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Awards Ceremony I March 10, 2017

18th Annual Holocaust Art & Writing Contest

S P O N S O R E D B YChapman University

The 1939 Society, a Community of Holocaust Survivors, Descendants, and Friends

The Samueli FoundationYossie and Dana HollanderLeon and Deborah Drucker

W I T H S U P P O R T F R O MUSC Shoah Foundation - The Institute for Visual History and Education

I N P A R T N E R S H I P W I T HAnti-Defamation League

Catholic Schools, Diocese of OrangeCollege of Educational Studies,

Chapman UniversityDavid Labkovski Project Echoes and Reflections

Facing History and Ourselves National Foundation, Inc.

Orange County Department of EducationWilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and

Social Sciences, Chapman University

I N C O L L A B O R A T I O N W I T HForum for Dialogue, Poland

Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Center, South Africa

Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust

Museum of Tolerance, Los AngelesSarah and Chaim Neuberger

Holocaust Education Centre, Canada

W I T H G E N E R O U S S U P P O R T F R O MPublications International, Ltd.

We extend our appreciation to Sodexo for their generous contribution to the reception

following the Awards Ceremony.

We are grateful to Chapman University Enrollment Services for donating Chapman

University t-shirts to contest finalists.

The Holocaust Art and Writing Contest was launched

in 1999 as a partnership between the Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education at Chapman

University and The “1939” Club, now The 1939 Society, a Community of Holocaust Survivors,

Descendants, and Friends.

Each year, the contest has grown, now including 250 public, private, and parochial

schools across the nation and several countries. This growth would not have been possible

without the extraordinary support of the Samueli Foundation. Thanks to the generosity of

Dana and Yossie Hollander, we are able to offer first-place students and their teachers an

expense-paid study trip to visit the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and other

sites in Washington, D.C.

A special word of appreciation must go to Louis Weber and Publications International for

their years of extraordinary support and the over 7,000 copies of The Holocaust Chronicle:

A History in Words and Pictures they have donated. Thanks to Publications International,

each student representative has the opportunity to receive a book signed by the Holocaust

survivors attending the awards ceremony and reception. With these signatures, each book

becomes a unique testimony to the memories created on this very special day in which

witnesses to the Holocaust meet their witnesses to the future.

BethKeanInterimExecut iveDirector

BethKeanPresident

AndreaCayton Vice-President

PaulNussbaum

Treasurer

PauletteNessimSecretary

Boardof DirectorsPaulaBennett

RobertGeminderMicheleGold

MelindaGoldrichPerlaKarney

MarciaLevensonRobertLiebesman

GuyL ipa*PeterMandell

GregoryMcKayGalitPrince*

JamieRosenbloodJoanSanders

FrankSchil lerLora S ilverman

StevenTaylorYanivTepper

DavidWiener

HonoraryDirectorsOsiasGorenz”lMashaLoenz � l

Dr. HarveyMartzDr. GaryJ. Schiller

E. RandolSchoenberg

SurvivorAdvisoryBoard MiriamBell z”l

LidiaBudgor EdithFrankie RobertGeminder JonaGoldrichz � l

MarieKaufman GregoryMcKay DanaSchwartz DavidWiener

*3G@LAMOTHRepresentatives

March10,2017

DearGuests,

AsthePresidentofLosAngelesMuseumoftheHolocaust(LAMOTH)andthegrandchildofHolocaustSurvivors,itisanhonortojoinChapmanUniversityinwelcomingyoutothe18thAnnualHolocaustArt&WritingContestAwardsCeremony.LAMOTHwasfoundedbyHolocaustSurvivorswhounderstoodtheimportanceofpersonalnarrativesandeducatingfuturegenerationofstudentsonthishistory.ThiscontestteachesstudentsabouttheHolocaustwhileprovidingthemwithauniqueopportunitytoengagewithHolocaustSurvivortestimony.DuringthisprocessthestudentsbecomestewardsofthisimportanthistoryandsharetheSurvivor’snarrativethroughtheirowncreativeinterpretation.

