The Fragility of Democracy: The Rise of the Nazis and its Lessons for Today with Jan Darsa
Through Hebrew College’s Open Circle, Tuesday evenings on-line via Zoom, 7:30-9:00pm:
October 19, 26; November 2, 9, 16, 23, 30; December 7, 2021
This course will address the historical case study of the rise of Nazism and the Holocaust with a connection to current issues we are facing in our own country during these challenging times. Although this course does not make a direct analogy between what is happening now in the U.S. (i.e., suppression of voting rights, the marginalization of “the other” and lies told and being accepted as truths), to what happened in Germany in the 1920’s and 30’s, there are parallels. In looking at the slow and insidious rise of a totalitarian regime and the subsequent genocide, we will explore the warning signs and develop an understanding of how our own choices can help make a difference in today’s world.
Fee: $144 (Generous financial scholarships available)
Register: https://tinyurl.com/JDarsaFragility
Jan Darsa is former Director of Jewish Education at Facing History and Ourselves. She has facilitated Facing History workshops, institutes, and other professional development programs for educators across the United States and in Israel, Mexico and South Africa. Darsa has developed curricula designed for educators in Jewish day schools and congregational schools. Darsa received a B.A. in English literature from the University of California at Berkeley and an M.Ed. from Boston University and has studied Hebrew and Jewish Studies at the World Union of Jewish Students in Israel. She is a Jerusalem Fellow, studying for 2 years (1988-90) in Jerusalem, and in 1991 was a scholar-in-residence in South Africa, where she has returned twice for work with Facing History. In 2010 she received the Covenant Award for excellence in Jewish Education.