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Lessons from Elie Wiesel’s Classroom
Some people get recharged from a visit to a spa, a vacation far away or a pulse pounding rock concert. I admit, I enjoy all of those things, but what really lifts me up and opens my heart and mind is a visit to Elie Wiesel’s classroom. Each year I try to attend at least […]
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YJP’s Play Ping-Pong To Help Holocaust Survivors
On Tuesday night, hundreds of young Jewish professionals filled up the Prince George Ballroom on East 27th Street to play Ping-Pong, mingle and, above all, help Holocaust survivors. The nonprofit organization The Blue Card hosted its fifth annual Ping-Pong social to raise funds and awareness for Holocaust survivors in need. Helping over 2,400 survivors every […]
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Holocaust survivors give DC museum visitors first-person accounts of their difficult experiences
WASHINGTON – It was 75 years ago when the Nazis invaded the Soviet Union and rounded up Jewish citizens. Rita Rubenstein, who currently lives in Maryland, is one of those Holocaust survivors. She is part of a unique program at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C. called First Person – a series […]
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Justice for Holocaust Survivors Before It’s Too Late
June brought two developments of note to the Australian Holocaust survivor community. First, we express our deep sadness at the passing of Masha Zeleznikow, the 89-year-old Holocaust survivor and founder of Café Scheherazade in Melbourne, known for helping Holocaust survivors and other refugees. The second development is the conviction of Reinhold Hanning, a former Auschwitz […]
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Reflections on Elie Wiesel, by Eynat Tabakman Katz
Elie Wiesel is the conscience that is missing in this world! In the camps, he was only a number to the Germans and SS officers – a man known to just a few. After liberation, through the numerous books he authored, talks he gave and his tireless humanitarian efforts around the globe he spearheaded, he […]
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March of the Living Statement on the Passing of Elie Wiesel
The International March of the Living Board of Directors, Staff, Global Leadership and Alumni around the world deeply mourn the passing of our mentor, our conscience and our inspiration, Professor Elie Wiesel. We had the privilege of working with him for many years and we will miss his passion, commitment and dedication to our mission […]
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Leading Polish Lawmaker Honors Victims of 1941 Synagogue Burning
The leader of the largest political party in Poland took part in ceremonies commemorating the burning of a synagogue in Bialystok during the Holocaust. In his speech Monday at the Great Synagogue of Bialystok, Jaroslaw Kaczynski of the Law and Justice Party stressed German responsibility for the Holocaust, the dangers of anti-Semitism and the need for cooperation […]
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Elie Wiesel at Auschwitz-Birkenau
Forever will I see the children who no longer have the strength to cry. Forever will I see the elderly who no longer have the strength to help them. Forever will I see the mothers and the fathers, the grandfathers and grandmothers, the little school children…their teachers…the righteous and the pious…. From where do we […]
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Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and renowned Holocaust survivor, dies at 87
Holocaust survivor, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, prolific author and outspoken activist Elie Wiesel died Saturday at the age of 87. Wiesel was perhaps best known for his major role in promoting Holocaust education, and for perpetuating the memory of the Holocaust in the post-World War II era with his memoir “Night,” based on his experience as […]
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New law requires lessons on Holocaust in R.I. public schools
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island schools will have to teach students about genocide and the Holocaust under a new law signed by the governor. Democratic Gov. Gina Raimondo announced last week that she signed the bill. Beginning in fall 2017, school districts will have to educate middle or high school students about the subject […]
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