The Overseas Education and Training Department
Since the 1980s, Yad Vashem has been developing models of outreach on Holocaust Education, first within Israeli schools and then, as per the organic increasing demand, slowly and steadily across the globe. Today, together with partners across six continents, the International School is at the forefront of professional development training on the Holocaust in over 20 languages.
The history of the Holocaust, and of the individual people and communities who are part of its narrative, contain universal lessons for people around the world. Understanding this, Yad Vashem's International School for Holocaust Studies prioritizes programming on Holocaust Education training, imparting skills to educators from dozens of countries in their native languages. The Overseas Education and Training Department works with teachers’ organizations, Holocaust memorial centers, and Ministries of Education in partner countries throughout the world in order to enlist quality educators to take part in Holocaust education programs conducted both at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem and at different locations across European cities.
Activities of the department include:
- Implementing some 80 training seminars each year, creating dedicated cadres of educators empowered to teach the Holocaust in over 20 languages
- Maintaining multiple graduate networks, enrichment programs
- Online webinars, seminars, conferences and lectures and social media
- International Conferences focusing on Holocaust Education
- Dedicated programming for educators in Jewish frameworks
- Developing educational materials for different international audiences
Creating formal partnerships between Yad Vashem and international Ministries of Education to ensure continuity and development of educational strategies.
Following the unparalleled impact of The Adelson Family Foundation Educational Program on the work of the International School for Holocaust Studies, teaching and learning about the Holocaust across six continents over two decades, in 2022 Yad Vashem decided to establish The Dr. Miriam and Sheldon G. Adelson Educational Leadership Academy in order to cement Yad Vashem’s place as the global leader in Holocaust education, now and in the future.
