying;
Ukraine continues to play GENERATIONS Holocaust • How to manage peer pressure;
out on television and is Living Learning Experience, • The importance of active listening skills;
discussed at dinner tables, professional staff and docents • Diversity and embracing our differences;
at social and spiritual draw on the context of history, • Appropriate responses to the language of hate;
gatherings, complaisance its signature age-appropriate • How much is six million?
is now understood as an curriculum model and • Decisive moments in history, such as Kristallnacht;
affront to humanity–our “compassion-based” activities • The importance of annual remembrance days;
own, and others. help to mitigate hate, bigotry, • Keeping the promise to Never Forget.
Sadly, as confirmed by and bullying while promoting To learn more or request programming, contact Leigh
the Conference on Jewish the importance of social justice Routman, Director, MorseLife NEXT GENERATIONS
Material Claims Against and tolerance. Holocaust Living Learning Experience, Lroutman@
Learning history, empathy and compassion through first- morselife.org, (561) 668-5961.
hand storytelling and an arts curriculum were at the core of
MorseLife NEXT GENERATIONS Holocaust Living Learning
Experience Butterfly Project during which 8,000 tiles were
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Holocaust Living Learning Experience Butterfly Project in
grades 5-12 was given a story of a child lost before the student Editor ........................................................................ Nils A. Shapiro
began a tile in their memory. Photography By ........................................................ Jon Ricco
Germany, “If these trends continue for another generation,
the crucial lessons from this terrible part of history will be Lessons learned from the Holocaust and those who bear Editorial copy appearing herewith is not necessarily the viewpoint of
lost.” Governments, survivors, historians and educators witness cultivates generations of up-standers to bullying, Seabreeze Publications of Central Florida. Most editorial copy is created by
have made extraordinary efforts to document history. Yet, hate and bigotry. the homeowners and is edited by their appointed editor.
despite this, the reframing of the Holocaust is gaining
traction, the percentage of Holocaust deniers growing, and to MorseLife’s NOW for Holocaust Survivors Initiative
the number of anti-Semitic attacks is increasing. that supports Holocaust survivors and their families
Through a professional staff, trained and qualified with needed services to ensure their dignity and optimal
Holocaust Living Learning Experience docents, and a independence,” explains President and CEO of MorseLife
speakers bureau of Holocaust survivors and children of Keith A. Myers. “In our efforts to eradicate bigotry, hatred,
Holocaust survivors, the MorseLife NEXT GENERATIONS and Antisemitism, we gain valuable perspective and draw Seabreeze Publications
Holocaust Living Learning Experience (LLE) presents inspiration from the testimonies, insights and resilience
life-changing lessons learned from the Holocaust. By of those who survived and in the memory of those who Publisher
sharing the unfiltered experiences of those persecuted, the perished.” M. Sean Reid
programing profoundly impacts those who may be hearing The NOW Initiative, which began in 2020, provides J. Reid
stories of the Holocaust for the first time or correct damaging Holocaust Survivors with in-home healthcare services,
misperceptions gained through inaccurate information. nutritious meals, medical assessment, care management, Sales
As the benchmark, skilled-based program in Palm Beach medication management and skilled nursing. Tom English, Laura Berrio, Bret McCormick
County, the LLE teaches the effects of hate speech and the “The Holocaust Living Learning Experience, featuring
importance of social justice and tolerance. its NEXT GENERATIONS signature educational model, Production Manager Lee Nostrant
Encouraging and Empowering All to be Up-Standers offers a legacy promise to Survivors and their families.
The MorseLife NEXT GENERATIONS Holocaust This model grows, imbeds and perpetuates critical, candid Production Department
Living Learning Experience presents a variety of educational education that can transform conversations for generations Elaine Donholt • Ruth Nekoranec • Katie Heystek
programs and formats that are personal, accessible, to come,” shared Nancy Dershaw, founder of NEXT Sherry Whalon • Dianne Strout • Karen Kalisz
informative and inspiring to schools, universities, summer GENERATIONS, who is the daughter of two Holocaust
camp programs, associations, nonprofit organizations, survivors. “By sharing the resonating lessons learned All rights reserved. Reproduction or utilization of these contents in any
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media teaching model educates school-age children and alongside Survivors and their stories, we hope that together The Publisher is not responsible or liable for misinformation or misprints
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that encourages and empowers each to become effective up- memory and honor… one that eradicates bigotry and
standers instead of bystanders. In addition, the LLE provides prevents man’s inhumanity to man from happening again.” www.seabreezepublications.com
a showcase of events that are virtual and live throughout Age-Appropriate Lessons Available to Public/Private 1102 W. Indiantown Rd., Suite 5, Jupiter, FL 33458
the year. These events are presented by experts, authors and Schools, Summer Camps, Youth Organizations. Using the
artists, and are available to the general public. context of history, the MorseLife NEXT GENERATIONS (561) 746-3244
“The classroom and university education, and the age-appropriate curriculum and “compassion-based” FAX (561) 746-2509
showcase programming components, are ideal complements activities help to mitigate hate, bigotry and bullying while