holocaust
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Today, June 12th, is Anne Frank’s birthday – and this year she has been especially near my heart. First, back in February, I reread her The Diary of a Young Girl shortly after Holocaust Remembrance Day. Reading it again as a woman plenty old enough to be her mother, it was even more devastating, as so much… Read more
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January 27th, the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, is observed as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Tonight I am lighting a candle on my home altar in memory of its victims and am thinking also about the devastating events that have occurred recently in Israel as well. Earlier I saw a thoughtful NPR piece about… Read more
