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February 2023 Candle & Chronicle Newsletter
January was a series of firsts for us at Teach the Shoah. In this edition of the newsletter, we spotlight storyteller and Teach the Shoah founder Violet Neff-Helms.
November 2022 Candle & Chronicle Newsletter
Welcome to the first issue of “Candle and Chronicle,” our new Teach the Shoah newsletter. In this edition, we spotlight storyteller Leora Lazarus.
Broken Glass, Preserved Memory
Please don’t let them find out I’m Jewish. Please don’t let them find out I’m Jewish. It is November 10, 1938, and Margot Gunther (Jeremias) is riding the train to school. It’s an hour ride from her home in Hoffenheim, Germany to Heidelberg where her school is. [Redirects to the Times of Israel]
February 2023 Candle & Chronicle Newsletter
January was a series of firsts for us at Teach the Shoah. In this edition of the newsletter, we spotlight storyteller and Teach the Shoah founder Violet Neff-Helms.
November 2022 Candle & Chronicle Newsletter
Welcome to the first issue of “Candle and Chronicle,” our new Teach the Shoah newsletter. In this edition, we spotlight storyteller Leora Lazarus.
Broken Glass, Preserved Memory
Please don’t let them find out I’m Jewish. Please don’t let them find out I’m Jewish. It is November 10, 1938, and Margot Gunther (Jeremias) is riding the train to school. It’s an hour ride from her home in Hoffenheim, Germany to Heidelberg where her school is. [Redirects to the Times of Israel]
May 2023 Candle & Chronicle Newsletter
We are in the season of remembrance. From Passover to Yom HaShoah to Yom HaZikaron, we consider our history. As we reflect, we must also give thought to how that history is being taught in our schools.
The Devil’s Confession
Every survivor had a Holocaust of their own.” The world learned this from the testimony of survivors at the trial of Adolph Eichmann. This history is dramatically retold in The Devil’s Confession: The Lost Eichmann Tapes, a new documentary by Yariv Mozer. [Redirects to L’Chaim Magazine]
When it’s an attack on your own community
I awoke on Sunday morning in Singapore to the news that another synagogue was under attack. The rabbi and several congregants of a synagogue in Texas were being held hostage by an unknown assailant. An old story, a repeated story – Jews under attack for being Jews. [Redirects to the Times of Israel]
How to Teach Race Relations: Lessons from Holocaust Education
A group of 7th graders sit in a circle, white kids in the center, black and brown kids on the outside. They have been sorted by a “privilege” score assigned based on the color of their skin. The white students are trying to find a way to apologize to the students of color for the sins of their ancestors. [Redirects to the Times of Israel]
How to deal with antisemitism in our schools
“Never ascribe to malice what can be explained by ignorance, confusion, or ineptitude.” This statement was made by Rabbi Geoffrey Dennis in response to a disturbing incident that happened in Texas last week. In a teacher training in Southlake, a suburb outside Dallas, the curriculum director made a surprising statement: “Make sure that if you have a book on the Holocaust, that you have one that has an opposing…that has other perspectives.” [redirects to the Times of Israel]
Memorializing the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: Nathan Rapaport’s Monument
In the heart of the Yad Vashem memorial mountain stands a monument to the Warsaw ghetto uprising, created by sculptor Nathan Rapoport. An almost identical monument stands in the heart of what used to be the Warsaw ghetto in Poland.
February 2023 Candle & Chronicle Newsletter
January was a series of firsts for us at Teach the Shoah. In this edition of the newsletter, we spotlight storyteller and Teach the Shoah founder Violet Neff-Helms.
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