On April 28, a student at Campus Middle School in Cherry Creek School District allegedly drew swastikas on other students’ arms and legs. If that is not troubling enough, they did so after participating in a lesson about the Holocaust, the systematic murder of over six million Jews and five million others. Of the Jews that were killed, one and
Have you ever wondered about the unique candelabra lit each year at ADL’s Governor’s Holocaust Remembrance Program? Created by Colorado artist Barbara Patrick, the candelabra was chosen as the winner of a contest to create such a piece in the 1990s. It has been displayed at the Governor’s Holocaust Remembrance Program every year since. David Fell & Company, Inc. completed
With antisemitism at the highest levels seen in decades, ADL has created the powerful new Antisemitism Uncovered video series to help explain and combat the most prevalent antisemitic myths that have spread for centuries and still drive anti-Jewish hate today. New to the series is an alarming and insightful video about how anti-Zionism can fuel antisemitism. The entire series of
“For the dead and the living, we must bear witness.” – Elie Wiesel Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day (IHRD), which marks 77 years since the liberation of Auschwitz. Since 2005, the UN and its member states have held commemoration ceremonies to mark this anniversary and to honor the six million Jews and millions of other victims of the Holocaust.
Friends, This past Saturday morning, a day observed by Jews as their sabbath, Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker invited a man into Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas for a cup of tea. The man turned on the rabbi and three congregants, holding them as hostages for eleven hours. We are incredibly grateful they all safely escaped and were physically unharmed. We
