Holocaust Remembrance Day

Why is This Generation Different From All Other Generations?

Michelle E. Goldberg | Posted 04.27.2012

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My plight is different than that of my mother's, the daughter of the survivor. I am part of an emerging group. I am a third generation Holocaust survivor.

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Does the Holocaust Matter to Today's Kids?

Maggie Quale | Posted 04.26.2012

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Out of 30 students, only two recognized the word "Holocaust." But when talk turned to discrimination and bigotry, every single hand went up, each student desperate to recount his or her own tale of prejudice.

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Obama Speaks At Holocaust Commemoration

Posted 04.23.2012

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President Barack Obama spoke at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum marking the annual remembrance of the Holocaust. He addressed his administration's ...

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Obama To Speak At Holocaust Museum

AP | Posted 04.20.2012

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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama will mark the annual commemoration of the Holocaust during a speech Monday at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum ...

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Thoughts Born From Yom HaShoah 2012

Rabbi Ted Falcon | Posted 04.30.2012

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There is no adequate way to embrace the horrors of annihilation, of the Jewish people and of so many others, during those terrible Nazi years. Beyond name though it might be, it is important to remember, not only for our own sake, but also for the world's.

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Never Again: Lessons to Take Away from Holocaust Remembrance Day

Kimberly Tan | Posted 04.20.2012

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Because many of the victims of the Holocaust are still unknown -- faceless and nameless -- it has become all too easy to brush off their stories and legacies as outliers in human history.

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What Do We Really Remember On Yom HaShoah?

Chava Tombosky | Posted 04.19.2012

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We must ask ourselves: Do we see our eyes filled with resentment and anger, or do we search our eyes for wisdom and sincere gratitude for having been given the determination to persevere despite the raw pain and ghosts that haunt us?

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Holocaust Remembrance Day: How You Can Help Preserve The Memory Of The Holocaust

The Huffington Post | Eleanor Goldberg | Posted 04.19.2012

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The horrific stories of the 6 million Jews who were gassed, starved and shot point blank throughout the Holocaust are well documented. But the number ...

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How This Miami Holocaust Survivor Is Working To Fight Terror

The Huffington Post | Christiana Lilly | Posted 05.09.2012

Writer and Holocaust survivor Elie Weisel once said, “I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation...

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Confessions of a Racial Profiler

Stuart Muszynski | Posted 04.19.2012

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A political science professor at Kent State University once told me that the history of our democracy is as much defined by who has been excluded as it is by who is included. Why do we exclude?

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PHOTOS: Israel Honors 6 Million Victims Of Nazi Holocaust

AP | ARON HELLER | Posted 04.19.2012

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JERUSALEM — Israelis flocked to the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial Thursday to read the names of loved ones who perished at the hands of the Nazi...

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Yom HaShoah: A Day To Remember The Good We Lost

Andrea Strongwater | Posted 04.19.2012

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This year, I am choosing to remember what was lost and trying to bring it back to its place in history where not just the murders, but the culture, will be remembered.

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Knowing Jack: Holocaust Remembrance Day 2012

Nick Bravin | Posted 04.19.2012

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Jack will never forget the day his father was shot to death in a city park in Poland as he watched through a small office window. It was his 22nd birthday. Next week he will celebrate his 92nd. Not a day has passed that Grandpa hasn't remembered what has come to be called the Holocaust.

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On Yom HaShoah, Remember The Innocents

Lea Lane | Posted 04.18.2012

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I met Cecilie Klein in the early 1980s. Fragile, intelligent, in her 50s, she was a Holocaust survivor finally ready to tell her experiences. I never forgot her remarkable story.

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Holocaust Remembrance Day: Honoring a Rescuer Who Saved 30,000 People

Louis-Philippe Mendes | Posted 04.19.2012

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As we pause today to remember the victims of the Holocaust, let us also remember Holocaust rescuers such as my grandfather, and may their memory be an invaluable beacon for humanity.

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Remembering the Holocaust - With Steponas

Ellen Cassedy | Posted 04.17.2012

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On Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, I will remember the six million who perished -- and I'll also remember a man I met in Lithuania, a man I'll call Steponas. I didn't expect to encounter an elderly gentile man intent on speaking to a Jew before he died. But I did.

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A Call To Remember From The Depths Of Our Jewish Soul

Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks | Posted 04.17.2012

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As a people, we not only share a covenant of faith we also share a covenant of fate. Today, as the number of Shoah survivors sadly declines, the duty of remembrance falls on our generation and on future generations not yet born.

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How the Holocaust Lives On for Survivor's Children

Vicki Larson | Posted 04.17.2012

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My mother was just 12 when she and her family were rounded up from their home in Chernowitz, Romania, and sent to the ghetto.

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Strange, Inconceivable Fire: Leviticus And Holocaust Remembrance Day

Judith Rosenbaum | Posted 04.17.2012

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As we prepare to commemorate, Holocaust Remembrance Day, it is almost sickening to read how "the flesh and the skin were consumed in fire" (Leviticus 9:11), and even more so to consider these words and acts something God would command.

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Writing Jews Out Of History: The Sounds Of Silence

Georgette Bennett, Ph.D. | Posted 03.31.2012

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How does one commemorate the Holocaust and fail to mention the major group that was singled out for obliteration?

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The Liberation Of The Shanghai Jewish Ghetto

Ilie Wacs | Posted 03.31.2012

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Then on July 17, 1945, I will never forget the date, American bombers made their usual noon appearance, high in the sky. Only this time, instead of flying over, they opened their cargo doors, and bombs fell like rain.

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Why 'Never Again' Is a Litmus Test for Iran

Laura Kam | Posted 03.28.2012

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Accepting the dire lessons of the Holocaust has rightly become a litmus test of human decency. A country such as Iran which refuses to even recognize that there are any lessons to be learnt must never be permitted nuclear weapons.

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The Legacy of Sugihara: How One Japanese Diplomat Saved My Grandfather From The Holocaust And Taught Me The Lesson Of Life

Mark B. Salomon | Posted 03.28.2012

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The courage to act, even when the world remains silent, is a powerful lesson. Sugihara was not alone; others acted to save lives, often at great personal risk or suffering the ultimate penalty of death.

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Observant Survivors Keep The Faith After Holocaust

AP | By ARON HELLER | Posted 03.27.2012

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JERUSALEM -- It's a huge question for observant Jews: How can one still believe in a merciful God after suffering through the worst genocide in histor...

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Their Denial And Our Silence Mock International Holocaust Memorial Day

Rabbi Abraham Cooper | Posted 03.27.2012

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If the grandchildren of the victims of Hitler's Final Solution are to have hope for the future, they'll need the international community to go beyond annual moments of silence.

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