Emily Loeb, the director of programs and education at the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh, joined 27 other educators in Newark, New Jersey, in June for the 2023 Jewish Foundation for the Righteous’ Alfred Lerner Summer Institute for Holocaust Educators. Loeb was the only Pennsylvania educator attending. The Summer Institute is an academic seminar where middle and high school teachers or Holocaust Center educators like Loeb attend daily lectures from noted scholars and discuss how to best teach the material to students. Loeb, a granddaughter of Holocaust survivors, worked with the Holocaust Center for five years as a volunteer generations speaker. After working as the donor relations manager for a few months, she joined as director of programs and education in May. “As the granddaughter of survivors,” Loeb said, “I feel that it is critical that people know what can happen when we don’t address identity-based hate and build a more civil and humane society.”

Photo Credit: Courtesy of Jewish Foundation for the Righteous