Sollod Lectures Annual lectures endowed by Dr. Norman Sollod in memory of his wife Phyllis Freed Sollod began in 1990, with Aviva Cantor's lecture on "The Feminization of Jewish Patriarchy," and have continued to bring memorable speakers to the UNCA community and the public. Holocaust Education Since 1982 the Center has conducted frequent Holocaust workshops for middle school and high school teachers. These programs, unique in the Western Carolina area, have proven extraordinarily popular. Scholarships have been given to educators to attend the Facing History and Ourselves seminar in Boston, a weeklong study of the Holocaust and other issues related to racism. In Fall, 1993, the Center arranged a trip to Washington, primarily for UNCA students, to visit the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. This program had a major impact and will be repeated. Other Programs The Center has sponsored or helped to underwrite performances of a Shayna Maidel at Theatre UNCA, the Brave Old World klezmer band at Pack Place, Shabbat meals for students in board members' homes, and many other activities which have served the Jewish community or Jewish students or informed the larger community of Jewish history and interests. Oral History The Center is undertaking an oral history of the Jewish community in Western North Carolina. This will be an important historical record and lay the groundwork for future historical and ethno-graphic studies.