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Annual Newsletter 2016
Dear Friends of the Alliance,
2016was one of ourmost inspiring years and also one of themost challenging.Therewere significant losses of keyindividualsconnectedwiththelectureseries:firstBetty Kale,aHolocaustsurvivorwhospoketohundredsoflocalstudentsabouther experiences, then Evelyn “Evey” Sackleranearlyandalong-termmemberoftheAllianceBoard.InJune,Lillian Judd, a Holocaustsurvivorleftus.Hermovingstorytouchedthousandsofstudentsincludingherfinalpresentationtoover300studentsandteachers at Windsor High School. Her dear friend Sylvia G. Sucher,afoundingmemberoftheAlliancewhohadencouragedandsupportedbothBettyandLillianinsharingtheirexperiencesinourlocalschools,diedtwoweeksshortofher104thbirthday.Thededicationandcommitmentofthesefourremarkablewomentouchedmanyofusverydeeply.Betty,LillianandSylvia’sstorieswillbehighlightedattheupcomingcommunity-wideYomHashoahCommemorationonApril30th. WewereespeciallygratifiedthatBarbaraTominandCongregationBethAmisponsoredaperformanceofCoreyWeinstein’splay Erased: Babi Yar, the SS, and MeinSeptemberandencourageddonationstobenefittheAllianceinlovingmemoryofLillianJudd,BettyKale,andSylviaG.Sucher.Theshowcoincidedwiththe75thanniversaryofthegunfiremassacreintheBabiYarravineinKiev,Ukrainein1941.ManythankstoallinvolvedincludingperformersTomHerzandSaraliePennington. 2016wasalsoayearofgrowthfortheAlliancewiththeenergyandcommitmentofnewandcontinuingBoardmembers,MyrnaGoodman,theDirectoroftheCenterfortheStudyoftheHolocaustandGenocide,andDianeParness’leadershipastheAcademicCoordinatoroftheLectureSeries.OurAllianceEducationCommitteebenefittedfromaninfusionofenergyandenthusiasmasmanynewHolocaustandgenocidesurvivorsandtheirdescendantsacceptedaninvitationtobecomeactiveineducatingstudentsinourcommunityabouttheimpactofintolerance.Sincethissummer,wehavealsobeenworkingone-on-onewithanumberofdescendantsofHolocaustsurvivorswhowillbespeakingtostudentsforthefirsttimesharingpowerfulstoriesofresilience,survivaland commitment to countering intolerance. 2016alsosawacontinuedcommitmentbytheBoardtoreachoutinthecommunityincludingtablingateachofthelecturesin the2016seriesandat threeevents inAprilandMay: twoYomHashoahcommemorations(onecommunity-wideandoneatCongregationShomreiTorah),and theJewishCommunityCenter’sannualcultural festival,SimchaSunday.TheattendanceofmembersofthecommunityandstudentsatlocalschoolsatlecturesintheannualseriesatSonomacontinuestoexceedourexpectations.Boardmemberswerealsoactivelyinvolvedineventsmarkingthe 101st anniversary of the Armenian Genocide and the22nd commemoration of the genocide of Tutsis in Rwanda, Kwibuka22.IwasdeeplymovedbytheinvitationfromHerExcellencyAmbassadorMathildeMukantabanatospeakatthecommemoration at the Embassy of Rwanda inWashington,D.C.on“TheConsequencesofGenocideDenial.” The2016lectureseriespromisestobeinspiringwithanumberofnewspeakersandtopics.MuchgratitudegoestoPearl andDavidS.Furman,MyrnaGoodman,Dennis Judd,HerExcellencyMathildeMukantabana,ChiayaRawlins,andArline Thomas who stepped up to underwrite lectures in the upcoming series. We are also thrilled to have Hans Angress, aHolocaustsurvivorandAllianceBoardmember,deliverthefirstannualSylvia G. Sucher Memorial Lecture.
