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Professor
Emeritus Awarded for Service as
Director of County Holocaust Center
6/17/10
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Windsor, N.J. - On June 13 Saul Goldwasser, professor emeritus
at Mercer County Community College, was recognized for his good
works. He was presented with the Honey and Maurice Axelrod Award,
given annually in cooperation with the New Jersey Commission
on Holocaust Education, the Anti-Defamation League of New Jersey
and the Axelrod Family. Goldwasser is director of the Mercer
County Holocaust/Genocide Resource Center, located on the college's
West Windsor campus. He was nominated by an MCCC colleague,
Professor Emerita, Dr. Vera Goodkin, who is also active in Holocaust
education.
Goldwasser
has served as the director of the center since its founding
in 2003. Its mission is to provide support to educators, local
organizations and the community at large in teaching the concepts
and lessons of the Holocaust and other genocides.
"I
am always deeply affected when I see a young person's reaction
as they learn what occurred during the Holocaust, later in
Rwanda, and continuing into Darfur. I can only hope it changes
their lives as much as these events have changed mine,"
Goldwasser said.
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Pictured
at the award presentation are, from left, MCCC
Professor Emerita Vera Goodkin; Center Director Saul Goldwasser,
Dr. Paul Winkler, executive director of the NJ Commission
on Holocaust Education; and Etzion Neuer, NJ regional director
of the Anti-Defamation League.
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The
Honey and Maurice Axelrod Award recognizes outstanding educational
and community leaders in New Jersey who fight against bias, prejudice
and discrimination through education about the Holocaust and other
genocides. These awards are presented through an Anti-Defamation
League endowment in cooperation with the New Jersey Commission on
Holocaust Education.
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