Shoa and Experience

Dr. Nitza Davidovich serves in teaching and administrative positions at the Ariel University Center. She is currently the Director of Academic Development & Evaluation. Her areas of research interest include academic curriculum development, development of academic instruction, Holocaust awareness and Jewish identity, student exchange programs with Germany and Poland, preservation of the heritage of Jewish sects, and moral education.|Prof. Dan Soen has been teaching in higher education institutions in Israel, New Zealand, the USA and South Africa since 1961, has published over 125 articles in scientific journals, and has edited and written over 30 books on topics related to sociology, regional and urban issues, behavioral sciences, and more recently, Holocaust memory and education. He was instrumental in the establishment of several colleges in Israel and headed social sciences departments in several universities along the years; he also headed various research institutions. He is the founder and editor of the journal Social Issues in Israel, and sits on the board of several other scientific journals.

• Acknowledgements................................................................ ix About the Authors................................................................. xi Introduction...................................................................... xvii The Trip Experience: Poland and the Polish People as Perceived by Israeli Youth in Light of Their Trips to the Death Camps.................................................1 Nitza Davidovitch and Dan Soen A Test of Leadership: IDF Delegations to Poland— A Tool for Promoting Command-Oriented Leadership?................. 26 Nitza Davidovitch, Osnat Ur-Leurer, and Dan Soen The Pedagogy of Commonness: An Alternative Theory in Teaching about the Holocaust................................... 50 Marek Kaźmierczak Myth and Reality: On “Future Generations” of the Holocaust................................................................. 71 Haim Y. Knobler, Lily Haber, Batya Brutin, and Zvi Zemishlany A13808............................................................................. 81 Ruth Dorot The Unterlimpurg Synagogue: Issues Involved in Restoring a Demolished Synagogue.......................................136 David Cassuto and Zvi Orgad The Abuse of Holocaust Memory in 2011–2012.........................168 Manfred Gerstenfeld Studying Judaism, Jewish History, and the Jews: The Experience of Jewish Studies at Academic Campuses in Poland Today..................................................................194 Edyta Gawron Remnants of the Holocaust: A Process of Consciousness Far from Conclusion............................................................211 Zvi Gil Index...............................................................................229