Alliance for the Study of the Holocaust and GenocideSonoma State University
http://www.sonoma.edu/holocaust/alliance
Email: [email protected]
Alliance Mission Statement Our MissionHonor the experience and preserve the memory of the innocent victims, survivors,andrescuersimpactedbythetragedyofgenocideSupportHolocaustandgenocideeducationinconjunctionwiththeCenter fortheStudyoftheHolocaustandGenocideatSonomaStateUniversity
Our WorkAttract,collaborate,andcoordinatewithscholars,survivors,andexpertsOutreachtoourcommunity,schools,andsurvivorgroupsSeekfundingandsupportmethodstopreservememory
Our VisionInspirea“neveragain”moralstancethatfocusesonourcommonhumanityPromotepersonalactionandproactivepreventionawarenessofthecauses of intolerance, genocide, and denial
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Wehope thatmanyof youwill be able to support theAlliance andallowustotobringspeakerstotheserieswhocanexpandourunderstandingof the Holocaust and genocide and educate the next generations of students and futureeducators.Welookforward toseeingmanynewandfamiliar faces in the comingmonths. If you can, do attendone (ormore) of the lectures andjoinusafterwardsforano-hostdinnerwithourguestspeaker,thefacultyandAlliance Board members. Those interested in receiving information aboutthe lecturesandspecialeventsshouldforwardtheirnameandEmailaddressto [email protected] or likeour Facebook page at the Alliance for the Study of the Holocaust and Genocide. May2017bringcompassion,understandingandsupportforallthosewhoseliveshavebeenaffectedbyintolerance.
With deepest gratitude,
BarbaraLeschMcCaffry,Ph.D.EmeritaProfessor,HutchinsSchoolofLiberalStudies,SonomaStateUniversityandPresident,AlliancefortheStudyoftheHolocaustandGenocide
Report from the Center for the Study of the Holocaust and Genocide 2016wasanotheroutstandingyearfortheHolocaustandGenocideStudiesprogramatSonomaState.OurAnnualLectureSeries was titled Into the 21st Century: Genocide in our Time.Wefeaturedwide-ranginglecturesthatincludedtheNorthernCaliforniapremiere of Karski and the Lords of Humanity,afilmexploringtheworkofJanKarski,acourageousPolishresistancefigureaswellas Hitler’s Furies,whichexaminedthecomplicityofGermanwomenintheHolocaust.Thiscomingyear,onMarch28th,wewillonceagainwelcomeRabbiMichaelBerenbaumwhowilladdressourcentralthemeforthisyear’sseries:Between Memory and History. Afterseveralyearsofplanning,wewerefinallyabletocoordinatethedigitizationof32yearsofrecordedHolocaustSeries’lectures.UsingdonationstoadedicatedfundestablishedbytheAllianceatour30thyearanniversarycelebration,twograntsfromtheJewishCommunityFederation,theresourcesoftheCenterandtheexpertise,coordinationandhardworkofthestaffandstudentsofSSU’sInstructionalTechnologydivision,theprojectisclosetocompletion.AlloftheSeries’lectureswillsoonbeavailableviaadedicatedLectureSeriesYouTube Channel.Thearchivehasalsobeenpreserveddigitally.MoreinformationonaccessingthelectureswillbeavailableinJanuary.ChecktheCenterpageat:http://www.sonoma.edu/holocaust/.OursincerethankstothemembersoftheAllianceforraisingfundstofacilitatethisprojectandespeciallytoBarbaraLeschMcCaffrywhoworkedwiththestaffintheFederationand wrote the grants. Welosttwoofourmostimportantandbelovedadvocatesthispastyear.SylviaG.Sucherz”l(ofblessedmemory),afoundingmemberoftheAllianceandastrongadvocateofourwork,andLillianJudd,aHolocaustsurvivorwhotirelesslydevotedherselftoeducating students all overNorthernCalifornia.BoardmemberArlineThomasand Ihaveunderwritten JamesWaller’sApril 4thlecture, Becoming Evil,inLillian’smemory.Wehopetoseemanyofyouthere. Astheyhaveforseveralyears,Henry&LucilleLibickiand Robert &Murray Zucker made generous donations to theCenterthroughtheirJewishCommunityFederationEndowments.Mydeepest thanks for their consistent support.Thanks, aswelltoViriRuiz,ouradministrativeassistant,forhersupportthispastyear. In addition to helpingmaintain ourwebsite and attendingtoourorganizationalneeds,Viricoordinatedourbiannualofficemove. Be certain to check the schedule for the 2017 LectureSeries.ProfessorParnesshasarrangedwhatIbelievewillbethemost comprehensive one in our history. Thanksagainforyoursupport.Ilookforwardtoworkingwith you this coming year.
