New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education
- New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education
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The New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education is a government agency of the U.S. state of New Jersey. Its core mission is to promote Holocaust education throughout the state by surveying, designing, encouraging and promoting Holocaust and genocide education and awareness. It also provides programs and coordinates events to memorialize The Holocaust.
The Commission presents "The Hela Young Award" each year "to honor a person in recognition of outstanding work in the community for the improvement of human relations among diverse peoples and for the improvement of the human condition."[2] The award is named for Hela Yungst, a former television entertainer and beauty pageant winner, and past president of the Commission.
References
- ^ "About us", Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education website, accessed September 19, 2009.
- ^ "Hela Young Award", New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education website, accessed September 18, 2009.
External links
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- State agencies of New Jersey
- Educational organizations based in the United States
- Government agencies established in 1991
- New Jersey stubs
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