Holocaust Education &
Combating Antisemitism
Project Witness is a nonprofit Holocaust resource center that merges judicious scholarship with cutting-edge media to provide thought-provoking Holocaust educational resources for public schools, private schools, community centers, and the general public.
Our Mission
Project Witness offers groundbreaking resources for Holocaust education while remaining deeply committed to its unique mission of exploring the spiritual, ethical, and intellectual responses of Holocaust survivors and victims. By focusing on the character, identity, and faith of survivors and victims alike, Project Witness serves to ensure that their legacy guides us and future generations toward a more hopeful future.
Our Team
Dr. Ruth Lichtenstein
Founder and Executive Director
Yocheved Lev
Program Advisor
Rachel Licht
Senior Researcher
Blimie Twerski
Director of Conferences
Israel B. Bitton
Deputy Director at Project Witness
Frieda Loshinsky
Director of Events
Deborah Schechter
Director of Education
Rabbi Eli Lefkowitz
Director of Yeshiva Outreach
David Bitton
Head of Product & Technology
Our Board
Esther & Shlomo Werdiger
Miriam & Hashi Herzka
Leah & Ralph Rieder
Denise & George Karasick
Evelyn & Frank Mandel
Cheryl & Duvy Gross
FAQs
What is Project Witness?
Project Witness is a comprehensive, non-profit Holocaust Resource Center. We provide academically grounded and religiously sensitive Holocaust educational resources for diverse communities worldwide.
What makes Project Witness unique?
Project Witness is committed to providing a thorough grounding in Holocaust history while exploring the spiritual, intellectual, and ethical responses of Holocaust survivors and victims.
In "Witness to History," what's meant by "spiritual resistance"?
Spiritual resistance refers to the ways Jews in occupied Europe, particularly in the hellish ghettos and concentration camps of Eastern Europe, heroically struggled against impossible odds to maintain their Jewish values. This includes the many Jews who maintained their religious faith in the worst of circumstances, as well as those who organized and maintained charitable and cultural initiatives under German rule. They did so at great risk to their own lives, as a matter of conviction — a spiritual revolt pitting Judaism's life-affirming values of intellect, compassion, and the sanctity of life against the Nazi ethos of violence, racism, and death.
Is "Witness to History" only for schools?
While formal Holocaust education is our foremost goal, Witness to History has garnered an overwhelmingly positive response from readers of all ages and backgrounds around the globe and can be found in countless private homes and libraries.
Does the "Witness to History" DVD have material not included in the book?
The Witness to History DVD addresses entirely new areas of interest, which the book does not cover.
What's the cost of Project Witness educational materials?
Witness to History is listed for $60 as discounted price. To order your copy of Witness to History please click here.
Can Project Witness provide lecturers for school or community events?
Please contact us for more information.
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