Here's an article for you 8th graders and up (who should have studied the Holocaust by now): From Auschwitz, a Torah as Strong as Its Spirit: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/30/nyregion/30torah.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5087&em&en=563347743858e1ff&ex=1209700800
It's about a Torah that survived Auschwitz during a time that the Nazis (helped by the Church's silence) tried to destroy not only the Jewish people, but the Jewish faith too.
This Friday is Yom HaShoah, or Holocaust Rememberance Day.
Take a moment on Friday to consider how individual Christians had to make the choice to either stand up and help others or remain silent and do nothing. Six million Jewish people and over six million others were killed because of who they were. Consider what choices you make if you decide to stand up for others in your daily life. Not all choices to stand up are huge, grandiose moments either. But they add up.
Want more info?
Houston has a great museum and resources: www.hmh.org.
PBS explores America's involvement with the Holocaust: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/holocaust/
Want to know about current day genocide, check out: http://www.ushmm.org/conscience/
Perhaps you've heard about the Olympic protests that have happened this year because of human rights issues in China. Did you know that Hitler hosted the Olympics? Check this out: http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/olympics/
An article from the Episcopal News Online: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_82318_ENG_HTM.htm
For the adults seeking more knowledge on the Anglican church and the Holocaust: https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=223551195851387
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
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