| New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education |
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|---|---|
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1991[1] |
| Preceding agency | New Jersey Holocaust Council |
| Jurisdiction | New Jersey |
| Headquarters | P.O. Box 500 Trenton, NJ 08625 |
| Agency executives | Phil Kirschner, Chairman Paul B. Winkler, Executive Director |
| Parent agency | New Jersey Department of Education |
| Website | |
| http://www.state.nj.us/education/holocaust/ | |
The New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education is a government agency of the U.S. state of New Jersey. Its core mission is to promote Holocaust education throughout the state by surveying, designing, encouraging and promoting Holocaust and genocide education and awareness. It also provides programs and coordinates events to memorialize The Holocaust.
The Commission presents "The Hela Young Award" each year "to honor a person in recognition of outstanding work in the community for the improvement of human relations among diverse peoples and for the improvement of the human condition."[2] The award is named for Hela Yungst, a former television entertainer and beauty pageant winner, and past president of the Commission.