IcommendMarilynHarranandChapmanUniversityforengagingsuchalarge,diversegroupofstudentsfromallovertheworldtoparticipateinthisinnovativeandmeaningfulprogram.Thankyouforbringingthecommunitytogethertoreflectandlearnfromthepastandprovidethespaceforustodiscusstheimportanceofacceptance,open-mindednessandsocialjustice.Throughthisopportunitystudentscanstrivetocreateamoredignifiedandhumaneworldforyoungergenerations.

I’dliketocongratulatealloftheparticipantsfortheirhardworkandextraordinaryprojects.IlooktothefuturewithhopeandprideknowingthatyouareshapingthefutureofHolocausteducationandremembrance.

Withgratitude,

BethKean

President

LosAngelesMuseumoftheHolocaust

Bucharest, Romania Saint Sava National College

Zamosc, Poland Secondary School No. 2

Gauteng, South Africa Johannesburg, Redhill High School

San Pedro City, Philippines Casa Del Niño Montessori & Science High School

Mandaluyong City, Philippines Don Bosco Technical College

Wielun, Poland Janusz Korczak High School No. 2

Selangor, Malaysia Subang Jaya, Sekolah Menengah

Kebangsaan Seafield

Mexico City, Mexico Greengates School

We proudly welcome students and educators from these registered

international schools to the 18th Annual Holocaust Art and Writing Contest.

Even Yehuda, Israel Walworth Barbour American

International School

Berlin, Germany Canisius-Kolleg Berlin

Haifa, Israel Beit Biram–The Hebrew Reali High School

Music by the Orange County Klezmers

Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Daniele C. Struppa President, Chapman University

Introductions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marilyn Harran Stern Chair in Holocaust Education and Director, Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education, Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, Chapman University

Special Greetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Glenn Pfeiffer Provost, Chapman University

William Elperin President, The 1939 Society

Participants, Middle School Division . . . . . . . Patrick Fuery Dean, Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, Chapman University

Participants, High School Division . . . . . . . . . . Margaret Grogan Dean, College of Educational Studies, Chapman University

How Will I Know Who These People Are? . . . . . Esther Safran Foer Senior Advisor, Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, Washington, D.C. Daughter of Holocaust Survivors

Story to TellI have a Chapman University and The 1939 Society

The 18th Annual Holocaust Art and Writing Contest

Esther Safran Foer

Esther in a displaced persons camp in Germany, 1948.

Distribution of certificates and prizes to student representatives and teachers will follow the awards ceremony in the lobby of Memorial Hall. Reception in the tent located outside of Memorial Hall.

Non-finalist artworks will be available for pick-up in the lobby of Memorial Hall.

Prose Category

MIDDLE SCHOOL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lindsay Friedman First and Second Prize Partnership Director, Echoes and Reflections Reading of First Prize

HIGH SCHOOL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dan Alba First and Second Prize Senior Program Associate, Facing History and Ourselves Reading of First Prize

Poetry Category

MIDDLE SCHOOL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beth Kean First and Second Prize Board President, Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust Reading of First Prize

HIGH SCHOOL First and Second Prize Reading of First Prize

Art Category

MIDDLE SCHOOL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . William Elperin First and Second Prize President, The 1939 Society Reading of First Prize

HIGH SCHOOL First and Second Prize Reading of First Prize

Film Category

MIDDLE SCHOOL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kori Street First and Second Prize Director of Education, USC Shoah Foundation - Reading of First Prize Statement The Institute for Visual History and Education

HIGH SCHOOL First and Second Prize Reading of First Prize Statement

Announcement of Division Winners

Congratulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Daniele C. Struppa

Closing Thoughts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marilyn Harran

Join us next year for the 19th Annual Holocaust Art and Writing ContestFriday, March 9, 2018 I 11 a.m.

We encourage all our visitors today to visit the exhibit

Holocaust Survivors: The Indestructible Spirit on the Second and Fourth Floors of the Leatherby Libraries.

