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What Holocaust Survivors Can Teach Us About Overcoming Trauma

When Holocaust survivors tried to tell their stories, most people – even therapists – would not listen to or believe them. The consequences have been multigenerational.

7 Ideas for Observing Yom HaShoah from Home

Here are just a few of the many stories, prayers, and other resources to help you commemorate this solemn holiday.

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Health and Hope: Lessons from My Parents, Who Survived the Holocaust

Aron Hirt-Manheimer

In this time of COVID-19, my mother will likely spend her upcoming 100th birthday sheltering at home with her caregiver. I asked her how this tsura (tragedy) is different from the time of Hitler.

Hands holding a yellow fabric star like the one worn by Jewish victims of the Holocaust

A Poem for Yom HaShoah, Observed Amid a Global Heath Crisis

Lucie Waldman

Today especially
i am grateful for a life to call mine
the bright sunshine
on a day we remember when millions died

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Watch: On Yom HaShoah, Reform Jewish Teens Interview a Holocaust Survivor

Kate Bigam Kaput

To close out this year's observance of Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, Reform Jewish teen leaders spoke with Holocaust survivor Ralph Rehbock to hear his story and talk about finding hope in times of darkness.

From Tragedy to Celebration, We Honor the State of Israel

Just as each of us goes through a process of self-examination during the Days of Repentence in Tishrei, this week is an opportunity to do so on a collective and national level.

Schindler’s List: Separating Truth from Fiction

In 2017, the 25th anniversary re-release of Steven Spielberg’s Schindler’s List reignited both criticism and praise for the Oscar-winning film. A story in the Forward titled “What’s Wrong with ‘Schindler’s List?’ Kind of a Lot” revived the main complaint of the movie’s detractors. It quotes Liel...

More Than Words on a Page: Social Justice in our Prayer Books

When I left for college my freshman year, I was nervous about exploring a new Jewish community. However, I immediately felt at home as I walked into my university’s Hillel’s Conservative Friday night services and saw the Siddur Sim Shalom, the prayer book that I had grown up with. The siddur offered me a sense of comfort and familiarity in an otherwise completely new setting.

Children in a kindergarten class in a DP camp

What We Can Learn from Holocaust Survivors About the Human Spirit

Jean Bloch Rosensaft

Following World War II, many Jews were confined to displaced persons (DPs) camps in Allied-occupied countries. Among them were my parents and parents-in-law.

Discovering Israel Beyond Its Borders

Rachael Brill

Growing up in rural Massachusetts, Judaism held a much different context in my life than it does now. Until college, I did Judaism, mimicking the motions of being a "good Jew." I didn't combine milk and meat in my house because my father told me not to.