Never Again

Mission Statement

The mission of the Never Again committee is to provide proactive and reactive efforts to prevent the toxic spread of antisemitism and bigotry of all kinds. It is anticipated that this mission may be advanced through education, partnership, and advocacy in order to ensure that small-or large-scale attacks against Jews, or any ethnic group, never again take an institutional hold as they did in the Shoah (Holocaust).

A key motivator supporting the formation of the Committee was the field study publication:

2021 Survey of North American Teens on the Holocaust and Antisemitism by our Rebbitzin, Dr. Alexis Lerner. The field study was a key motivator for the Ontario, Canada school systems to implement Holocaust Studies into their curriculum

A Summary of the Key Findings

2021 Survey of North American Teens on the Holocaust and Antisemitism

Overall, these findings suggest that students benefit substantially from Holocaust literacy. Not only does learning about the Holocaust improve understanding about the history of discrimination and violence in the 20th century, but it also seems to correspond with an increased likelihood that students will take necessary action to protect minority communities when confronted with hatred or intolerance, especially when that learning is implemented during one’s formative youth. We strongly believe that knowledgeable students will become better citizens by being more likely to prevent antisemitism, bullying, discrimination, and other intergroup conflicts at early, nonviolent stages. It is even plausible that this formative education will motivate today’s youth to lead tomorrow’s efforts to prevent and mitigate the deleterious effects of genocide and war.

The Never Again Committee has focused its initial efforts on Holocaust Education, working with the local Village of Rockville Centre Schools Administration. The Never Again Committee raised funding to provide Holocaust Books requested by the Middle School faculty. We provided ten book titles with 30 copies each. To make the books more meaningful and impactful to the students, each book has a label on the inside cover, dedicated to a child murdered in the Holocaust. The label has the Name, Place of Birth, Place of Death and Age when the child was murdered.  Ongoing meetings and cooperation with the Rockville Centre Schools Administration centers on providing Holocaust Books to the High School and School library. Similar cooperation and efforts have been initiated with the Lynbrook Schools Administration.

PowerPoint Presentation on Holocaust Education

Based on the information above, the committee created a presentation to show local school boards how to enlist their cooperation and help with implementing Holocaust education. Click on this link: Presentation on Holocaust Education

Hebrew school students apply bookplates

Names of children who perished in the Holocaust were obtained from Yad Vashem.org  and from members of the congregation. In remembrance, 1,000  bookplates were printed, with each plate detailing name of the child, age at death, date of death, place of birth and place of death.

Hebrew School children applied the bookplates in preparation of delivery to the RVC school District.