Educator Awards for Excellence in Holocaust Education, underwritten in part by the Leon Family Foundation, honor teachers in the area’s public and private schools who have demonstrated knowledge of Holocaust history, and have created successful teaching experiences. 

Recipients of these awards receive a full scholarship to attend either the Belfer Conference at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC, or the Teacher Education Institute at the Virginia Holocaust Museum in Richmond.

2011 Winners

Esther Goldman Teacher Award
Norfolk Academy - Norfolk, Virginia

• Marian Enright
• Esther Diskin
• Cosby Hall
• Jennifer Rodgers

Educator Award for Excellence in Holocaust Education

• Nancy Bogan
  Granby High School
  Norfolk, Virginia
• Lisa Harding
  Indian River Middle School
  Chesapeake, Virginia
• Erika Hitchcock
  Tallwood High School
  Virginia Beach, Virginia

Award for Excellence in Holocaust Education Application Instructions:

• Applications must be received by 5 pm on Thursday, February 23, 2012
• Respond to the following questions in writing:
  • Explain why you teach the Holocaust.  What are your goals and how do you measure whether you are achieving them?
  • Submit a general outline (maximum of 1 typewritten page) that you have prepared for teaching the Holocaust. 
  • Have you worked with other teachers in developing an interdisciplinary unit on the Holocaust?  If so, please elaborate.
  • If you have participated in a Holocaust conference for educators, please explain how it has helped you teach the lessons of the Holocaust.
  • Include on a cover page your name, school, grade level, position, number of years teaching, address, email, and phone number.
• Please submit application and any questions to:
  • United Jewish Federation of Tidewater
    5000 Corporate Woods Drive, Suite 200
    Virginia Beach, VA  23462
    Attn:  Jan Johnson
    jjohnson@ujft.org    757-321-2323
• Download Application Instructions (pdf)