April 25, 2020
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Resilience: an ability to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune or change. Merriam Webster 2020 Although I like the conciseness of Merriam Webster’s definition of resilience, I believe resilience often includes the ability to recover from more than misfortune. … Continue reading
February 2, 2020
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I have blogged about and referenced the Time of Remembrance Oral Histories Project many times in recent and past years. I first shared about the TOR project in 2007 (Time of Remembrance: Move Over Ken Burns!), blogging that I would … Continue reading
May 6, 2019
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Next month I will return to Holland for my 4th Cycle Tours bike & barge trip with Holocaust survivor, author, and community activist Hannie Voyles. Having recently turned 86, Hannie has proclaimed the 10-day tour/ride/learning adventure to be the last … Continue reading
April 22, 2012
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Tomorrow, April 23, as part of the national Days of Remembrance program, President Obama will visit the U.S. Memorial Holocaust Museum and deliver a speech on the importance of remembering the Holocaust – and working to prevent genocide and end … Continue reading
June 4, 2011
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My feet have still not quite hit the ground since my Pilgrimage to Manzanar trip and my bike ‘n barge trip across Holland with Hannie Voyles. But already I know that two of my summer projects will be to create … Continue reading
May 2, 2011
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As we approach the 2011 Holocaust Days of Remembrance (May 1-8), I have a few more resources to add to last year’s Remembering Anne Frank post: Anne Frank the Writer: An Unfinished Story – From the United States Holocaust Memorial … Continue reading
May 23, 2010
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I was introduced to the Holocaust in 7th grade. Like many middle school students, I was given a window into the horrors of the Nazi “round ups” through reading the Diary of Anne Frank. My long-time interest in Anne’s story … Continue reading
July 21, 2008
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My two weeks at the Holocaust Seminar were amazing, just amazing. Because I need some time to reflect on the depth and breadth of what I learned, I’m planning to share the experience and resources a bit at a time, … Continue reading
July 6, 2008
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I’m heading out tonight for New York City , where I will spend the next two weeks at Columbia University participating in the 2008 Memorial Library Summer Seminar on Holocaust Education. I am already anticipating that these 14 days will … Continue reading
February 17, 2008
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I’m still reflecting on yesterday’s article in the Sac Bee about French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s controversial mandate that all 5th graders “adopt the memory of one of the 11,000 Jewish children in France killed in the Holocaust, learning about the … Continue reading