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 (San Diego, 2008) The purpose for this website is to provide important up-to-date information and links for family, friends, academic colleagues, and the general public. The webpages contain: my PhD dissertation research into the Holocaust odyssey of Cantor Joseph Cysner and the rescue of refugee Jews in The Philippines; information on national and international memorialization of the Holocaust; links and bibliographic informaton for data used on my webpages; clips from oral histories and survivor interviews I have conducted; and information for family members about the Robert and Cloa McArthur Helm Family Reunions. I hope you enjoy your visit. Come Again!
I would very much love to hear from you after your visit to any of the webpages on my website. You may contact me at: bonniesbiz@hotmail.com.
PhD Research
- Info about the field of Public History, the discipline & its careers
- info and links about the Holocaust stories of Joseph and Sylvia Cysner
- Summaries of research travel, repositories visited and discoveries made
- Info on Israeli Embassy's exhibit on History of Jews in the Philippines
- Video clips of oral history interviews with Holocaust Survivors of the Philippines
- Interview clips with WWII Marine Vets of the VMF 215 Corsairs Squadron
- Visit with John Blankenship & Video of his extensive WWII Memorabilia Coll.
- Interview with Abe Shragge at San Diego's Veteran Memorial Museum
Holocaust Memory
- "A Quest to Qualify" - Personal Reflective Essay on my Holocaust Odyssey
- Sites of memoriaization and commemoration in the USA and Israel
- Sites of camps, prisons, and ghettos in Poland and The Czech Republic
- Sites of Holocaust Memory and The Third Reich in Austria & Germany
Research Links
- Links to archives, libraries, museums, and Holocaust memorials I visited
- Links to Jewish Studies Programs, conferences, exhibits, and more
Bibliographic Information
- Sources used for website write-ups on Holocaust museums, camps, etc
Helm Family News
- Updates about the Helm Family Reunion
- Editions of the Helm Family Herald Newsletters
- Family Directories of the children of Robert and Cloa McArthur Helm
C.V. for Bonnie M. Harris <----You may view my C.V. in a .pdf format here
The Jewish Historical Society of San Diego, Archives
The San Diego Jewish community is the second oldest organized Jewish community in California and it led Southern California Jewry with the first recorded religious observance in 1851, the first Jewish marriage in 1853, and the first congregation in 1861. It is the mission of the JHSSD to collect and preserve San Diego's Jewish History. I am priviledged to work as its archivist. To learn more about this organization and how you can support its archival mission, please follow the link above. You may now search the collections of the JHSSD online ---> Past Perfect Museum Online
Western Jewish Studies Association
The Western Jewish Studies Association was founded by Dr. Lawrence Baron, the Abraham Nasatir Endowed Chair in Modern Jewish History at San Diego State University, in 1995 for the purpose of providing a forum for Jewish Studies scholars of the Western United States. Through the WJSA conferences that are sponsored every year at varying locations on the West Coast, professional educators, academics, graduate students, and other interested parties may share their original research and interests in the growing field of Jewish pedagogy. I serve as the Executive Administrator of the WJSA, working under the direction of Dr. Baron.
San Diego L.D.S. Institute of Religion
The objective of religious education in the Church Educational System of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (The 'Mormons') is to assist the individual, the family, and priesthood leaders in accomplishing the mission of the Church. which is, among other things, to encourage, assist, and protect our students as they strive to live better lives. We provide a peaceful, spiritual and social climate where students can associate together and prepare for effective service in their families, in the Church, at school, at work, and in their communities. I have been a volunteer instructor of Biblical Studies at the San Diego Institute of Religion for 10 years.
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