After years of directing Jewish museums in Israel, the Project Manager of Nebraska Stories of Humanity Beth Dotan spent 13 years serving as the founding executive director of the Institute for Holocaust Education, working closely with Holocaust survivors and their families.
In her career, Dotan heard many stories of survival from Jewish refugees in Nebraska. Recognizing the impermanence of these narratives, Dotan said she felt a responsibility to ensure that these stories would not be lost.
“Whether we wanted to hear them or not. We were the witnesses of those pieces of their lives,” recounted Dotan. “I really felt like I was holding all of this material, this information, these connections.”
Today, using her wealth of experience within Jewish communities in Nebraska, and across the world, she’s creating a comprehensive educational program for Nebraska middle and high school students to learn about the Holocaust.
You can read more in an article by Grace Bellinghausen published in the omaha.com web site at: http://tinyurl.com/56ums3kx.