MyrnaGoodman,Ph.D.EmeritaProfessorofSociology,SonomaStateUniversityDirector,CenterfortheStudyoftheHolocaustandGenocide
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Our2016lectureseriesfeaturedinnovativeandmemorablepresentations.ForthepastcoupleofyearswehaveenjoyedremarkablefilmscapturingthesorrowoftheArmenianGenocideandlastyear,thelifeofaniconicHolocaustresistancehero,JanKarski.SlawomirGrünberg’sremarkableKarski and the Lords of Humanity was surely one of the highlights of our 2016 series.WeareveryfortunatetobenefitagainfromthegenerosityoftheArmenianGenocideMemorialFund,whowillsupportthepresentationofBaredMaronian’sWomen of 1915.ThiswillbetheBayAreapremiereofwhatpromisestobeanimportantwork.ManyofyouwillrecallMaronian’smovingfilmOrphans of the Genocide,whichwepresentedin2015. Thisyearismarkedbytheabsenceofafriendtomanyandinspirationtoall,HolocaustsurvivorLillianJudd.LastyearLillianandhersonDennissupportedProf.AlexAlvarez’simportantpresentationonClimate Change, Border Regions and the Genocide Impulse.DenniswillcontinuethattraditionbyunderwritingProf.Alvarez’slectureagainnextyear.Weareverypleased tohaveDennispresenting anewfilm,The Lillian Judd Story.ArlineThomasandMyrnaGoodmanareunderwritingoneofourcorepresentations,Prof.JimWaller’sBecoming Evil,inLillianJudd’smemory.IntheseimportantwayswesecureLillian’slegacy. Other highlights of 2016 must include our first lecture on the politicide inArgentina, presented by Prof. KerryWhigham.WewereveryhappytowelcomebackIrfanMirzaforhisoutstandingpresentationonBosnia.Irfanwillbewithusagainin2017.ForthefirsttimewelistenedtoDr.SongTan’smovingaccountoftheCambodianGenocide.ItwasapleasuretohaveProf.CarolRittnerreturnwithherinsightonthesubjectofgenderandgenocide. Next semester we are very pleased to again welcome Prof. Michael Berenbaum for the Robert L. Harris Memorial Lecture, underwritten byPearlandDavidS.Furman.Prof.Berenbaumwillspeakonourthemefor2017,Between Memory and History. Other key events for next year’s series willinclude presentations on the American Genocide, The Story of the Stolpersteine, Rwanda: Memory & Recovery, The Cambodian Genocide, and Genocide in Syria. Every year we benefit from the support and contributions of our ownfaculty and friends. They are the foundation of our series, and allow us to continue thehighstandardofthisuniquelectureseries.Ihopeyouwillbeabletojoinus.
