Jillian Rubin
What is (or should be) the role of the Holocaust in American Jewish identity?

I think that the Holocaust had a very big impact on American Jews. Many American Jews, including myself had relatives who were in the Holocaust. I have also learned about the Holocaust a little in High School, in Hebrew school and in a Holocaust course I took here at Ithaca College last year, and also in this class. I think that there should be more emphasis placed on the Holocaust in High School Social Studies classes because so many students, including Jewish students do not know that much about what happened during the Holocaust. I therefore think it would be beneficial if High Schools taught students more about the Holocaust.
By having places such as the Holocaust Museum in Washington D.C., it allows American Jews (and other Americans as well) to go to a place to remember what happened. Although going to this museum is very sad I think it is very important that we have this in America because it allows Jewish Americans to better understand what happened to their relatives if they were in the Holocaust.