Tag: Holocaust
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A Jewish Prayer for the Day of Remembrance
Today is the anniversary of Executive Order 9066, signed on this day in 1942 by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, establishing the Japanese internment during WWII. I am still incredulous that I did not learn this history growing up back east. As Jews, this shameful part of American history should be resonant, both because of the fear…
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Remembering to Remember
On this week in which we commemorate the Holocaust, a disturbing report came out: memory of the events of the Holocaust are fading, and fewer people in younger generations know basic facts about the destruction of European Jewry and Nazi Germany. It is disturbing, and on one level not surprising—the more we temporally move away…
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On Mascots, Ice Skating and Standing with Standing Rock
We gathered for Thanksgiving last week with friends up in Seattle. I look forward to Thanksgiving, it is one holiday which I do not need to work for one, and can spend with my wife and kids. Since our extended families are distant, we have more often than not spent it with friends, and I…
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Holocaust Remembrance: Particular or Universal?
Today is Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. This is a reflection I wrote yesterday on the Rabbis Without Borders blog on My Jewish Learning. Holocaust Remembrance: Particular or Universal?
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