Dr.DianeL.Parness,Ph.D.ProfessorofPoliticalScienceAcademicCoordinator,Holocaust&GenocideLectureSeries
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In MemoriamHolocaust Survivors:
Charlotte Hauptmann Feldhorn, John Hollander, Lillian Judd, Betty Kale, Henry Libicki, and Helene Steinlauf-Norwitt
Long-Standing Supporters of the Lecture Series:Evey Sackler (former Alliance Board member) and Sylvia G. Sucher (founding Alliance Board member and Senior Advisor)
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Report from the Chair of the Alliance Education Committee In2015,theAllianceEducationCommitteeexpandeditslong-standingmissionof“supportingHolocaustandGenocideeducationinconjunctionwiththeCenterfortheStudyoftheHolocaustandGenocideatSonomaStateUniversity”toincludecoordinatingclassroompresentationsbyHolocaustandgenocidesurvivorsandtheirdescendants. This past January, a letter was sent to the principals of all Sonoma County public and private middle and highschoolsindicatingtheresourcesavailabletoteachersincludinginformationaboutattendanceattheSpring2016lecturesatSonomaState,accesstothevideoarchivesofpriorlecturesavailablethroughYouTube, as well as assistance in coordinating presentationsintheirclassrooms.WehavealsobeencoordinatingoureffortswithSpeaker’sBureaurequestsfromteachersinSonomaCountytotheJewishFamilyandChildren’sServices’HolocaustCenterinSanFrancisco. ThispastyearspeakersfromtheAlliancehavegivenoneormorepresentationsattwelvelocalschoolsthatengagedover2,400studentsand50teachersat:
AltimiraMiddleSchool(Sonoma)ElMolinoHighSchool(Forestville)JSchool(servingB’naiIsraelJewishCenterand CongregationNerShalom)MarkWestCharterSchoolMariaCarrilloHighSchoolMontgomeryHighSchool
RinconValleyChristianSchoolRoselandCollegiatePrepSanta Rosa High SchoolSantaRosaMiddleSchoolSonomaCountryDaySchoolWindsor High School
These presentations, which also include a representative from the Alliance Education Committee, have focused on theHolocaustortheArmenianGenocide.Thespeakersalsodiscussissuesrelatedtogenocideandtheneedforpeopletobecome“upstanders”inthefaceofactsofintolerance. TheAllianceEducationCommittee is currentlyworkingwith speakers that includeHolocaust survivors and theirdescendants,anArmenianGenocidedescendant,andawitnesstotheGenocideagainsttheTutsiinRwanda.Wehavebeendevelopinganumberofalternativeformatsforpresentationsincludingpanelsandinterviews.Wehopetodevelopapanelofspeakersthatrepresentarangeofgenocidesthatfocusesonthecommonalitiesofthoseexperiencesandtheirimpact. FormoreinformationabouttheEducationCommitteeortorequestaspeaker,[email protected] or callAllianceEducationChairArlineThomasat707-823-1661.
Arline F. Thomas, Retiredteacher,RohnertPark/CotatiUnifiedSchool DistrictandChair,AllianceEducationCommittee
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Study the nature of hate: Prevent the escalation of prejudice into genocide
34th Annual Sonoma State University
2017 Holocaust and Genocide Lecture Series
January 24-May 9, 2017 / Tuesdays 4:00 PM-5:50 PM
Warren Auditorium (Ives Hall)SSU Students: POLS 307, Perspectives on the Holocaust and Genocide,
counts as 4 units of upper division GE credit, category D5.
BETWEEN MEMORY AND HISTORY
Professor Stephen Bittner, Ph.D., Sonoma State University
January 31: THE CONCEPT OF GENOCIDE Professor Emerita Myrna Goodman, Ph.D., Sonoma State University
February 7: AMERICAN GENOCIDE
Professor Benjamin Madley, Ph.D., UCLA
February 21: THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
Professor Sergio La Porta, Ph.D., CSU Fresno Armenian Studies Program
February 14: THE LILLIAN JUDD STORY (Film)Dennis Judd, Holocaust descendant
March 7: A SURVIVOR’S STORY
Hans Angress, Holocaust survivor
March 14: SPRING BREAK (campus closed)
March 28: BETWEEN HISTORY AND MEMORY
Professor Michael Berenbaum, Ph.D., American Jewish University
Underwritten by Pearl and David S.Furman in memory of Ruth Mruvka and Gussie and Edward Furman
Underwritten by Her Excellency Mathilde Mukantabana and Chiaya Rawlins
Robert L. Harris Memorial Lecture
Underwritten by Arline Thomas and Myrna Goodman in memory of Lillian Judd
April 11: RWANDA: MEMORY AND RECOVERY
Her Excellency Mathilde Mukantabana, Rwandan Ambassador to the United States; Simon Mudahogora, Genocide survivor; and Ndahiro Bazimya, Genocide descendant
March 21: THE STORY OF THE STOLPERSTEINE
Howard Shattner, Holocaust descendant
May 2: THE CAMBODIAN GENOCIDE
Lucia Roncalli, M.D.
