Jam packed days! Those are the words that describe Christian Leadership Seminars led by Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum and Research Center! If you missed yesterday's post, I am in Washington DC, where I have joined with over 100 other graduates of Leadership Seminars that were held over the past 6 years in Jerusalem. What a …
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Israel lost a national hero today when Elie Wiesel died at the age of 87. Mr Wiesel survived Holocaust concentration camps at Auschwitz, Buna, and Buchenwald and went on to write and speak about his experiences, encouraging the Jewish people to never forget, but to forgive and move forward in joyful life. His most famous literary …
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As you may well imagine, we are losing many Holocaust survivors as they now reach into their 70's, 80's and 90's. For that reason, Yad Vashem (Israel's Holocaust Museum and Research Center) and other organizations are doing all they can to preserve the testimonies of those survivors. It is important that their stories be told, …
Not to be confused with International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which we commemorated in January, Holocaust Martyrs and Heroes Remembrance Day is observed as a national holiday today in Israel. (In fact, it began at sundown yesterday.) Known in Hebrew as Yom HaShoah, the solemn day memorializes the 6 million Jews murdered in the Holocaust. Many …
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