IRVING ROTH

14 Gordon Drive

Williston Park NY 11596

(516) 741-8920  E-mail: irving.roth@gte.net

 

PLACE AND DATE OF BIRTH :   Kosice, Czechoslovakia, September 2, 1929

 

CONCENTRATION CAMPS :      Auschwitz and Buchenwald

 

U. S. ARRIVAL :                            February 11, 1947

 

MILITARY SERVICE :                 US. Army  1952 - 1954  (Korean War)

 

EDUCATION :                               B.S., M.S.EE Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn

 

PROFESSIONAL :                         Director of Research Unisys Corp., retired 1994

                                                         Named Unisys Fellow - 1993

                                                           

                                                         Education Director, Holocaust Memorial & Educational Center of

                                                         Nassau County - 1994 to 1998

                                                           

                                                         Director of Holocaust Studies, Rambam High School in Lawrence

                                                         1998 to 1999

 

                                                         Director, Holocaust Resource Center Ð Temple Judea of Manhasset

                                                         1998 to present

 

                                                         Adjunct Professor Long Island University Ð C.W. Post Campus

                                                                                         

                                                                           Guest lecturer - Nassau Community College, Hofstra University,

                                                                           Dickinson College, Nazareth College, University of Montana

                                                                           Marist College, Lehman College

 

                                                                           Scholar in Residence, Bates College, Lewiston Me, 2003

 

COMMUNITY SERVICE:              Past Vice President of Religious Affairs & Education

                                                           Shelter Rock Jewish Center

 

                                                          Lecturer Ð Herbert Tarr North Shore Institute for Adult Jewish   

                                                          Education

              

                                                          Past Chairman of Speakers Bureau - Shoah Foundation

 

                                                          Designed and built Holocaust Memorial Park at Shelter Rock J.C.

 

                                                          Published articles and ÒpapersÓ in major Holocaust publications

 

                                                          March of the Living 1998 - Staff Historian

                            

                                                          Developed and implemented pilot program ÒAdopt-A-SurvivorÓ

 

                                                          Chairperson Ð Teacher Training  Workshop Ð 1999 Scholars           

                                                                                  Conference On The Holocaust and the Churches

 

Designed and built Janusz Korczak Sculpture Garden at Holocaust    Resource Center Ð Temple Judea of Manhasset

 

                                                                            Lectured on Holocaust at CAJE (Conference on Alternatives in

                                                                            Jewish Education) at Hofstra University

 

                                                                            March of Remembrance and Hope 2003 Ð Historian, Lecturer

 

AWARDS:                                              Rambam Mesivta of Lawrence Ð ÒMan of the YearÓ

                                                                         

   Holocaust Memorial and Educational Center of

   Nassau County -  ÒEducator of the Year Ò

 

   Conference of Jewish Organizations of Nassau County

   ÒHolocaust Rememberance AwardÓ

  

   Sons of Italy Commission of Social Justice and BÕnai Brith

   International  ÒLehman-Laguardia Award for Civic         

   AchievementÓ

 

   Shelter Rock Jewish Center ÐÒ Preservation of Jewish HeritageÓ

 

   Nassau County Legislature Ð ÒHolocaust StudyÓ

 

   UJA Federation Ð ÒCommitment to Jewish Community in NY, Israel

   and throughout the WorldÓ

 

Solomon Schechter Award by United Synagogue of            Conservative Judaism for ÒAdopt A SurvivorÓ program Ð most inovative educational program of 1999

 

   Ner Tamid Award 1999 Ð Temple Judea of Manhasset

 

   Myrtle Wreath Achievment Award 2000 Ð Nassau Region Hadassah

 

   New York State Louis E. Yavner Citizen Recognition Award Ð 2000

 

   Holocaust Human Right Center of Maine

   ÒResident Scholar Extraordinare Ð 2003Ó

  

   Spirit of Anne Frank Outstanding Citizen Award 2004 Ð The Anne    

   Frank Center USA

 

PERSONAL :                                   Married to Adeline Roth

                                                                           Two married sons:

                                                          Robert A. Roth and Rabbi Dr. Edward S. Roth, four grandchildren