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A non-profit, volunteer organization founded in 1979, the Center for Holocaust Studies at
Brookdale Community College, in Lincroft, New Jersey, is an educational resource center. Its
mission is: education about historical issues of the Holocaust and genocide; elimination of
racism, antisemitism and all forms of prejudice that damage our society; and development of
creative programs and activities regarding these crucial human issues. A recognized leader
in the field of Holocaust education world wide, it is the first Holocaust Studies Center in
the State of New Jersey. The Center’s school services, as well as most of its community
programs, are provided free of charge.
The Center addresses human rights and civil rights issues everywhere. Our programs have
addressed Armenia, America, Darfur, the Balkans, Rwanda, Burundi, Sudan, Northern Ireland,
the Middle East and East Timor.
The Center serves the community through
- Our extensive library of books, periodicals and media materials on all subjects related to our mission.
- Our Teacher Resource Center, which contains a collection of curricula, lesson plans, and study guides.
- Our individualized programs and in-service trainings.
- Our Speakers’ Bureau, which has scholars, educators and Holocaust Survivors available for programs.
- Our services to students and teachers, such as the student leadership conference, theatrical
performances, teacher training programs, and a writing and art Contest for students in grades 5 – 12.
- Our Annual Colloquium, which welcomes over 2400 students and teachers to the Brookdale campus for a
half-day program that includes a keynote speaker and 40 break-out workshops.
- Our programs for the general community, including annual scholarly lectures, film series, book discussions,
an Armenian Genocide Remembrance program, collaborative programs with the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office
and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in the training of Law Enforcement Officers, and a court-
mandated 12-week education program for Monmouth County Juvenile Bias Crime offenders.
To Tomorrow's Children
In 2004, the Center began To Tomorrow’s Children, a project to preserve the messages of Holocaust survivors for
tomorrow’s children. This multi-phase project is based on the stories of the survivors who work with the Center.
The project includes
- A book featuring the words and photographs of twenty-nine survivors
- A traveling exhibit entitled Survival of the Human Spirit: Triumph over Adversity
- A film, Soulsaving: Common Threads of Kindness
- Curricular materials based on the survivors' stories
The Claire and Adam Boren Collection of the University of Southern California Shoah Foundation Institute
for Visual History and Education.
The Center for Holocaust Studies at Brookdale Community College recently became a Visual History Collection site
for the The USC Shoah Foundation Institute Visual History Collection. The Collection is named for Claire and Adam
Boren, Holocaust survivors who have provided the necessary funding through The Boren Holocaust Education Fund.
The Claire and Adam Boren Collection
- includes 156 testimonies from survivors in Monmouth and Northern Ocean Counties
- will be accessible to the public for research, education and general use
- is the only collection in the state of New Jersey and one of the largest in the country
- will be used to create educational clips for classroom use
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