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ing about how Jewish people overcame 
antisemitism; watching movies or read-
ing stories about children like Anne 
Frank, who experienced the Holocaust; 
understanding hate speech; and visiting 
a local Holocaust museum.
The Girl Scouts were 
also asked to brain-
storm ways to create 
social change, 
paint a rock 
with positive 
images or words 
to keep on a 
desk or drawer 
as a reminder 
of being kind 
to others, and 
complete acts of 
kindness for family 
members or neighbors. 
Each participant was given a 
list of activities to choose from 
and were required to complete 
anywhere from four-to-eight activities, 
depending on their grade.
“The Holocaust was started by blam-
ing a group of people,” Beach describes. 
“I thought that could be used as a les-
son and applied to discrimination in 
our current society.”
In addition to winning an award for 
her program, Beach says she received 
an overwhelmingly positive response 
from participants. 
“A lot of people said that they learned 
things that they didn’t know,” she 
recalls.

TEACHING THE YOUNGEST 
GENERATIONS
It’s a topic that’s especially important 
for her age group, Beach says, because 

she feels the Holocaust is not under-
stood in detail.
 “They know something, but they 
don’t,” she says of youth in her gener-
ation. “They know what is taught in 
their history classes, rather than 
how it started and the facts 
about what people went 
through, how they felt 
and what they expe-
rienced.”
To research her 
project, Beach read 
numerous books 
to better under-
stand the moment 
in time. Rosenberg 
also helped her 
gather informa-
tion and find the right 
resources. 
“It’s something that’s import-
ant to me,” Beach says about the 
Holocaust. “I want people to 
know about it, too.”
Teaching the lessons of the 
Holocaust, however, was the core build-
ing block of the Girl Scouts project. 
“We decided to make it more generic 
than just about the Holocaust because 
we’re seeing so much hate going on,” 
Rosenberg says of the recent rise in 
antisemitism and hate against the Asian 
community, among others. “I was very 
excited to work with Emma.”

SOLVING ANTISEMITISM AND 
RACISM IS A GROUP EFFORT
Experiencing the “Stop Hate! Lessons to 
Learn from the Holocaust” presentation 
left participants moved, particularly 
Rosenberg. “I was so impressed with 
this 14-year-old,” she recalls. “She ran 

a Zoom [meeting] all by herself, pre-
senting this to other Girl Scouts. It was 
amazing.”
Even the Anti-Defamation League, 
or ADL, was “blown away” by the pre-
sentation, continues Rosenberg, who 
shared the project with people in her 
network. “They were beyond them-
selves.”
Though Rosenberg helped guide 
Beach through the project, she gives all 
credit to the teen.
“This is really Emma’s work,” 
Rosenberg says. “To think that a 
14-year-old girl wants to utilize the 
Holocaust to stop hate … that’s so 
important.”
The biggest lesson to learn from 
the project, Rosenberg believes, is the 
power of working together. “I want the 
Jewish community to know that we 
can’t solve antisemitism ourselves.” 

Brenda Rosenberg

Project

