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"I have extensive experience with
those issues that comprise genocide,
Nazism, anti-Semitism, discrimination
and prejudice he said. "I have much
knowledge of the history contextualiz-
ing those topics and others. I thoroughly
enjoy making history accessible to oth-
ers.
Referring to himself as a "historiogra-
pher," Goldman said, "I am not an histo-
rian in the academic sense of the word,
but am, I guess, somewhat of an author-
ity on the precursors and consequences
of the Holocaust, and that is how I view
history: context, in every sense of the
word.
"My expertise is making history
visual and real, giving it place, time and
context using pictures, video, interactive
exhibits as well as text."
He also has taken the opportunity to
chat with those touring the HMC about
how to expand the visitor base in other
ways.

Educating The Educators
With 125,000 students and adults visit-
ing the HMC every year, Goldman has
two plans for how to give the students
groups more Holocaust information
— and both plans involve educators.
Although he upholds the great
benefits of school groups touring the
HMC, he said, "The visit to a Holocaust
museum should not be their first expo-
sure. Many kids aren't learning about
the Holocaust. Teachers need to give the
kids some context beforehand?'
His plan is to provide that context.
"I hope we will develop our own
curriculum and resource materials so
teachers who are not presently broach-
ing the subject of the Holocaust can
teach it effectively:' Goldman said.
Beyond educating the current teach-
ers, Goldman is looking to develop a
program to educate future teachers.
"We would like to start working with
local colleges of education, preparing
teachers to teach about the Holocaust

the same way they teach history and
math:' he said.
Goldman also plans to continue an
outreach initiative begun by Stern.
"I worked:' said Stern, "along with
the encouragement, help and support of
Jewish News Publisher Arthur Horwitz
— to make the center more encompass-
ing by reaching out to Jewish and non-
Jewish organizations and agencies. Of
those we've approached, many are not
particularly knowledgeable of what we
are doing; some were not even cogni-
zant. We also contacted synagogues and
spoke at their meetings or invited them
to the center?'
Since 2003, Stern has been HMC's
director of the International Institute of
the Righteous, a position he held while
serving as interim director.
Goldman is excited about his new
post. "I've known about the center for a
long time he said. "I thought this would
be a wonderful capstone to a career?'
Selma Silverman, HMC administrator,

said, "We're pleased to have him here
and are all looking forward to working
with him."
Goldman holds a bachelor's of art
degree from Brandeis University in
Waltham, Mass., and a master's of
fine arts degree from Carnegie-Mellon
University in Pittsburgh. He also has
served on the boards of museums,
Holocaust organizations and agen-
cies, including the Anti-Defamation
League and the Anne Frank Center
USA, and on government education
committees, including the Florida State
Commissioner of Education's Task Force
on Holocaust Education.
He was a member of the adjunct fac-
ulty of Tampa College, where he taught
theater engineering, scenery construc-
tion and technical management, and
was in charge of the technical theater-
design MFA program at Florida State
University. He was a religious school and
Jewish community high school teacher.
The Massachusetts native has been

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