Holocaust

San Diego Jewish Community Counts the Omer

The days between Passover and Shavout include counting the Omer. The countdown represents the time between our ancestors’ liberation and the time they accepted the responsibility of becoming Torah-observing Jews. [Cailin Acosta]

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Aaron, Job, and Holocaust Survivors Wrestled with Spiritual Pain

On Yom HaShoah, we pause to remember the millions whose lives were extinguished in the Holocaust, their voices silenced by unimaginable atrocities. Their suffering, and the silence that often followed, echoes the biblical narratives of Aaron and Job … [Rabbi Dr. Michael Leo Samuel]

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Yom HaShoah Remembrance: Miriam Samuel, My Aunt, z”l

Oh, Marijke, that scene is etched in my mind,
As friends turned to foes, oh, how cruel and unkind.
Neighbors swooped in like vultures in flight,
“Let me take this; I’ll claim it,” they’d bite. … {Rabbi Dr. Michael Leo Samuel]

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Yom HaShoah Remembrance: Leo Samuel, My Father, z”l

Religion shaped our lives every single day,
My father was faithful, guiding in his way.
With Rabbi skills, though he chose business,
His heart stayed true, despite the stress. … [Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel]

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Yasher Koach to Staffs of These 4 Jewish Organizations

– Jewish Federation of San Diego, Lawrence Family JCC, Israeli American Council and Jewish Community Foundation San Diego have three community gatherings happening all in one week. If you work for the Federation, JCC, IAC or JCFSD or know someone who does, they deserve a hug, yasher koach or, L’Chaim for all the work that goes into coordinating these events. All three of these events are free and open to the public but register for them for attendance purposes. [Cailin Acosta]

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Passover Nears End; So Too Does Tending to Matzo Crumbs

“It’s the final countdown!” I don’t know about you, but my broom has stayed in the kitchen and dining room for the past couple of days sweeping up the matzo crumbs from every meal. [Cailin Acosta]

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80 Years Ago Today, Buchenwald was Liberated by U.S. Troops

In 2019, the Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation proposed to the Buchenwald Memorial, the German authorities who ran the Buchenwald Concentration Camp historical site, a memorial honoring the American liberators of the camp.  There was none heretofore. JASHP would pay for it. [Jerry Klinger]

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‘Echoes’ Dramatizes Learning about the Holocaust from Students’ Perspectives

The play opens in a classroom where the kids are learning about the Holocaust and one of the kids says that it was just a hoax. Then another one of the kids answers that her great-aunts Irene and Edith are survivors and that it’s not a hoax.  Later in the play, we learn the true story about how actor Sophia Melamed’s aunts were reunited after the Holocaust. [Sandi Masori]

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