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The West Point Jewish Chapel Cadet Choir earlier this month had the honor to perform for President Obama at the White House’s Chanukah party. Earlier this year, the talented choir performed at West Point’s annual Day of Remembrance, during a lecture co-sponsored by the Claims Conference, in honor of the Holocaust and its victims. We’ve [...]  Almost 70 years after the Holocaust there is still much to learn about history’s darkest chapter. Earlier this week, The New York Times ran “Belatedly Recognizing Heroes of the Holocaust,” about the Bergson Group, a militant group of Jewish activists who in the early 1940s pressured the American government to do more to aid Jews [...] Some of the original sites of the Nazi atrocities have been preserved through the years and can be used to educate and serve as warnings for future generations. The question that arises, however, is how best to preserve the remains of these camps so they can, at the same time, be used as educational resources [...] Bernie Farber, President of the Canadian Jewish Congress and Claims Conference board member, authored an op-ed piece last week in the National Post about the meaning of Auschwitz as we mark 65 years since liberation and in light of the theft of its infamous “Arbeit Macht Frei” sign. The piece spoke a hard truth that [...] Yesterday, January 27, 2010, marked the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz and International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Among the various events to mark the day, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke at Auschwitz and Israeli President Shimon Peres gave an historic speech in Germany. I had the opportunity to attend the UN ceremony in New [...] |
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