Photography by Bill Aron. Summaries by Dr. Marilyn Harran with research assistance from Chapman University students.This exhibit is made possible by a generous gift from Irving and Nancy Chase in honor of Sol (z”l) and Fay Chase (z”l).

The 18th Annual Holocaust Art and Writing ContestSchools Registered

Schools Registered Middle Schools–CaliforniaAliso ViejoSt. Mary's School

AnaheimAcaciawood College Preparatory

AcademyBetsy Ross Elementary SchoolFairmont Private Schools: Historic

Anaheim CampusIndependence Christian SchoolJames Guinn Elementary SchoolJames Madison Elementary SchoolSt. Justin Martyr Parish School

Anaheim HillsTrinity Lutheran Christian School

Beverly HillsGood Shepherd Catholic School

BreaBrea Junior High SchoolSt. Angela Merici Parish School

Buena ParkSt. Pius V Catholic School

Capistrano BeachSan Clemente Christian School

Corona del MarHarbor Day School

Costa MesaMariners Christian SchoolSt. Joachim Catholic SchoolSt. John the Baptist Catholic

School

CypressJuliet Morris Elementary SchoolLexington Junior High SchoolSt. Irenaeus Parish School

Dana PointSt. Edward the Confessor Parish

School

Fountain ValleyVista View Middle School

FullertonBeechwood Elementary SchoolD. Russell Parks Junior High SchoolLadera Vista Junior High School

of the Arts

GaltMcCaffrey Middle School

Garden GroveChrist Cathedral AcademyIzaak Walton Intermediate SchoolJames Irvine Intermediate SchoolOrange Crescent SchoolSt. Columban School

Hesperia Shadow Ridge Independent Study

Huntington BeachBrethren Christian SchoolMesa View Middle SchoolSpring View Middle SchoolSt. Bonaventure Catholic SchoolStacey Middle SchoolSts. Simon & Jude SchoolTalbert Middle School

IrvineLakeside Middle SchoolPlaza Vista Middle SchoolSouth Lake Middle School

Ladera RanchLadera Ranch Middle School

La HabraOur Lady of Guadalupe SchoolWashington Middle School

Laguna BeachSt. Catherine of Siena Parish

SchoolThurston Middle School

Laguna NiguelSt. Anne School

LakewoodHoover Middle School

Long BeachAlexander Hamilton Middle School

Los AngelesLos Angeles Academy Middle

School

MenifeeEthan A. Chase Middle School

Moreno ValleyVista Heights Middle School

NorthridgeAbraham Joshua Heschel Day

School

NovatoSinaloa Middle School

OrangeHoly Family Cathedral SchoolLa Purisima Catholic SchoolSantiago Charter Middle SchoolSt. John’s Lutheran SchoolSt. Norbert Catholic SchoolYorba Academy of the Arts

PerrisLakeside Middle School

Pico RiveraSt. Hilary Elementary School

PlacentiaKraemer Middle School Parkview SchoolSt. Joseph Catholic SchoolTuffree Middle SchoolTynes Elementary SchoolValadez Middle School Academy

PortervilleHope Elementary School

Rancho Palos VerdesSt. John Fisher School

Rancho Santa MargaritaSt. John's Episcopal SchoolSt. Junipero Serra Catholic School

RedlandsFoundation Christian SchoolSage Oak Charter SchoolSoCal Christian School

San ClementeOur Lady of Fatima Parish School

San DiegoSan Diego Jewish Academy

San DimasLone Hill Middle School

San Juan CapistranoMission Basilica School

Santa AnaMacArthur Fundamental

Intermediate SchoolSchool of Our LadySt. Anne Parish SchoolSt. Barbara Catholic School

Spring ValleySpring Valley Academy

StantonRobert M. Pyles STEM Academy

TustinCurrie Middle SchoolPioneer Middle SchoolRed Hill Lutheran SchoolSt. Cecilia School

Villa ParkVilla Park Elementary School

WalnutSouth Pointe Middle School

WestminsterBlessed Sacrament School

WhittierHillview Middle School

Yorba LindaBernardo Yorba Middle SchoolSt. Francis of Assisi Catholic SchoolTravis Ranch SchoolYorba Linda Middle School

