Posts by Erica Nadelhaft
#WeRemember: We were all in Egypt. We were all at Sinai. Were we all at Auschwitz?
buy cheap cenforce But the amount of suffering in the world is so immense, how do I do this and not despair? I used to remind myself of the saying in Pirkei Avot: “you are not obligated to finish the work of healing the world, but neither are you allowed to desist from it.” And that was enough.
Read MoreWhat is Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights?
http://janrebel.eu/100jaar/nggallery/album-16/huizen-in-thames Hanukkah evokes light. Light that burns; light hat did not go out even when there was not enough. Light that illuminates some of the darkness. Light that stands against oppression and discrimination and suffering. Today’s world feels dark. Not as dark as it has been in Jewish history, but dark nonetheless. But the candles have been lit and will continue to be lit and from each window a little that light will shine.
Read MoreOn This Day: Maine Newspapers React to Kristallnacht, Violent Nazi Anti-Jewish Campaign
buy real provigil Kristallnacht was not hidden. In the days that followed the November 9th violence against the Jews of Germany, newspapers around the world reported on and responded to what had happened.…
Read MoreHow the Nazis persecuted LGBTQ people
gay seznamka loučná nad desnou Homosexual prisoners wore a pink triangle on their uniforms. If a prisoner was both homosexual and Jewish, a pink inverted triangle would be superimposed over a regular yellow one. This system allowed camp guards and other prisoners to instantly identify where an inmate came from and what type of prisoner he was.
Read MoreFor teachers adapting to pandemic, inspiration from teachers and students during Holocaust
This week is Teacher Appreciation Week. All over the country, and indeed, much of the world, teachers are adapting to online education. Teachers, students, and parents struggle with technology, disparities…
Read MoreHow Do We Measure Resistance? Reflections on the Apr. 19, 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
April 19, 1943. Passover. On this day, the armed uprising of the Jews in the Warsaw ghetto began. Time and again, as a teacher of the Holocaust, I am asked:…
Read MoreThis Passover: Thoughts on Judaism and Being Jewish
As I consider what it means to be Jewish, I find myself thinking about my own family and my own identity. My family covers the spectrum – from my ultra-Orthodox…
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