On Tuesday, November 19 the Grade 5 and 6 students at Dante Elementary School in St. Leonard visited the Montreal Holocaust Museum,
Along with their teachers and Personal Development and Community Animator Mary Poullas the museum experience helped educate students about the Holocaust, while sensitizing them to the perils of antisemitism, racism, and indifference. The students were able to better understand the complexities of the Holocaust, including the scope and scale of the events.
During the 2024-25 academic year, this project is being supported by Federation CJA.
About the Project
The objective of the EMSB Holocaust Education Program is to sensitize students and staff to the history of the Holocaust and acts of Antisemitism via special guests, lectures and visits to the Montreal Holocaust Museum and different exhibits and programming in the community.
Federation CJA
For more than one hundred years, Federation CJA has been at the heart of the organized Jewish community in Montreal. In partnership with a vast network of agencies and organizations locally, nationally, and internationally, Federation CJA builds and sustains this community by providing leadership and by supporting the delivery of services and programs to care for the vulnerable and those in need, to ensure a bright Jewish future, to represent communal interests, and to positively affect issues in the wider society.