T H E 1 8 t h A N N U A L H O L O C A U S T A R T A N D W R I T I N G C O N T E S T

Registered High Schools–CaliforniaAliso ViejoAliso Niguel High School

AnaheimAcaciawood College Preparatory

AcademyCanyon High SchoolEsperanza High SchoolLoara High SchoolServite High SchoolWestern High School

BanningBanning High School

BreaBrea Olinda High School

CoronaSantiago High School

Costa MesaEarly College High School

CypressOxford Academy

Diamond BarDiamond Bar High School

Encinitas Shalom School of Encinitas

Fountain ValleyLos Amigos High School

FremontMission San Jose High School

FullertonFullerton Union High SchoolSunny Hills High School

HawthorneHawthorne Math & Science

Academy

HesperiaCanyon Ridge High SchoolShadow Ridge High School

IrvineArnold O. Beckman High SchoolCrean Lutheran High SchoolTarbut V’Torah Community

Day School University High SchoolWoodbridge High School

La PalmaJohn F. Kennedy High School

Laguna HillsLaguna Hills High SchoolNew Vista School

Lake ForestEl Toro High School

Long BeachMillikan High SchoolPolytechnic High SchoolSierra Vista High School

Mission ViejoTrabuco Hills High School

MontebelloSchurr High School

Moreno ValleyValley View High SchoolVista del Lago High School

MurrietaCalvary Chapel Christian

Academy (ISP)

OjaiLaurel Springs School

OrangeOrange High SchoolRichland Continuation High SchoolVilla Park High School

PlacentiaEl Camino Real High SchoolEl Dorado High SchoolParkview SchoolValencia High School

Rancho Santa MargaritaSanta Margarita Catholic

High School

Rolling Hills EstatesPalos Verdes Peninsula

High School

San DiegoSt. Augustine High SchoolWestview High School

San JacintoMountain Heights AcademyMountain View Alternative

High School

San Juan CapistranoCapistrano Connections AcademyJSerra Catholic SchoolSaddleback Valley Christian

Schools

San MarcosHigh Tech High North County

Santa AnaFoothill High School Orange County School of the ArtsSegerstrom High School

South TahoeSouth Tahoe High School

TemeculaGreat Oak High School

Thousand OaksLa Reina High School

TustinTustin High School

Van NuysLos Angeles Hebrew High School

VisaliaTulare County Office of Education

Court/Community Schools

West Hillsde Toledo High School

Yorba LindaLa Entrada High SchoolYorba Linda High School

AFTER SCHOOL MENTORING PROGRAMSIrvine

ICON Art & Design

Los Angeles Art Student Services

T H E 1 8 t h A N N U A L H O L O C A U S T A R T A N D W R I T I N G C O N T E S T

T H E 1 8 t h A N N U A L H O L O C A U S T A R T A N D W R I T I N G C O N T E S T

Registered High Schools–NationalARIZONAChandler

Hamilton High SchoolMesa

Dobson High School

ARKANSASKenai

Nikiski Middle/High School

COLORADOGolden

Golden High SchoolLakewood

Jefferson County Open School

CONNECTICUTBloomfield

Metropolitan Learning Center

FLORIDAFort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale High SchoolPensacola

