Light Up the Night Campaign
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Supporting New York’s Holocaust Curriculum: Young Friends Light Up the Night
Every year, the Young Friends of the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust gather to celebrate Hanukkah in New York City. At its core, Hanukkah is about Jewish persistence and endurance beyond what seemed possible, and about the ways in which light drives out darkness. In keeping with those themes, Light Up the Night—our annual Hanukkah gala—benefits the Museum’s work to illuminate Holocaust history through the stories of individuals.
This year, we are taking our work a step further and supporting the launch of one of the most important educational initiatives in our Museum’s 20-year history.
The Museum of Jewish Heritage will soon launch New York’s Holocaust Curriculum, an innovative teaching resource with flexible lesson plans and primary sources for middle and high school students in New York City and beyond. This resource was developed by the Museum with support from the New York City Department of Education.
Join us this Hanukkah as we celebrate endurance and light, and work to create the future of Holocaust education. Gifts of $54 or more given in honor or memory of loved ones will be recognized - in light- at the Gala on December 6. Please write their names in the comment section.
For us, supporting New York’s Holocaust Curriculum is a deeply personal project: We are young people striving to preserve Holocaust history and create new educational opportunities for students in New York City and beyond.
In view of this year’s Light Up the Night gala (December 6), we invite our entire community to join us in starting the next chapter of our Museum’s history. Your support of our Young Friends campaign for New York’s Holocaust Curriculum will help the Museum:
• Reach students throughout the five boroughs in their own classrooms—a meaningful and unprecedented expansion of our educational mission to teach diverse audiences about Jewish life before, during, and after the Holocaust.
• Ensure that a global, online audience of educators and students can also learn from digital versions of our remarkable collections through the largest high-quality digitization project in our institution’s history.
• Expand the Museum’s long-held role as New York’s primary resource for teaching and learning about the Holocaust, nearly doubling the number of student visits over the next two years.
The Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust has trained more than 24,000 teachers and educated more than 800,000 students. And in many ways, we have only just begun.
About the Young Friends and Light Up the Night
Proceeds from this year’s Light Up the Night—the Young Friends annual Hanukkah gala—will go to the implementation of New York’s Holocaust Curriculum. Young Friends (ages 21-39) are invited to join us for the gala itself on December 6 at 8pm—an evening of dinner, drinks, and dancing. Black tie optional. You can learn more and register here.
About the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust
Twenty years ago, our Museum was dedicated by survivors. Since then we have welcomed more than two million visitors, emerged as the primary resource in New York for teaching and learning about the Holocaust, and taken our place as the third largest Holocaust museum in the world. Visit us in New York or online at mjhnyc.org.
All donations are tax deductible. For questions, please contact Lindsay Malin at [email redacted].
Every year, the Young Friends of the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust gather to celebrate Hanukkah in New York City. At its core, Hanukkah is about Jewish persistence and endurance beyond what seemed possible, and about the ways in which light drives out darkness. In keeping with those themes, Light Up the Night—our annual Hanukkah gala—benefits the Museum’s work to illuminate Holocaust history through the stories of individuals.
This year, we are taking our work a step further and supporting the launch of one of the most important educational initiatives in our Museum’s 20-year history.
The Museum of Jewish Heritage will soon launch New York’s Holocaust Curriculum, an innovative teaching resource with flexible lesson plans and primary sources for middle and high school students in New York City and beyond. This resource was developed by the Museum with support from the New York City Department of Education.
Join us this Hanukkah as we celebrate endurance and light, and work to create the future of Holocaust education. Gifts of $54 or more given in honor or memory of loved ones will be recognized - in light- at the Gala on December 6. Please write their names in the comment section.
For us, supporting New York’s Holocaust Curriculum is a deeply personal project: We are young people striving to preserve Holocaust history and create new educational opportunities for students in New York City and beyond.
In view of this year’s Light Up the Night gala (December 6), we invite our entire community to join us in starting the next chapter of our Museum’s history. Your support of our Young Friends campaign for New York’s Holocaust Curriculum will help the Museum:
• Reach students throughout the five boroughs in their own classrooms—a meaningful and unprecedented expansion of our educational mission to teach diverse audiences about Jewish life before, during, and after the Holocaust.
• Ensure that a global, online audience of educators and students can also learn from digital versions of our remarkable collections through the largest high-quality digitization project in our institution’s history.
• Expand the Museum’s long-held role as New York’s primary resource for teaching and learning about the Holocaust, nearly doubling the number of student visits over the next two years.
The Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust has trained more than 24,000 teachers and educated more than 800,000 students. And in many ways, we have only just begun.
About the Young Friends and Light Up the Night
Proceeds from this year’s Light Up the Night—the Young Friends annual Hanukkah gala—will go to the implementation of New York’s Holocaust Curriculum. Young Friends (ages 21-39) are invited to join us for the gala itself on December 6 at 8pm—an evening of dinner, drinks, and dancing. Black tie optional. You can learn more and register here.
About the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the HolocaustTwenty years ago, our Museum was dedicated by survivors. Since then we have welcomed more than two million visitors, emerged as the primary resource in New York for teaching and learning about the Holocaust, and taken our place as the third largest Holocaust museum in the world. Visit us in New York or online at mjhnyc.org.
All donations are tax deductible. For questions, please contact Lindsay Malin at [email redacted].
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