May 9: GENOCIDE IN SYRIA
Underwritten by the Armenian Genocide Memorial Fund
February 28: Women of 1915 (Film, Bay Area Premiere) Bared Maronian, filmmaker
Armenian Genocide Memorial Lecture
First Annual Sylvia G. Sucher Memorial Lecture
April 25: CLIMATE CHANGE, BORDER REGIONS, & THE GENOCIDE IMPULSE
Professor Alex Alvarez, Ph.D., Northern Arizona UniversityUnderwritten by Dennis Judd
April 4: BECOMING EVIL
Cohen Endowed Chair of Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Keene State CollegeProfessor James Waller, Ph.D.,
April 18: THE BOSNIAN GENOCIDE: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTUREIrfan Mirza, Voices of the Bosnian Genocide
Professor David McCuan, Ph.D., Sonoma State University
January 24: THE HOLOCAUST IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
Professor Eric Williams (4/12/16 lecture)
Professor Wendy Lower with Pearl and David S. Furman (5/3/16 lecture)
Professor Sergio La Porta (2/16/16 lecture)
Professor James Waller (4/5/16 lecture)
Dr. Song Tan (3/1/16 lecture)
2017 Holocaust and Genocide Commemorations and Events The Annual County-Wide Yom Hashoah Commemoration will be held at the Friedman Center, 4676 Mayette Avenue in Santa Rosa on Sunday, April 30th, 2017, 2-4 p.m. The theme will be: Speaking for the Other, The Moral Obligation of Holocaust Memory. For more information about this year’s theme and guest speakers, please see http://www.jccsoco.org and click on the link for “Special Events” or contact the Jewish Community Center, Sonoma County at 707-528-4222. Congregation Shomrei Torah (CST) will host its annual Yom Hashoah Holocaust Memorial Observance on Sunday, April 23, 2017, the eve of the Day of Remembrance, at 6:15 p.m. at 2600 Bennett Valley Road in Santa Rosa. The annual Candle Lighting service will include Jewish survivors and children of survivors; lighters for the Roma/Gypsy, Gays & Lesbians, Disabled, Righteous Gentiles, and Political Prisoners; and other lighters representing Native America, Armenia, Cambodia, Darfur, and Rwanda genocide victims. Cantorial soloist Erica Wisner and the CST Choir will perform musical interludes. Rabbis George Gittleman and Stephanie Kramer will officiate. Following the program there will be refreshments. For more information, contact CST at 707-578-5519. April 7th, 2017 marks the 23rd Commemoration of the Genocide against the Tutsi. The Rwandan Community of California will observe Kwibuka 23, on Saturday, April 22, 2017 at 4:30 p.m. at Stand! 315 G Street, Antioch, California. For more information, contact Yehoyada Mbangukira, 925-628-9895 or [email protected]. Friends of Rwanda Association (FORA) will also coordinate events related to the 23rd Annual Commemoration of the Genocide against the Tutsi. They will be listed at: www.friends-of-rwanda.org. April 24th, 2017 will mark the 102nd Annual World-Wide Commemoration of the Armenian Genocide. The SF Bay Area Armenian Genocide Commemoration Committee coordinates Bay Area events that will be listed at www.sfbayecalendar.com. The SF Bay Area Armenian National Committee also coordinates events that will be listed at www.ancsf.org. The 9th Annual Walk to End Genocide: Santa Rosa, in coordination with Jewish World Watch, is scheduled at Congregation Shomrei Torah, 2600 Bennett Valley Road in Santa Rosa on Sunday, April 23, 2017. For more information, see http://www.jewishworldwatch.org.
