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Alumni Reflections: Alan Dayan, Mexico 2018
And as we walked through the gates of Birkenau, Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” was being played. Just a guitar and a woman’s voice. And…
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Alumni Reflections: Nathan M, Western Region 2018
I hear birds chirp from the sky above and see butterflies flutter around the trees. I hope these are our people, watching and…
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Western Region’s Ode to Poland 2018
I am proud to be a Jew and that my children’s children will never forget the Holocaust Love is worth dying for because passion…
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Thankful days: Why I made aliyah by Joseph Bendah
Five years have passed since I immigrated to Israel from the United States, and an additional two years have passed since I was released from the Israel Defense Forces….
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My first time in Poland; the gentle chaos of defiance
This week I visited Poland for the very first time. I’ve probably avoided this journey because I grew up in a Holocaust-drenched-home and…
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March of the Living diary: ‘The more we learn – the more questions we have’
Karen (second from right) with survivors Mala Tribich , Eve Kugler, Harry Olmer, at Auschwitz during March of…
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Holocaust Memory: The Next Thirty Years
The 2018 March of the Living marks thirty years since the first 1,500 participants gathered in Poland and marched along the path of…
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Alumni Reflection: Ariella Kimmel, Canada, 2017
This submission was chosen as the winner in the Golden Thread Contest, age 19-30 category. We continue to publish submissions to the Golden Thread Contest as well as general submissions to the…
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