Israel Charny

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Dr. Israel W. Charny is a world renowned genocide expert [1], he is the editor of the distinguished two-volume Encyclopedia of Genocide. [2] He is executive director of the Institute on the Holocaust and Genocide in Jerusalem. [3] [4]

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[edit] Background

Israel Charny received his A.B. in Psychology with Distinction from Temple University in 1952, and his. Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Rochester in 1957. He established and directed the first group psychological practice in the Philadelphia area (1958-1973), where he was also the first Professor of Psychology at the newly founded re constructionist Rabbinical College in Philadelphia.

An affiliate of the Institute for the Study of Genocide, the International Association of Genocide Scholars was founded in 1994 by Israel Charny, [5] Helen Fein, Robert Melson and Roger Smith.[6]

He has been devoted to the study of the Holocaust and genocide since the mid 1960s. His first publication on the subject which appeared in Jewish Education in 1968 was "Teaching the Violence of the Holocaust: A Challenge to Educating Potential Future Oppressors and Victims for Nonviolence."

He is committed to the ideal that understanding the processes which brought about the unbearable evil of the Holocaust be joined with the age-old Jewish tradition of contributing to the greater ethical development of human civilization, and that a unique memorial to the Holocaust be forged in the development of new concepts of prevention of genocide to all peoples.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Israel Charny Speaks to Rapt Audience at University of Michigan-Dearborn, Armenian Reporter, The
  2. ^ Peres stands accused over denial of 'meaningless' Armenian Holocaust by Robert Fisk - The Independent
  3. ^ On Armenian Genocide, Politics Trumps Truth
  4. ^ Working to Make a Difference: The Personal and Pedagogical Stories of Holocaust Educators Across ... - Page 132 by Samuel Totten - History
  5. ^ Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity - Page 277 by Dinah Shelton
  6. ^ Genocide Scholars Conference in 2005 to Feature Armenian Genocide - Richard Kloian

[edit] Publications

  • Encyclopedia of Genocide
  • Genocide: a critical bibliographic review
  • The Widening Circle of Genocide
  • Century of Genocide Critical Essays and Eyewitness Accounts

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