Against a backdrop of worldwide political turmoil and in the wake of a mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue, an international conference on Holocaust education held here over the weekend has taken on special meaning. “It is very important to make what we teach relevant for our students,” said Finder, who is director of UVA’s Jewish Studies Program. “I think students are particularly interested in questions such as, ‘What would I have done if I had been in the shoes of someone of that time?’”