Background
Saidel, Rochelle G. was born on January 30, 1942 in Glens Falls, New York, United States. Daughter of Joseph and Florence L. Saidel.
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Never Too Late to Remember: The Politics Behind New York City's Holocaust Museum (New Perspectives : Jewish Life and Thought) 1st edition by Saidel, Rochelle G. (1996) Hardcover
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Never Too Late to Remember: The Politics Behind New York City's Holocaust Museum (New Perspectives : Jewish Life and Thought)
(Why did New York City, the largest centre of Jewish cultu...)
Why did New York City, the largest centre of Jewish culture and home to more survivors than any other city in the United States, take more than half a century to finalise plans for its Holocaust memorial? Because the process of memorialising any historical event is inevitably political, Rochelle Saidel explains, and she gives a detailed analysis of how various groups within the American Jewish community, local power brokers, real estate developers, and major political players have all influenced the memorial's progress. Never Too Late To Remember traces the history of the numerous attempts to create a Holocaust memorial in New York City that began in 1946-47, and focuses on the present project, initiated by Mayor Edward I. Koch in 1981, which is scheduled to open in 1997. A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, the Museum of Jewish Heritage stands on the shore of the Hudson River, facing the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. Saidel is frank in attributing the many false starts and delays to conflicting political agendas, tensions among project organisers, and broken promises and commitments. More than a story of back-room politics, Never Too Late To Remember places New York City's project in the broader framework of Holocaust memorialisation, thereby examining the dynamic between memory, ideology, politics, and representation.
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The Outraged Conscience: Seekers of Justice for Nazi War Criminals in America
(Book by Saidel, Rochelle G.)
Book by Saidel, Rochelle G.
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Rochelle G. Saidel
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Bachelor, Queens College, 1963. Master of Science, Queens College, 1966. Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science, City University of New York, 1992.
Career
Public relations director State of Israel Bonds, Albany, New York, 1973-1979. Director communications, special assistant for Holocaust education New York State Senate Minority Leader, Albany and New York City, 1981-1989. Senior researcher women's studies University São Paulo, Brazil, 1994—2005.
Executive director The Remember the Women Institute, New York City, 1998—2005. Distinguished visiting scholar Philadelphia Center on Holocaust and the Churches, Philadelphia, 1997-1998. Associate visiting scholar Center for Study of Women and Society, City University of New York Graduate School, New York City, 1997-1998.
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Works
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Never Too Late to Remember: The Politics Behind New York City's Holocaust Museum (New Perspectives : Jewish Life and Thought)
(Why did New York City, the largest centre of Jewish cultu...)
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The Outraged Conscience: Seekers of Justice for Nazi War Criminals in America
(Book by Saidel, Rochelle G.)
- Never Too Late to Remember
- Never Too Late to Remember: The Politics Behind New York City's Holocaust Museum (New Perspectives : Jewish Life and Thought) 1st edition by Saidel, Rochelle G. (1996) Hardcover
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Never Too Late to Remember: The Politics Behind New York City's Holocaust Museum (New Perspectives : Jewish Life and Thought)
Membership
Member American Political Science Association, World Union of Jewish Studies, Association Holocaust Organizations, Oral History Association, Society for Social Studies of Science, Scholars' Conference on the Holocaust (steering committee 1998-2005).
Connections
Married Guilherme Ary Plonski, July 8, 1990. Children: Esther Wolk-Cohen, Daniel Wolk.
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American
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1963
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1966
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1992
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1973 - 1979
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1981 - 1989
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1981 - 1989
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1994 - 2005
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1998 - 2005
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Recipient Musher Publication prize National Foundation for Jewish Culture, 1994. Summer visiting scholar National Endowment of the Humanities, Brandeis University, 1996.Recipient Musher Publication prize National Foundation for Jewish Culture, 1994. Summer visiting scholar National Endowment of the Humanities, Brandeis University, 1996.