Spertus College of Judaica, a non-denominational liberal arts college announced it has received formal notification from the National Endowment for the Humanities, an agency of the federal government, of a grant for $85,521. This grant will enable the college to develop an inter-disciplinary curriculum in Holocaust studies, which will serve as the model curriculum for all colleges, universities and theological seminaries in the United States offering courses in Holocaust-related subjects, according to a college spokesman.
Spertus College president, Dr. David Weinstein, has appointed Prof. Byron L. Sherwin, a college faculty member, and a noted authority on Holocaust studies to be project director.
The awarding of this grant by the NEH takes cognizance of the present upsurge of interest in the Holocaust, it was noted by the college spokesman. In making this grant, notice was taken of the ongoing institutional interest of Spertus College in raising public consciousness with regard to the Holocaust.
The Maurice Spertus Museum of Judaica, a component of Spertus College, houses the Bernard and Rochelle Zell Holocaust Memorial, the only permanent museum installation in the U.S. to the memory of the six million Jews who perished during the Holocaust. Under a grant from the Wein Foundation of Chicago, Spertus College is preparing a definitive inter-disciplinary textbook on the Holocaust for use on the college level. As in the past few years the college will be offering courses and lectures on Holocaust related subjects in its upcoming academic calendar year.
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