Human Resources Lee Chottiner Weaponizing the Holocaust has been going on for some time, but with nowhere near the intensity that we are seeing now. Even Jews, people who should know better, are now getting in to the act, promising … Read More
Friday, April 9 at 7:00 pm on YouTube Please join The Temple for a special Yom HaShoah Holocaust Memorial Shabbat as our Grade 6 class leads the service.
Guest Columnist Rabbi Hillel Smulowitz Growing up in Brooklyn, New York, I knew that my parents’ families perished in concentration camps, but I never understood why they did not talk about it. As I got older, through my own experiences … Read More
Human Resources Lee Chottiner CNN Chief International Correspondent Christiane Amanpour has come under fire for comparing what she called President Donald Trump’s “assault on values” and Kristallnacht. Speaking on Nov. 12 on her show, Amanpour, the veteran journalist stirred more … Read More
WHAT?: THE MARCH OF THE LIVING is a 2-week international, educational program that brings 12,000+ Jewish teens from all over the world to Poland on Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Memorial Day, to march from Auschwitz to Birkenau, the largest concentration camp complex …
We will be incorporating “Violins of Hope” into our Shabbat service. The Violins of Hope program is a collection of over 60 restored instruments played by Jewish musicians during the Holocaust.One or more violinists will join our service and will play on an instrument that was played by Jewish musicians during the Holocaust. Read More
With mandatory Holocaust and genocide education about to become law in Kentucky, a group of teachers and Jewish leaders are organizing to influence the way the subject is taught. This committee has drafted a rationale statement for the project, which … Read More
Holocaust studies students in this year’s VAMPY program for gifted teens at Western Kentucky University work on the latest in the class’ Never Again series of murals. The murals depict themes inspired by the Shoah. This year’s painting is based … Read More
Two Kentucky school teachers who have made major, though different, contributions to Holocaust education in the state, will travel together to Poland this summer to see the scenes of the genocide for themselves. Ron Skillern, who teaches Holocaust studies at … Read More
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas apologized to Jewish people offended by his recent speech in which he blamed the Holocaust on Jews. “If people were offended by my statement in front of the [Palestinian National Council], especially people of the … Read More