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).
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Remembering Rose, the Woman Whose Death Brought the Shoah to Life For Me
After hearing Rose’s story, the Shoah was transformed from solely being a part of the Jewish narrative to being a part of the human consciousness.
Honoring Jewish Rescuers this Holocaust Remembrance Day
More than a half century after the Holocaust, it is surely time that we acknowledge that saving one’s own is worthy of recognition and praise. Jews everywhere ought to take pride in these heroes of their own people.
This Synagogue Embraced a New Narrative for Teaching the Holocaust
Have you ever noticed that when we teach the Holocaust, we let the perpetrators dictate the story for us? We use their pictures and their propaganda to tell our story, forgetting that their agenda was to dehumanize the Jews.
How One Man Hijacked America’s First Refugee Resettlement Plan
After their liberation from the Nazis, my parents were reunited in a displaced persons camp. I was three when our family received visas to America.