Are you looking for things to do with your children or students? Why not visit the Creativity Center and check out our display of learning materials and arts and crafts projects for Jewish holidays, Shabbat, Hebrew and Israel. We have simple stories, decorations you can make for your home, games, books, audio cassette tapes and computer software you can borrow, and much more.

Our Center has many educational materials for all the holidays, Israel and learning Hebrew, including stories, games, and arts and crafts project for all ages on display. You may also borrow any of our large assortment of books, audio tapes and computer software.

Our helpful staff will assist you in finding an appropriate project or activity. You can make the projects right in the Center or bring the directions and materials home to do. 

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Library/Media Center

Nathan and Esther Pelz
Holocaust Education Resource Center

Provides lectures, seminars, programs. and consultation on the Shoah (Holocaust) to Jewish and non-Jewish private schools, public schools, universities; conducts teacher training programs; CJL Library/Media Center offers an exceptional collection of videos, both fiction and non-fiction, along with a variety of curricular materials for teaching about the Holocaust. We offer:

• Speakers Bureau - a free service for area schools and community organizations. trained volunteers are available for speeches, seminars and workshops. speakers include: survivors of the Holocaust, children of survivors, and Holocaust educators. Request forms are available online.

• Middle School Holocaust Materials Trunk - The trunk includes textbooks, literature, videos, maps, posters and other curricular material. It is made possible by grants from Milwaukee donors Beverly and Ervin Colton and the family of the late Molly Kleiner.  Background information and request form are available online.  

• From Ignorance and Fear to Knowledge and Understanding: Jews, Judaism and the Holocaust - This program brings middle and high school students throughout the state of Wisconsin to a local Milwaukee synagogue. The program focuses on the idea that knowledge and understanding can lead people to make moral choices that will make a difference within their community. Background information and reservation forms are available online.  

Other items available online:

• Brochure

• Newsletter

• The CJL Library/Media Center Holocaust video collection

Holocaust Related Websites:

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - www.ushmm.org

• Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies - University of Minnesota www.chgs.umn.edu

Donations to Nathan and Esther Pelz Holocaust Education Resource Center are tax deductible and help sustain the valuable programming it provides in the community. To make a donation, please send your contribution to the Center c/o CJL, 6255 N. Santa Monica Blvd., Milwaukee, WI  53217. Tribute cards are available if you wish to make a donation in honor or memory of someone special.

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Professional Development Opportunities 

• institutes for Jewish professional development
• family education programming
• courses in Jewish education
• city-wide conferences
• seminars and workshops
• presentations to community groups
• Ulpan Hebrew language instruction
• Pathways to Jewish Teaching seminars offering an alternative form of teacher preparation.
• and more...

To find out when the next seminar or workshop is, please call (414) 963-2710 or e-mail us.