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MSU: A Leader In
Holocaust Studies

M

ichigan State University's
of Jewish his-
newly created William and
tory and the
Audrey Farber Family Chair in
Holocaust.
Holocaust Studies and European Jewish
"Holocaust
History, funded by a $1.5 million pri-
education is
vate gift, will be one of just a handful of
very relevant,
Holocaust Studies chairs in the country
not just to the
"The choice of a gift to MSU is based
Jewish com-
upon our recognition that MSU's Jewish
munity, but
Studies Program has grown during the
also to the broader community in terms
past years:' said Jeffrey Farber, son of
of promoting diversity and combatting
donors William and Audrey Farber of
racism and bigotry:' said Serling, an MSU
West Bloomfield. "Now one of the most
alumnus.
outstanding in the country, the addition of
The Farbers and the Serlings agree that
a professor in the area of Holocaust studies education is the key to ensuring an event
is critical."
like the Holocaust never hap-
Inspired by the
pens again.
Farbers' generosity
To aid their teaching and
and motivated by the
research, the individual
influence the position
chosen as the first Farber
could have on Jewish
Family Chair at MSU will
studies, Detroit-area
have access to the University
couple Michael and
of Southern California's
Elaine Serling con-
Shoah Foundation Visual
,1
Michael & Elaine Serling
tributed $500,000
History Archive, an online
of their own to the
portal that houses more than
endowment.
52,000 video testimonies of survivors
With the initial $2 million in place,
and witnesses of genocide — namely, the
the search for a teacher-scholar to fill the
Holocaust.
position will begin this fall, building upon
MSU alumni Edward Brill and his sister,
the work of Ken Waltzer, former director
Leslie VanBrandt, made a recent $150,000
of Jewish Studies, who retired from MSU
gift in memory of their brother Michael,
after 43 years of teaching and conduct-
for the archive subscription.
ing groundbreaking research in the fields
"This new position will be integral to

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The William and Audrey Farber family

our Jewish Studies Program, which serves
on average 600 students in our classes
and 35 Jewish Studies minors," said Yael
Aronoff, the Michael and Elaine Serling
and Friends Chair in Israel Studies and
director of Jewish Studies.
Using the online archive will bring the
teaching and research of Jewish studies
into the realm of the digital humanities,
an area in which the College of Arts and
Letters is already excelling.
MSU is seeking an additional $1 million
to support and strengthen the resources
available for the Farber Family Chair and
make it sustainable for years to come.
"The William and Audrey Farber Family
Chair in Holocaust Studies and European
Jewish History pushes us one step closer
to our 'Empower Extraordinary' campaign
goal of 100 new endowed chair positions,
and gives MSU the capacity to educate
generations to come about this significant
time in history:' said MSU President Lou
Anna K. Simon.

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