Four Winters: About the Panelists

Alan Berkowitz is a former business owner who embarked on a second career as an educator. He holds an MA in Curriculum & Instruction from UConn and an MA in Holocaust & Genocide Studies from Gratz College. His undergraduate BA degree in Political Studies was earned at Roger Williams University. For over twenty-five years Alan has been involved with promoting Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights Education. He has presented to Middle School, High School and University students on these topics. He has worked with educators across a broad spectrum and collaborates with the Connecticut Department of Education and the University of Connecticut. Alan is an Impact Fellow of the Dodd Research Center for Human Rights. His book “Spain and the Jews during the Holocaust” has released in Spain in 2019. Currently serves as a board member for the CT Holocaust & Genocide Education Advisory Committee, The CT Consortium for Yazidi Relief, Connecticut Claims Conference Committee for Holocaust Survivors, Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford, Connecticut Human Rights Partnership, and the Jewish Hartford European Roots Project.

Ted Zablotsky, a Connecticut native, has been living in the Hartford community for over 30 years. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford.  He is a past President of the Hebrew High School of New England and served as Co-Chair of the Merger Committee that created the New England Jewish Academy.  He sits on the Board for the West Hartford Chabad. Ted has served as a docent at the Museum of Jewish Civilization at the University of Hartford. 

All four of his children attended community Day School and now his two grandchildren are students at Solomon Schechter. 

Ted believes that Jewish education, in all venues, is the core of any strong and vibrant Jewish community and is dedicated to advancing those efforts in our Community.