Holiday: Yom HaShoah/Holocaust Remembrance Day

  • Today Is Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day

    Today Is Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day

    Today is Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, and as always there are quite simply no words. We remember with love the men, women, and children, who were sons and daughters, husbands and wives, aunts and uncles, grandparents, close friends……..and who were senselessly and brutally murdered in the Holocaust.

  • Holocaust Rememberance: Jewish Murder In The Ukrainian Town Of Bratslav

    Holocaust Rememberance: Jewish Murder In The Ukrainian Town Of Bratslav

      I am reposting this from 2018, and as always, simply no words…. Today is Holocaust Memorial Day, Yom HaShoah, so I thought I’d mention some of the tragedies of the Holocaust that occurred in one of my very favorite spots, Bratslav, Ukraine. Our family was very fortunate to have the opportunity to spend the…

  • Theresienstadt Nazi Ghetto In The Czech Republic

    Theresienstadt Nazi Ghetto In The Czech Republic

    Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day in Israel, and once again we are reminded to never forget the tragedies of the Holocaust. We are reminded to fight for truth at every turn, and to do acts of kindness in the names of those 6 mlllion innocent Jews who perished at the hands of evil. In 2019…

  • Mass Holocaust Gravesites In Bratslav, Ukraine

    Mass Holocaust Gravesites In Bratslav, Ukraine

      Today is Holocaust Memorial Day, Yom HaShoah, so I thought I’d mention some of the tragedies of the Holocaust that occurred in one of my very favorite spots, Bratslav, Ukraine. Our family was very fortunate to have the opportunity to spend the Passover holidays in Uman, Ukraine this year (my first time ever not at…

  • Babi Yar Holocaust Memorial In Kiev, Ukraine

    Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day, Yom HaShoah. Every year I try to post something relevant to this very sad day, and this year I am sharing photos that I took just two days ago on my first visit to the Babi Yar Holocaust Memorial site in Kiev, Ukraine. As always, there are no words to…

  • Why Is The Butterfly A Symbol Of The Holocaust?

    Why Is The Butterfly A Symbol Of The Holocaust?

    The butterfly has become a symbol for the 1.5 million children murdered in the Holocaust and for Holocaust Education, and I did a little research to find the source. What I was truly stunned to discover is that there are three separate sources in which concentration camp victims used the butterfly in their art and…

  • Holocaust Education Project: Labels Do Not Define Us

    Holocaust Education Project: Labels Do Not Define Us

    After a sad day thinking about the Holocaust, and doing a little research as well, I had the idea that one could make a project in which yellow Jewish stars become butterflies, as the butterfly is a symbol that has and is being used to represent the Holocaust and in one case specifially children who…

  • A Somber Collage Of Jewish Stars For Holocaust Remembrance Day

    Photo credit: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day, Yom HaShoah, here in Israel. I realized today that on this day I generally post a photo, which is a message of sorts, but not really the kind of message that is my forte, namely education thought crafting and creativity. So today, as I personally…