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Professor Eric Williamms (4/12/16 leccture) Professor James Walleer (4/5/16 lectture)
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Giving to the AllianceYour kind gift to the Alliance for the Study of the Holocaust and Genocide
can be submitted using the enclosed envelope.Please designate the fund to which you wish to make your gift:
Paul V. Benko Holocaust Education Endowment Fund (E0022):Thisendowmentfund,namedforanSSUfacultymemberwhowasoneof the foundingmembersof theAlliance, supports the lecture series on theHolocaust andGenocideofferedannuallyatSonomaStateUniversity.
Alliance for the Study of the Holocaust Annual SSU Lecture Series Fund (C0119): This fund supports Holocaust and GenocideEducationincludingthelectureseriesandtheannualRobertL.HarrisMemorialLecturethatispartoftheseries.
Armenian Genocide Memorial Lecture Fund (C0286): This fund supports an annual lecture related to the Armenian Genocideas part of the lecture series.
Holocaust and Genocide Program Documentary Fund (C0409): This fund will support the production of a documentary aboutHolocaustandgenocideprogramsatSonomaStateUniversityincludingtheMemorialGroveandtheAnneFrankTreeprojects.
The SSU Rwanda Student Education and Travel Fund (C0410):This fund,created incollaborationwith theFriendsofRwandaAssociation (FORA),will support the education of SSU student(s) regarding the RwandanTutsi genocide and/orsupporttheirtraveltoRwandatoworkandteachinFORAvocationalschoolswithsurvivorsoftheGenocideagainsttheTutsiin Rwanda.
Adele Zygielbaum Endowment Fund (E0396): This endowment fund, created in memory of a Holocaust survivor, supports HolocaustandGenocideEducationincludingthelectureseries.
You can also donate on-line • go to: https://www.sonoma.edu/development/ • clickonthegreenbuttonontheleftsideofthescreenfor“GiveOnline” • clickonSchools,Departments&Programs • clickonSchoolofSocialSciences
To donate to the Alliance for the Study of the Holocaust Annual SSU Lecture Series Fund (C0119)pleaseselectthebuttonforThe Alliance for the Study of the Holocaust.
Todonatetoallotherfunds,pleaseselectthebuttonfor“Other”andindicatethenameofthefundanditsassociatedfundnumberinthedesignatedbox.Youcanalsoincludeinformationhereifyouwouldlikeustosendsomeoneelseanacknowledgementofyourgift.
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This list includes donations received between January 1, 2016 and December 17, 2016. If we inadvertently omitted your name or listed it incorrectly, please let us know at [email protected]
2016 Donations We would like to express our deepest gratitude to the following donors
who make it possible to continue the work of the founders the Alliance:
Alliance for the Study of the Holocaust Lecture Series Fund (C0119):
Susanne&AlfredBatzdorff(inmemoryofSylviaG.Sucher)Naomi&DavidBlakely(tohonorthememoryofSylviaG.Sucher,myaunt)JaneE.&Gilbert“Chip”Carnathan(inmemoryofSylviaG.Sucher)ToddW.Cereghino(inmemoryofLillianJuddandinmemoryoftheVélodrome
