Tag: holocaust, passover
Hope in the Holocaust
Rocky Mountain JewApr 05, 2013
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
Rocky Mountain JewJan 24, 2013
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
Rocky Mountain JewOct 24, 2012
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
Rocky Mountain JewJul 19, 2012
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
Rocky Mountain JewJun 15, 2012
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
Rocky Mountain JewJan 05, 2012
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
Rocky Mountain JewNov 09, 2011
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
Rocky Mountain JewJul 09, 2010
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
Rocky Mountain JewApr 16, 2010
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
Rocky Mountain JewJan 15, 2010
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...