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Hope in the Holocaust

Back in January, when we blogged about the different Holocaust memorial days around the globe, we found out that Israel selected the date of 27 Nisan (which this year...

Remembering the Holocaust on multiple days

Here in the United States, we typically hold Holocaust memorial ceremonies in April. Internationally, however, Holocaust Memorial Day is held on January 27 – this...

Denver Jewish Community Reads: The Invisible Bridge

Tomorrow night, as part of MACC’s annual JAAMM Festival, Julie Orringer will be in town. For some of you, these acronyms may be unfamiliar – as might...

Passing it on: Letters to survivors

Last week’s IJN included a really special supplement: 13 local Holocaust survivors, who over the years have spoken with students in local schools and colleges,...

Hate at Yad Vashem

After New Year’s Eve, when extreme Charedi Jews took to the streets dressed as concentration camp inmates, we thought it couldn’t get worse. In fact we even...

The misappropriation of the Holocaust is complete

We have long bemoaned the fact that the Holocaust and its related imagery and symbolism has been misappropriated by myriad political groups and activists. Typically...

Remembering Kristallnacht…73 years later

Every year the Holocaust is one year further in the past and every year more Holocaust survivors leave this world. Keeping their stories and memories alive is surely one...

Last group of pre-war residents return to Berlin

As time marches on, World War II becomes more and more distant, and, consequently, there are fewer people that either served or survived that war. The dwindling number...

Holocaust survivors bring the past into the present

Here in Denver we have the privilege of hearing from Holocaust survivors first hand. Some members of our synagogues and community centers, such as BMH’s former...

The passing of Miep Gies

The world suffered a huge loss this week. Miep Gies, the righteous gentile who was pivotal in both hiding the Frank family and the safeguarding and subsequent publishing...