Welcome back friends! Yesterday was International Holocaust Remembrance Day and we have spent the past few days preparing for and commemorating that day. On Sunday, we put faces to the Holocaust by highlighting intriguing stories of Holocaust survivors. We followed that up by putting the Holocaust in context and answering the question, "What is the …
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International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day, honoring the 6 million Jews murdered in the Holocaust. To put things into perspective, imagine if 2/3 of all Americans were targeted and murdered simply because they are American. That is, indeed, the carnage foisted upon the Jewish population of Europe as a result of the Nazi ideology to …
Remembering 6 Million Jews (Part 3)
If you just stumbled upon this blog, we are in the midst of leading up to the commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day tomorrow. A couple days ago we put faces to the Holocaust and it is important not to overlooking the people in studying the Holocaust. If you missed that post, click here to …
Remembering 6 Million Jews (Part 1)
"If we wish to live and to bequeath life to our offspring, if we believe that we are to pave the way to the future, then we must first of all not forget." ~Professor Ben Zion Dinur, Yad Vashem, 1956 Happy Lord's Day, my friends! I'm glad you're here and I hope you are …