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The Holocaust Educational Foundation (HEF) is a nonprofit organization founded by Theodore Zev Weiss in 1976 [1] and dedicated to the support of teaching and research about the Holocaust at the university level. [2] A part of Northwestern University since 2013, HEF has helped create curriculum materials about the Holocaust in use at more than ...
Hayes began his first teaching job at Northwestern in 1980, before completing his PhD, and taught there continuously for 36 years, first as professor of history and German, then from 2000 to 2016 as Theodore Zev Weiss Holocaust Educational Foundation Professor. [12] From 2009 until 2014 he was chair of Northwestern's history department. [9]
Theodore Russell Weiss (December 16, 1916 Reading, Pennsylvania – April 15, 2003 Princeton, New Jersey) was an American poet, and literary magazine editor. Life
Rep. Ted Weiss. From 1962 until 1976, Weiss was a member of the New York City Council.He was a delegate to the 1972 Democratic National Convention.Weiss was elected to Congress in 1976, representing most of Manhattan's West Side, and served from January 3, 1977, until his death. [2]
The Holocaust Educational Foundation, which had previously endowed the Theodore Zev Weiss – Holocaust Educational Foundation Professorship in Holocaust studies, became part of Northwestern in 2011. [117] [118] Northwestern, along with 15 other universities, participates in digitizing its collections as part of the Google Book Search project ...
Theodore Weiss (poet) (1916–2003), American poet Ted Weiss (Theodore S. Weiss, 1927–1992), U.S. congressman Theodore Hardeen (1876–1945), brother of Houdini, who went by the name of Theodore Weiss as a child
Hardeen was born as "Ferenc Dezső Weisz" (or "Ferencz Dezső Weisz") in Budapest, and went by the name "Theodore Weiss" when he and his family were living in Appleton, Wisconsin. He was known as "Deshi" and later "Dash" by his parents. In 1893, Hardeen performed with Houdini at Coney Island as "The Brothers Houdini".
Weiss or Weiß, also written Weis or Weisz, pronounced like "vice", is a German and Ashkenazi Jewish surname, meaning 'white' in both German and Yiddish. It comes from Middle High German wîz (white, blonde) and Old High German (h)wīz (white, bright, shining).