The educators, from the city of Nahariya in Israel, have partnered with the school through the UJA Federation of Northern New Jersey's Partnership 2000 program. The New Milford High School curriculum includes a model course taught by Colleen Tambuscio that covers the Holocaust, genocide and human behavior.
"Our program in New Milford teaches the warning signs of genocide," Tambuscio said. "The lesson is to teach students to be on guard for genocide today."
Rabbi Yehuda Rosenberg, principal of the Ulpana School — a religious school for girls in the Nahariya district — offered a presentation about Israel as a democracy to some of the 45 students in the course.
The son of a Holocaust survivor, Rosenberg told the students that for modern Israel, the "big issues" are "peace, security, economics."
Rosenberg outlined the role of the legislative body, or Knesset, to the students, offering them a glimpse of the 120-member parliament and elections that involve 15 political parties rather than a two-party system.
Joining Rosenberg on the trip to New Milford — the only stop at a U.S. public school — was co-worker Mercedes Hadad, a teacher at Ulpana, and Rivka Ben Ami, principal of Remez Elementary School. The delegation also included Avi Menashes, head of Shechakim Junior and Senior High School, and Avi Berger, principal of Even Shoham Dati Elementary School.
Tambuscio is no stranger to Nahariya, the schools or the school district. She visited the city two months ago through the UJA Federation of Northern New Jersey's Partnership 2000 program.
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