Contact us at hec@cujf.org or at 217-367-9872
UPCOMING HEC EVENTS
Hear Holocaust Survivor
Dr. William Gingold
Dr. Gingold, Champaign-Urbana's local Holocaust survivor, makes a tremendous effort to help educate others about the Holocaust and to promote tolerance by sharing his families story. If you have not heard his story before, you can catch him at one of the locations below.
Tuesday, February 25th
Mahomet Public Library
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Thursday, February 27th
Rantoul Public Library
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Author Presentation
Jeffrey Gingold
Sunday, February 23rd, 2025
Urbana Free Library
210 W Green St, Urbana IL
2:00 - 4:00 PM CST
Come to hear internationally acclaimed and award winning author Jeffrey Gingold as he speaks about his father Sam Gingold’s experiences during the Holocaust. After his presentation, Mr. Gingold will hold a Q&A followed by a signing of his book, Tunnel, Smuggle, Collect: A Holocaust Boy. Click the button below to RSVP.
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Holocaust Stories of Champaign-Urbana
A new podcast series from the HEC
This podcast series highlights the stories of local Holocaust Survivors and their descendents who live or have lived in Central Illinois. These podcasts allow listeners to hear the personal family history of survivors, explore current Holocaust research, as well as dive into best practices for how to teach such a difficult topic to our kids. Click the button to access every episode.
Photography provided by Darrel Hoemen and Robin Goettel.
Through Their Eyes
A Holocaust Art and Writing Contest 2024
The Awards Ceremony for the Through Their Eyes Art: and Writing Contest took place on April 28th, 2024 at the The Cohen Center for Jewish Life. Students in grades 5-12 were asked to submit works of art, poetry, prose, or film relating to research of the Holocaust, with content focused on Victims, Resisters, Liberators, and Rescuers. You can view photos from the awards ceremony on the left!
About Us
The CUJF Holocaust Education Center serves as a resource to help school systems comply with the 1990 Illinois state mandate to teach about the Holocaust in fifth, eight, and tenth grades. (Public Act 86-780)
The committee is also dedicated to providing assistance to all individuals in the greater Champaign-Urbana area who wish to address the universal lessons to be learned from the Holocaust.
The committee sends information about the Holocaust to public school teachers and college students majoring in education; sponsors and grants scholarships for in-service teacher training programs; provides videos, books, and newspapers to local libraries and schools and speakers to area classrooms.