THE HELEN AND LEON SPERLING HOLOCAUST EDUCATION ESSAY CONTEST
The lessons of history are many. Among the most important is the way that events of the past teach us how to better view the present and to react with understanding, foresight, and courage. In your essay, consider the following:
>Do events of the Holocaust have meaning in our 21st Century lives?
>How does the Holocaust affect every person—no matter what age—in 2019?
>How does the Holocaust affect you?
This year’s essay contest pertains to the Nuremberg Laws and other anti-Semitic German laws of the 1930s.
INSTRUCTIONS:
- This essay contest is open to any student grades 6-8 in a Jewish congregation in the Mohawk Valley.
- Approximately 3 pages, using 12pt. Times New Roman font double- spaced.
- Cite your references and sources.
- Grammar, punctuation and spelling will be taken into consideration.
Entry forms are available on the following websites:
>JCCUTICA.net
>TBEUTICA.org
>TEMPLEEMANUEL-UTICA.org
- Submit completed application and essay to: razn4@roadrunner.com
- Deadline for submission is April 1, 2019
- Cash prizes will be awarded.
The first place essay will be read at:
The Annual Helen and Leon Sperling Holocaust Memorial Lecture
May 2, 2019
Jewish Community Center
2310 Oneida St. Utica NY 13501
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SPONSORED BY THE HELEN AND LEON SPERLING HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL COMMITTEE