d’HiverpersecutioninParisin1942)JeanBeeChan(inmemoryofPeterStanek)ChristyneA.Davidian(inmemoryofLillianJudd&SylviaG.Sucher)Diane Dorfman AnneS.&DeanC.Drapin(inlovingmemoryofSylviaG.Sucher)FranDubnar(inmemoryofSylviaG.Sucher)NancyS.SusnowFleming&AndyFleming(inmemoryofSylviaG.Sucher)Bonnie&JeffreyL.Freiberg(inmemoryofMyronFreiberg)Pearl&DavidS.Furman(inmemoryofRuthMruvkaandGussieandEdward
FurmantounderwritethelecturebyDr.MichaelBerenbaum)MyrnaL.Goodman(tounderwritealectureinhonorofLillianJudd)NaomiW.GranvoldDonnaHaggerty(inmemoryofSylviaG.Sucher)JudithHyman(inmemoryofSylviaG.Sucher)Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin &
SonomaCounties(HolocaustMemorial/EducationFund)DennisJudd(tounderwritealectureonGenocideandtheEnvironment)AmarS.&Sahib-AmarK.Khalsa(insupportoftheSylviaG.SucherMemorial
Lecture)BarbaraLesch&Michael(Mac)McCaffry(inmemoryofLillianJudd,Betty
Kale,EveySackler,HeleneSteinlauf-NorwittandSylviaSucher)Medtronic-YourCause,LLCHer Excellency Mathilde Mukantabana,Ambassador from the Republic of
RwandatotheUnitedStates(tounderwritealectureonthelegacyofthe1994GenocideagainsttheTutsi)
AdelePickar(inmemoryofSylviaG.Sucher)MaryK.&AdrianPraetzellis(inmemoryofGeorgeTriest)EmilyG.Prigot&DeborahAdelberg(inmemoryofmyauntSylviaG.Sucher)ChaiyaRawlins(tounderwritealectureonthelegacyofthe1994Genocide
againsttheTutsi)SuzanneM.Roberts(inmemoryofLillianJudd)RuthS.&IraH.Rosenberg(inmemoryofSylviaG.Sucher)SantaRosaMidddleSchool(inhonorofHansAngress’presentation)Leanne&StuartSchy(inmemoryofSylviaG.Sucher)HenryD.Shapiro&MoiraM.Roberston(inmemoryofhisaunt,SylviaG.Sucher)KarenA.Shapiro(inmemoryofSylviaG.Sucher)NancyE.&EdwardS.Sherman(inmemoryofSylviaG.Sucher)Helga&MorrisSpizman(inmemoryofEvaHirschel)Linda&MarvinTalso(inhonorofLillianJudd)MichaelM.andLibbyThaler(inmemoryofBarbaraShilo)ArlineF.Thomas(inmemoryofEveyAbramowitz,LillianJuddandSylviaG.
Sucher&tounderwritealectureinhonorofLillianJudd)BarbaraTobin&CassSmithCoreyWeinstein,M.D.(ingratitudeforthesupportoftheperformanceofhis
play, Erased: Babi Yar, the SS and Me)Linda&AlexanderWertheim(inmemoryofSylviaG.Sucher)HildyI.&MansellWilliamsJaniceL.Wilson(tohonorSylviaG.Sucher) anddonations inmemoryofBettyKale,Lillian JuddandSylviaG.Sucher at the performance of Erased: Babi Yar, the SS and MebyAlfred&Susanne Batzdorff, Eleanor&LeonardRobert Cohen, ElizabethBoyd&Dr. Eli Cohen, Miriam Susan Dregély, Evelyn Gurevitch, Art D. Kane, and BarbaraTomin
SSU Center for the Study of the Holocaust and Genocide (C0183):
JeanneLevinLucille and Henry Libicki Donor Advised Continuity Fund of the Jewish
CommunityFederationLaurenNewmanRobertaandMurrayZuckerDonorAdvisedFundof theJewishCommunity
Federation
Armenian Genocide Memorial Lecture Fund (C0286):
PatrickT.Burger&RosanneV.BazirjianToddW.Cereghino(inhonoroftheArmeniansofSyria)AdrenaClemmerChristyneA.Davidian(inmemoryofKathrynCereghino)LarissaGolitiMedtronicMatchingFund(forChristyneDavidian) MedtronicVolunteerGrant(forChristyneDavidian)David Salm anddonationsinhonorofthe101stAnniversaryoftheArmenianGenocideby MarshaL.&PaulC.Dalmas,BarbaraLesch&Michael(Mac)McCaffry, Pam&JoelNeuberg,ChiayaRawlins,andArlineF.Thomas Holocaust and Genocide Program Documentary Fund (C0409)