West Florida High School of Advanced Technology

TallahasseeMaclay School

GEORGIAAtlanta

Atlanta Jewish AcademyJohns Creek

Chattahoochee High SchoolSavannah

Woodville Tompkins Technical and Career High School

HAWAIIKailua

Le Jardin Academy

IOWAAnkeny

Ankeny Centennial High School

IDAHOSt. Anthony

South Fremont High School

ILLINOISNiles

Notre Dame College Prep

KENTUCKYWalton

Walton Verona High School

MARYLANDBethesda

Walt Whitman High School

MASSACHUSETTSHarvard

The Bromfield SchoolLexington

Lexington High School

MICHIGANAnn Arbor

Pioneer High School Battle Creek

Lakeview High School

MINNESOTABrooklyn Park

Hennepin Gateway to College

MISSOURISpringfield

Springfield Central High School

NEVADALas Vegas

The Dr. Miriam and Sheldon G. Adelson Educational Campus

NEW JERSEYClark

Arthur L. Johnson High SchoolLawrence Township

Notre Dame High SchoolNew Milford

New Milford High SchoolPleasantville

Pleasantville High SchoolVineland

Vineland High School South

NEW MEXICOSanta Fe

Pojoaque Valley High School

NEW YORKGreat Neck

North Shore Hebrew Academy High School

NedrowOnondaga Nation School

SkaneatelesSkaneateles High School

NORTH CAROLINAGastonia

Ashbrook High SchoolRaleigh

Wake Young Women’s Leadership Academy

OKLAHOMAOklahoma City

Classen School of Advanced Studies

TulsaRiverfield Country Day School

PENNSYLVANIAAbington

Abington High SchoolAlverton

Southmoreland High School Bethlehem

Bethlehem Catholic High SchoolClaysville

McGuffey High SchoolKnox

Keystone Senior High SchoolMcSherrytown

Delone Catholic High SchoolYork

West York Area High School

TENNESSEEKnoxville

South Doyle High SchoolMaryville

Maryville Christian School

TEXASAustin

Westwood High SchoolHouston

KIPP Northeast College Preparatory Academy

San AntonioNorth East School of the Arts

VIRGINIAStaunton

Robert E. Lee High School

WISCONSINWauwatosa

Wauwatosa East High School

Registered Middle Schools–NationalARIZONAQueen Creek

Sossaman Middle SchoolScottsdale

Rancho Solano Preparatory School

COLORADOFort Collins

Kinard Core Knowledge Middle School

CONNECTICUTBridgeport

Great Oaks Charter School

ILLINOISOak Lawn

Oak Lawn Hometown Middle School

MAINEWindsor

Windsor Elementary School

NEW HAMPSHIREDurham

Oyster River Middle School

NEW JERSEYBurlington

Burlington Township Middle School at Springside

Lawrenceville St. Ann School

Long Valley Long Valley Middle School

Princeton St. Paul School of Princeton

Warren Warren Middle School

NEW MEXICORoswell

Sidney Gutierrez Middle School

PENNSYLVANIAKnox

Keystone Junior High School

TENNESSEEMemphis

Snowden School

TEXASAlvord

Alvord Middle SchoolAustin

West Ridge Middle School

WISCONSINKiel

3-D Academy Middle School

Contest JudgesShannon Annarella

Screenwriting Major, Dodge College of Film and Media Arts and University Honors Minor, Chapman University; First Place Poetry, Middle School Division, 2009

Tracey Armstrong Managing Editor, Jlife Magazine and Editor in Chief, Kiddish Magazine

Sherry Bard Training Specialist, Echoes and Reflections, Anti-Defamation League

Deborah Batiste Project Director, Echoes and Reflections, Anti-Defamation League

Julye Bidmead Director, Fellowships & Scholar Program, Office of the Provvost; Associate Professor, Department of Religious Studies, Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences

Jeff Brouwer Director of Creative Services, Strategic Marketing & Communications, Chapman University

Nancy Chase Community Volunteer; Co-Benefactor, "The Indestructible Spirit" photography and memoir project

Gregory Dhuyvetter Superintendent of Catholic Schools, Diocese of Orange

William Elperin Los Angeles Attorney-at-Law; President, The 1939 Society

Natalie Figueroa English Major and Self-Designed Holocaust Studies Major, Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, Chapman University

