Shoa and Experience

Nitza Davidovitch heads the Ariel University Center’s Unit of Academic Assessment and Development, heads The Israeli Consortium of Faculty Development Centers, and has been intensely involved in Holocaust memorial projects for many years. Dan Soen has been teaching in higher education institutions in Israel, New Zealand, and South Africa since 1961, has published over 125 articles in scientific journals, and has edited and contributed to over 30 books on topics related to sociology, behavioral sciences, and more recently, Holocaust memory and education. Together, Professor Davidovitch and Professor Soen have led numerous international delegations to Holocaust sites in Europe, and have initiated many student exchange programs and meetings designed to involve the younger generation in a productive dialogue on the Holocaust and its implications. They recently collaborated in editing and publishing The Ethos of the Holocaust in the 21st Century, a multi-author volume on the cognitive, emotional, and moral aspects of youth trips to Holocaust sites in Poland.

• 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