Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Human Rights Studies

Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Human Rights Studies
Florida Gulf Coast University
10501 FGCU Blvd.
Fort Myers, FL 33965

Myra Mendible
Office : 239-590-7182
mendible@fgcu.edu

Contact Us

Founder and co-director of advisory cmte.: Ann Jacobson

Co-director of advisory cmte.: Gerry Melnick

Interim director, 2011-2012: Dr. Myra Mendible

Advisory Committee

Rabbi Sol Agin

Temple Shalom, Port Charlotte

Ms. Robin Birnhak

Naples

Dr. Jack Bovee

Collier County School District, Naples

Sanford Cohen, M.D.

President, Temple Judea, Ft. Myers

Former director, Judaic & Holocaust Center, Wayne State Univ.

Dr. Jack Conroy

Catholic Jewish Dialogue of Naples

Janet Cohen

Advisory Board Member, Holocaust Museum of Southwest FL, Naples

Dr. Michael Gialanella

Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies / Drew University

Mrs. Lenore Greenstein

Naples

Mr. Morris Herstein

Pharmaceutical scientist; Naples Jewish Center

Hillel student representative

For 2011-2012 academic year: Lynzee Cohen

Alan Isaacs

Executive Director of Jewish Federation of Lee and Charlotte Counties

Rev. Dr. Kathleen L. Kircher

Episcopal Priest, Founder, Co-Chair of Collier County Women's Interfaith Group

Mrs. Ann Jacobson

Founding President, Holocaust Museum of Southwest Florida

Hon. Rositta Kenigsberg

Executive Vice President, Holocaust Documentation and Education Center, Miami

Mr. Merrill Kuller

Board Member, Holocaust Museum of SW Florida

Mrs. Sheila Laboda

Past President, Jewish Federation of Lee & Charlotte County

Dr. John Little

Foundation Board Member, FGCU

Mr. Gerald Melnick

The Holocaust Resource Center / Kean University

Dr. Myra Mendible

FGCU professor of English & literature

Ursula M. Pfahl, Ph.D.

Chief Operating Officer, Yamron Jewelers

Rabbi James Rudin

Senior Religious Advisor, Center for Catholic/Jewish Studies

Ms. Janet Sigman

Ph.D. candidate in Conflict Analysis and Resolution, Nova

Dr. Glenn Whitehouse

FGCU philosophy professor; founding co-director of the Holocaust-studies center

Mr. David Willens

Executive Director, Jewish Federation of Collier County