ChiayaRawlins Paul V. Benko Holocaust Education Endowment Fund (E0022):
ShelleyBauer(inmemoryofHolocaustsurvivorsAnn&WalterWeinstockontheoccasionofYomHashoah)
JudithK.&LarryL.Carlin(inmemoryofSylviaG.Sucher)ToddW.Cereghino(inmemoryofSylviaG.Sucher)Cary Collett of Computers and More (in memory of Drs. Ilse andWalter
Collett)Pearl&DavidS.Furman(tounderwritealectureinmemoryofRuthMruvka
andGussie&EdwardFurman)FloraLeeGanzler(inhonorofWilsonandJacksonGanzler)MyrnaLGoodman&SusanneOtteman(inmemoryofEveySackler&Sylvia
G.Sucher)EvelynGurevitchRuthK.&D.StevenNash(inmemoryofPaulV.Benko)Pam&JoelNeuberg(inmemoryofPaulV.Benko)DonnaNewman-Fields(inmemoryofPaulV.Benko)Robert&SuzyRaful(inhonorofBoardPresidentBarbaraLeschMcCaffry)JoelR.RubinJosephF.SchwartzEdithR.Sternfield-Squires(inmemoryofSylviaG.Sucher)StephenD.Watrous&MelanieB.Webster Adele Zygielbaum Endowment Fund (C0396):
MyrnaL.Goodman&SusanneOtteman(inmemoryofBettyKale)
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Alliance 2016-17 Board MembersHerbertHansAngressToddCereghino,Recording SecretaryChristyneDavidian,Past President(SC)MiriamSusanDregélyMyrnaGoodmanDennisJuddYehoyadaMbangukira,Vice President(SC)BarbaraLeschMcCaffry,President and Treasurer(SC)MacMcCaffry,Corresponding Secretary
KateMcGerityChiayaRawlinsSuzanneRobertsCarolSwansonArlineThomas(SC)BrianWilson
WeextendourthankstoboardmemberNaomi Granvold and to Pam Ish, a volunteer and dear friend who coordinated our mailing listandotherdata-relatedprojects.TheircontributionstotheAlliancearetrulyappreciated.AndwelookforwardtowelcomingtwonewBoardmembersinJanuary:Suzanne Roberts and Carol Swanson.
Alliance Board Meeting on 5/11/16. Front Row: Christyne Davidian, Chiaya Rawlins, Hans Angress, Miriam Susan Dregély, Arline Thomas, Naomi Granvold and Barbara Lesch McCaffry. Back row: Todd Cereghino, Dennis Judd, Mac McCaffry, Kate McGerity, Brian Wilson and Myrna Goodman. Not included: Yehoyada (Yeho) Mbangukira
SENIOR ADVISORS MathildeMukantabana VirgilMiller JoelNeuberg David Salm EMERITUS BOARD MEMBERS IlkaHartmann
(SC)Steering Committee members
Alliance HistoryThe Alliance for the Study of the Holocaustwasformedin1982onbehalfofthevictimsandsurvivorsoftheHolocaustandtheneedtotelltheirstoriesandforotherstolearnfromtheirexperiences.ThosewhobeganthiscollaborativeeffortbetweenthecommunityandmembersoftheSonomaStateUniversityfacultypromisedtolettheworldknowoftheatrocitiesthathadoccurred. The initial intention was primarily to learn the facts, act on them, and never forget.Asaresultoftheseefforts,ahighlysuccessfulannuallectureseriesontheHolocaustandGenocidewascreatedatSonomaStateUniversity.AsaUniversity-communitypartnership,theBoardincludesmembersofthecommunity,Universityfacultyandadministrators,andstudentswhohaveparticipatedintheLectureSeries.In2010,thenameoftheAlliancewaschangedto theAlliancefor theStudyof theHolocaustandGenocide to reflect its revisedmissionand itscontinuingeducationalcommitmenttoincludeallthoseaffectedbygenocide.
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