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The US Senate Apologized for Slavery. But We Ain't Gettin' 40 Acres and a Mule!

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 07.20.2009 | Politics

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Yvonne R. Davis

We can all feel relieved there is an official acknowledgment that something terrible was done to black people. Yet the reality is way too much time has passed for this apology to really mean anything.

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Elie Wiesel in Buchenwald: The Moral Challenge to Learn, and Act

Rachel Sklar | Posted 07.06.2009 | World

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Rachel Sklar

Today, Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel joined Barack Obama at Buchenwald, one of Nazi Germany's worst concentration camps, but he worried that "the world hasn't learned" from the tragedy.

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Obama At Buchenwald: 'No Patience' For Holocaust Denial (VIDEO)

Huffington Post/AP | Posted 07.06.2009 | World

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WEIMAR, Germany (AP) - President Barack Obama toured a World War II concentration camp Friday after prodding the international community to redouble e...

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Elie Weisel Attacked as ¨Zion-Nazi¨ by Ahmadinejad Backer

Rabbi Abraham Cooper | Posted 05.22.2009 | World

Read More: Jews, The Holocaust, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Durban, United Nations, Weisel, Anti-Semitism, Elie Weisel, Durban Ii, World News
Rabbi Abraham Cooper

Only time will tell if the world's got the guts to deal with the menacing smirk and threats of Mahmoud Ahamdinejad.

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Illinois Holocaust Museum Opens In Skokie: Bill Clinton, Elie Wiesel Address Crowd Of Thousands

AP | Posted 05.20.2009 | Chicago

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SKOKIE, Ill. — Thousands of people on Sunday attended the opening of a $45 million Holocaust museum in this Chicago suburb perhaps best known fo...

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We Are Our Memories

Lionel | Posted 05.08.2009 | Living

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Lionel

Friedrich Nietzsche, in the only quote of his most "remember," reminds us: That which does not kill us makes us stronger. But not if you forget what didn't kill you.

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Breakfast with Bernie: New Yorkers Hungry For Information with Their Bacon and Eggs

Betsy Perry | Posted 03.29.2009 | Business

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Betsy Perry

A crowd of high-profile New Yorkers were on the edge of their seats Thursday morning as Elie Wiesel spoke about Madoff, who stole everything from both Wiesel and his foundation.

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Up Against a Wall (Street): The Financial Crisis and Jewish Values

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 11.20.2008 | Living

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Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

The crisis in the Western world is not financial, but a crisis of values. Isn't that what all our financial experts have been saying -- the collapse was caused by greed and material insatiability?

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Dish from Davos, Day 1

Susan Sawyers | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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Susan Sawyers

The people here, from Al Gore to Bono to H.R.H. the Duke of York, are grand, as are the world's challenges. There's so much going on, so much information to synthesize.

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