The Zekelman Holocaust Center
"Founded in 1984, The Zekelman Holocaust Center (The HC) first opened its doors on the campus of the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield as the Holocaust Memorial Center and relocated to the current award-winning building in 2004. The HC houses not only our core museum exhibits, but an extensive research library, archives, and a gallery for special art and history exhibits.
Each year, we reach more than 100,000 people through our teacher trainings, virtual museum experiences, virtual programs, and in-person visits to the museum. As the Center continues to grow, so have our educational outreach efforts. To aid teachers in meeting the Holocaust education mandate of Michigan Public Act 170, our teacher trainings now reach schools in nearly every county. In addition, we continue to develop new relationships with school districts and virtual schools, understanding their needs so that every student in the state has equitable access to Holocaust education.
Today, not only is there a rise in antisemitism, there is a decline in living testimony as we are approaching a time when Holocaust survivors will no longer be with us. The Holocaust Center’s content focuses on Holocaust victims’ and survivors’ personal stories to help our visitors understand how the Holocaust could have happened.
We invite each of you to visit and hope through your experience you gain tools to stand up to hatred, antisemitism, and genocide. Together, we envision creating a more tolerant and empathetic society."
Community/Other Resources:
- OC Community Resources Airtable- Review the instructions in the first upper left box.
- OCHN Mental Health Resource Flyers
- OCHN Reimbursement Flyer
- Judson Center Resource
- Community Resource Manual (2021-most up to date)
- Truancy Resources (August 2023)
- Oakland Mediation Center: The Truancy Prevention Through Mediation Program (TPTM)
- OC: Misc. Resources (i.e. food, housing, transportation, mental health)
- Meaningful May Action for Happiness Calendar-*New*
- May Happiness Calendar for Educators-Greater Good Science Center-*New*
National Speech-Language-Hearing (NSLH) month. Communication in general is a crucial part of the human experience, whether that’s choosing to communicate verbally or non-verbally, in different languages, using sign-language, with assistive communication devices such as hearing aids or with augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) devices. Opportunities like NSLH month of May (and again in October for Audiology Awareness Month) allow us to share all the options and technology that are now available for effective communication.
Formerly known as Better Hearing and Speech month, this month-long acknowledgement was originally established by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) in 1972. Before that, in 1927, there was a week known as National Hearing Week established by the Federation of Organizations for the Hard of Hearing. In 1958, it expanded to Better Hearing Month, finally being coined Better Hearing and Speech Month, in 1972. Just last year, ASHA revealed the new name of National Speech-Language-Hearing Month. In their press release, ASHA reported the new name is more inclusive of all manners of communication.
From three-time Newbery Honoree Christina Soontornvat and award-winning historian Erika Lee comes a middle grade nonfiction that shines a light on the generations of Asian Americans who have transformed the United States and who continue to shape what it means to be American.
Asian American history is not made up of one single story. It’s many. And it’s a story that too often goes untold.
It begins centuries before America even exists as a nation. It is connected to the histories of Western conquest and colonialism. It’s a story of migration; of people and families crossing the Pacific Ocean in search of escape, opportunity, and new beginnings.
In this highly acclaimed best seller, Priya Parker argues that the gatherings in our lives are lackluster and unproductive — and they don't have to be. At a time when coming together is more important than ever, Parker sets forth a human-centered approach to gathering that will help everyone create meaningful, memorable experiences, large and small, for work and for play.
