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antisemitism
Hebrew Spelling
אַנְטִישֵׁמִיּוּת
Alternate Spelling
anti-Semitism
Irrational hatred of Jews.
Songs and Prayers for Observing Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day
Learn about and listen to the songs and prayers for observance of Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Memorial Day).
The Bitter and the Sweet: Observing Yom HaZikaron and Yom HaAtzmaut This Year
We at the URJ are working with you, our congregations, to instill a love of Israel, make it central to the identity of Reform Jews, and advance efforts toward ensuring that it is a nation of equality, tolerance, pluralism, and justice.
America Needs a Just and Equitable Immigration Policy: If Not Now, When?
It is difficult to imagine anyone not moved by the scenes of children seeking asylum at our southern border.
On Yom HaShoah, Hear the Message of the Saved Remnant
My mother’s answer to hate is love. When I asked her what she wishes for herself and for the world, she said, “For myself good health, so I can be good to others. For the world, peace not war. No bad person wins in the end. What did Hitler achieve?”
Ghetto: A Poem
the path that we now follow / is the Exodus our ancestors never chose / flooding with pain they died not to swallow / the past spills into the river and flows
What We Can Learn from Holocaust Survivors About the Human Spirit
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.
pogrom
Hebrew Spelling
פּוֹגְרוֹם
Organized attack on Jewish communities in Eastern Europe during the 19th and early 20th century.
(the) Shoah
Hebrew word meaning "catastrophe", referring to the Holocaust.
Yom HaShoah
Hebrew Spelling
יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה
Holocaust Remembrance Day, on which we remember the Holocaust and honor the memory of those who perished.