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La Shoá contada a través de sombras (The Holocaust Told Through Shadows)
Lehakat Naguía of the Jewish Community of Uruguay (Kehilá) (2014 Yom Hashoah Program)
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March of the Living teens experience Shabbat in Poland
This past weekend has been one of the most inspirational weekends I have ever experienced. On Friday night, we arrived at our hotel and immediately got ready for Shabbat. We lit candles and went to services that were very uplifting and energetic. After services and a mifgash (recollection) session, we had about an hour to […]
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Making Amends
Mosaic By Robert Eli RubinsteinA mysterious request leads the Canadian-born son of a Holocaust survivor back to the old country.“There’s someone here to see you.”“Who is it?”“Her name is Magda Zelenka,” replied my receptionist. “She says she has something important to discuss with you, but she doesn’t have an appointment.”It took me a moment to recall […]
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The IDF Remembers the Fallen and Protects the Living
“And you shall remember the whole way that the Lord your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart…” (Deuteronomy 8:2) The “witnesses in uniform” delegations program sends hundreds of IDF officers each year to a special journey following […]
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‘Train of the Living’ to Memorialize 70th Anniversary of Deportation of Hungarian Jews
The Jerusalem PostBy Daniel K. Eisenbud Hundreds of high school students to ride train from Budapest to Auschwitz to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day.To mark the 70th anniversary of the mass deportation and murder of over 585,000 Hungarian Jews during World War II, hundreds of highschool students from across the globe will travel by train from Budapest […]
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UN Exhibit to Honor March of the Living
“When you listen to a witness, you become a witness”On Tuesday, January 28th 2014, in the Visitor Centre, Dag Hammarskjold Library Lower Level, the United Nations will begin hosting the International March of the LivingExhibit: When You Listen to a Witness, You Become a Witness. The opening event and reception will take place that evening […]
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