T H E 1 8 t h A N N U A L H O L O C A U S T A R T A N D W R I T I N G C O N T E S T

Registered High Schools–InternationalGERMANYBerlin

Canisius-Kolleg Berlin

ISRAELEven Yehuda

Walworth Barbour American International School

HaifaBeit Biram – The Hebrew Reali

High School

MALAYSIASelangor

Subang JayaSekolah Menengah

Kebangsaan Seafield

MEXICOMexico City

Greengates School

PHILIPPINESMandaluyong City

Don Bosco Technical College San Pedro City

Casa Del Niño Montessori & Science High School

POLANDWielun

Janusz Korczak High School No. 2

ZamoscSecondary School No. 2

ROMANIABucharest

Saint Sava National College

SOUTH AFRICAGauteng Johannesburg

Redhill High School

Barbara Gard Retired Teacher, Trabuco Hills High School

Ildi Good Holocaust Survivor and Witness, Hungary

Marilyn Harran Stern Chair in Holocaust Education and Director, Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education; Professor of Religious Studies and History, Chapman University

Mary Robinson Hendra Associate Program Director for Los Angeles and Organizational Innovation, Facing History and Ourselves

Dayna Herz Investment Officer, H&S Ventures, LLC

Fr. Jerry Horan Vicar for Faith Formation, Diocese of Orange

Eileen Jankowski Assistant Professor (retired), Department of English, Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, Chapman University

Beth Kean Board President, Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust

Jon Kean Writer and Director, Swimming in Auschwitz and After Auschwitz: The Stories of Six Women

Connor Kridle Political Science Major; Holocaust History Minor, Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, Chapman University

Natalie Lawler Curator, Art Collections, Chapman University

Mike Lefkowitz President, The Semel Group; Community Volunteer

Jack Pariser Founder and Activist for Precluding Genocide Project; Child Survivor and Witness, Poland

Marianne Petersen Retired Teacher, Orange High School.

Leora Raikin Founder and Executive Director, David Labkovsi Project

Heather Schlossnagle Producer, Panther Productions, Chapman University

Lindsay Shen Director of University Art Collections, Chapman University

Kori Street Director of Education, USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual History and Education

Stephanie Wolfson Director of Education, David Labkovski Project

N A T I O N A L H O N O R A R Y J U D G E , 2 0 0 7 - 2 0 1 6

Elie Wiesel, z”l Nobel Peace Prize Laureate; Distinguished Presidential Fellow, Chapman University, 2011-2015

H O N O R A R Y J U D G E S

Natalie Weinstein Gold Psychotherapist; Child Survivor; Member of The 1939 Society; Benefactor

Dana Hollander Benefactor; Community Volunteer; Sponsor of Echoes and Reflections Holocaust Education Program

Marie Kaufman Child Survivor; President, Child Survivors of the Holocaust, Los Angeles

Mila Page Founding Member, The "1939" Club, now The 1939 Society; Member of Schindler's "List"

Sally Roisman Award-winning Artist; Member of The 1939 Society

Susan Samueli Co-Founder and President, Samueli Foundation

Sally Schwartz Benefactor, The Jerry and Sally Schwartz Holocaust and Tolerance Education Fund, managed by the Community Foundation of the Jewish Federation of Orange County

T H E 1 8 t h A N N U A L H O L O C A U S T A R T A N D W R I T I N G C O N T E S T

Contest Judges (continued)

The Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education(714) 532-7760 or www.chapman.edu/holocausteducation

Lighting of Candles of RemembranceMUSIC

Daniel Alfred Wachs, Director of Orchestral Activities, Hall-Musco Conservatory of Music, College of Performing Arts, Chapman University

Iman Khosrowpour, Conductor, Symphony Orchestra and Violin Faculty, Irvine Valley College

REFLECTIONS Rabbi Elie Spitz, Congregation B'nai Israel, Tustin

Dr. Gail Stearns, Dean of the Wallace All Faiths Chapel, Chapman University

Dr. Marilyn Harran, Stern Chair in Holocaust Education, Chapman University

CHOREOGRAPHY Cristina McKeever, Dance Performance Major, College of Performing Arts, Chapman University, '17

SCREENING Memory Keepers with Documentary Filmmaker Molly Blank

April 20 I 7 p.m. Chapman Auditorium I Memorial Hall I Chapman University

An Evening ofHolocaust Remembrance in Words, Music, Dance, and Film

With a Special Tribute to Elie Wiesel

Admission is Free

Turning a Blind Eye, Herz Allegrio, 2009