Announcement: Working With the Museum of Jewish Heritage
In January, students will study World War II, including the events of the Holocaust. This study will naturally involve experiences with the Museum of Jewish Heritage, which is located by Battery Park in Manhattan.
January 21: Grade 8 Visits the Museum of Jewish Heritage
The 8th grade will visit the Museum of Jewish Heritage on Thursday morning, January 21, in order to take part in the program, Love Thy Neighbor. Throughout the tour, students are encouraged to look at Jewish immigration experiences, particularly during the Holocaust, and make comparisons with the challenges and opportunities of other immigration experiences. The purpose of this trip is not only intertwined with social studies and language arts themes, but also with current preparations for the Service and Leadership Exhibition. Kathy Hanson is leading this trip. Please email KHanson@mustardseedschool.org with any question.
January 28: Guest Speaker Maximilian Lerner. All parents are warmly invited.
Maximilian Lerner was born in Vienna, Austria to a comfortable middle class family in 1924. He and his family escaped to France two months after Austria became part of the Third Reich. In June 1940, he escaped from German occupied Paris to Vichy, France. He and his family left France for the United States in March of 1941. In 1942, at the age of 18, Lerner volunteered for the army and was assigned to The Military Intelligence Training Center. Shortly after becoming a citizen in 1943, Lerner's troop was transported to Belfast in Northern Ireland. He was then transferred to a camp in England where he later joined the OSS (Office Of Strategic Services). After D-Day he was transferred to France as a special agent for the Counter Intelligence Corps. (As an adult, Lerner has written two spy novels.)
Lerner was involved in liberating Paris, Ardennes and Battle Of the Bulge and Crossing the Rhine. For his bravery, he was awarded four battle stars and other decorations. After V-E Day he worked in the military government mostly in Wiesbaben, Germany. until he was discharged in January 1946.
Lerner's memoir, Flight and Return, can be found on Amazon.
A brief interview can be seen here at the MJH YouTube Channel.
Note: A second speaker, Sol Rosenkranz will be visiting us as well on another date, yet to be announced.
February: Grades 6-8 will visit the Museum of Jewish Heritage, date to be announced.
When sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students visit the museum in early February, they will participate in one of the museum's oldest programs: Meeting Hate with Humanity. In this tour, students will examine the impact of World War II and the Nazi genocide on Jewish lives and communities in Europe. Participants will explore issues of continuity of cultural identity, responsibility to community, and decision-making. This program also includes an investigation of the ways in which individuals and nations responded, or failed to respond, to the crisis - and how some made a clear difference. Sam Choi leads this trip in early February. More details to come soon.
To read powerful stories of young people who survived go to Coming of Age Now.
Note: If interested in chaperoning an MJH museum trip, parents (or any family members who are at least 21 years old) should simply email Sam Choi. Just be sure to email at least a full week in advance of the trip, since the museum closely monitors and limits attendance. Late requests, unfortunately, cannot be considered.All parents are warmly invited to join us when guest speakers come to speak with students at the school. For this, no notice is necessary. If you can, please come.
January 21: Grade 8 Visits the Museum of Jewish Heritage
The 8th grade will visit the Museum of Jewish Heritage on Thursday morning, January 21, in order to take part in the program, Love Thy Neighbor. Throughout the tour, students are encouraged to look at Jewish immigration experiences, particularly during the Holocaust, and make comparisons with the challenges and opportunities of other immigration experiences. The purpose of this trip is not only intertwined with social studies and language arts themes, but also with current preparations for the Service and Leadership Exhibition. Kathy Hanson is leading this trip. Please email KHanson@mustardseedschool.org with any question.
January 28: Guest Speaker Maximilian Lerner. All parents are warmly invited.
Maximilian Lerner was born in Vienna, Austria to a comfortable middle class family in 1924. He and his family escaped to France two months after Austria became part of the Third Reich. In June 1940, he escaped from German occupied Paris to Vichy, France. He and his family left France for the United States in March of 1941. In 1942, at the age of 18, Lerner volunteered for the army and was assigned to The Military Intelligence Training Center. Shortly after becoming a citizen in 1943, Lerner's troop was transported to Belfast in Northern Ireland. He was then transferred to a camp in England where he later joined the OSS (Office Of Strategic Services). After D-Day he was transferred to France as a special agent for the Counter Intelligence Corps. (As an adult, Lerner has written two spy novels.)
Lerner was involved in liberating Paris, Ardennes and Battle Of the Bulge and Crossing the Rhine. For his bravery, he was awarded four battle stars and other decorations. After V-E Day he worked in the military government mostly in Wiesbaben, Germany. until he was discharged in January 1946.
Lerner's memoir, Flight and Return, can be found on Amazon.
A brief interview can be seen here at the MJH YouTube Channel.
Note: A second speaker, Sol Rosenkranz will be visiting us as well on another date, yet to be announced.
February: Grades 6-8 will visit the Museum of Jewish Heritage, date to be announced.
When sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students visit the museum in early February, they will participate in one of the museum's oldest programs: Meeting Hate with Humanity. In this tour, students will examine the impact of World War II and the Nazi genocide on Jewish lives and communities in Europe. Participants will explore issues of continuity of cultural identity, responsibility to community, and decision-making. This program also includes an investigation of the ways in which individuals and nations responded, or failed to respond, to the crisis - and how some made a clear difference. Sam Choi leads this trip in early February. More details to come soon.
To read powerful stories of young people who survived go to Coming of Age Now.