Name: Dylan Shokar

Social Justice Group: 2022-2023, Technology: Free Speech v Hate Speech Online

Date of Fieldwork: January 26, 2023

Name of Organization and person (people) with whom you met and their title(s):The Molly Blank Fund of the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation

Type of Fieldwork: Tour of Organization

What I did and what I learned about my topic, activism, social justice work or civil and human rights work from this fieldwork?[:: :

At 1:15 pm, we met with our chaperone Jacob Farkas in the lobby. After getting acquainted, we took a subway straight to the Jewish Heritage Museum. Once we arrived, we saw the exhibition The Holocaust: What Hate Can Do. When we first entered the exhibition, we were surrounded by pictures of regular Jewish people. This was done to help us feel more a part of the culture and to give it a more authentic feel. Next, we witnessed a brief overview of antisemitism’s long history. Then, we were introduced to Judaism. Following that, it discussed concentration camps and places of execution. We also saw lots of paragraphs about the history of antisemitism. I found out that antisemitism has existed for many years before the Holocaust. We spent about an hour on the first floor, thus the rest of the museum required us to move more quickly. More information concerning the Holocaust was discussed on the second level, although the emphasis was on individual accounts, crimes, and resistance. Once we got to the top floor, we saw a documentary about a photographer who captured 75 images of Auschwitz survivors on the 75th anniversary of the camp’s liberation. Behind us, the images were displayed in a chamber. Through this event, I discovered that antisemitism has existed for a long time throughout history.