FHM employee participates in advanced Holocaust educators seminar
January 20, 2025 - Yara Lugo from the Florida Holocaust Museum in St. Petersburg recently participated in the 2025 Advanced Seminar for Holocaust educators. The intensive two-day academic program, hosted by the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous, brought together Holocaust center staff from five states to explore critical topics related to the history of the Holocaust, as well as past and present antisemitism. Program coordinators said those who participated "gained an even deeper understanding of the history of the Holocaust, which will increase their effectiveness in the classroom and enable them to mentor other colleagues who teach the subject.”