View the Panel Recording | February 22 @ Armstrong
About our Moderator
Dr. Daniel Skidmore-Hess
Interim Associate Dean of Curriculum and Student Services, College of Behavioral and Social Sciences; Professor of Political Science and International Studies
Our Community Leaders
“Effect of the Holocaust on American Jewish Community- Past, Present, Future” -
Rabbi Steven Henkin, Congregation Agudath Achim (Savannah, Ga.)
Originally a native of Chicago suburbs, Rabbi Steven Henkin received his B.A in Jewish Studies, Religious Studies, and Psychology from the University of Minnesota. After which, he earned his M.A. in Jewish Studies from Emory University in Atlanta and worked in the religious school at Ahavath Achim Synagogue. In 2014, he moved to Los Angeles where he received his rabbinic ordination and M.A. in Rabbinic Studies at the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies. Following his education, he served as the Director of Congregational Learning at Congregation B'nai Tzedek in Potomac, Maryland before joining the Congregation Agudath Achim in Savannah, Georgia's Conservative Synagogue.
"Lasting Legacy: Exploring the Impact of the Holocaust Felt in Today’s World" -
Rabbi Robert Haas, Congregation Mickve Israel (Savannah, Ga.)
Originally a native of McAllen, Texas, Rabbi Robert Haas received his B.S. from the University of Texas in Austin, thereafter, became an elementary school teacher in Houston. He moved to Arad, Israel to join the World Union of Jewish Students (W.U.J.S) Institute and then, entered the Hebrew Union College for rabbinical school in Jerusalem and subsequently Los Angeles. He first served as Associate Rabbi of Congregation Emanu El in Houston for four years. In 2012, after spending a year in Africa volunteering with the American Jewish World Service, he became the 14th spiritual leader of Congregation Mickve Israel in the Historic District of Savannah, Georgia.
Further Reading/Viewing from the Panelists
Our University Scholars
"The New Faces of Anti-Semitism in the United States" - Dr. Barry J. Balleck
Professor and Chair, Political Science and International Studies
B.A., M.A., Brigham Young University, 1987, 1989; Ph.D. University of Colorado at Boulder, 1994
Teaching and Research Interests: international terrorism, international organizations, human rights, American foreign policy, global issues, international studies, rhetoric of international relations, political psychology, experiential learning
“Remembering the Holocaust in America: Why our Futures Depend on It” -
Dr. Lisa A. Costello
Professor of Writing and Linguistics
Director, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS)
B.A., M.A., California State University Long Beach, 1993, 2003; Ph.D. Louisiana State University and A&M College, 2007
“The Holocaust and Nuremberg: The International Military Tribunal and American Perceptions of the Holocaust” - Dr. Brian K. Feltman
Associate Professor of History
Education: B.A., M.A., Clemson University, 1999, 2002; Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 2010
Teaching and Research Interests: Modern Germany, War and Society, Masculinity, The First and Second World Wars
"Mr. Karski Goes to Washington" - Dr. Morgan Rempel
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Education: B.A., York University, 1988; M.A., Ph.D., University of Toronto, 1991, 1999