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Multifaith Holocaust Remembrance

May 21, 2023 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Stories about Holocaust Resistance and Survival

In 2023, telling historically accurate accounts of the Holocaust has moved from important to critical, as fear, extreme nationalism, bullying, abuse, and oppression of many groups grows, as anti-Semitic acts skyrocket, in America and globally (after decades of steady decline), as rising abuse of the words “Holocaust” and “Nazi” demean the memory of the victims and survivors, and as more oppressive and expansionist tyrants, driven by a level of paranoia parallel to the Nazis, lead more countries (and companies and homes) in more brutal ways.

On Sunday, May 21, at 4 pm, please join for

Stories of Resistance and Faith

Multifaith Holocaust Commemoration

Sunday, May 21, 4:00 pm

St Paul’s Episcopal Church

401 E 4th Street
Greenville, NC 27858

Music; Candle Lighting; Stories; Prayers

Lee Holder: Survivor Gizella Abramson, z’l, and the new NC law mandating Holocaust Education

in High and Middle Schools

Lee Holder, a retired High School teacher, is one of the developers of the curriculum for NC schools. He will share stories about the life of survivor, Gizella Abramson, z’l, for whom the law is named.

We will also hear stories about other resisters and rescuers.

“For the dead, and the living, we must bear witness.” Elie Weisel

Theologian Emil Fackenheim asks, how, after Auschwitz, we can find enough hope and faith to fight against Nazi like oppression today? He responds that if resisters and rescuers, in the middle of unfathomable evil, at the risk of their lives and the lives of their families and neighbors, found enough hope and faith to fight the Nazis and their collaborators during the Holocaust, then, we today, can find that faith and hope, if we listen attentively to their stories.

Please join us in person.

Streaming available, live and recorded, www.stpaulsepiscopal.com

To learn more, contact Rabbi Harley Karz-Wagman, Congregation Bayt Shalom, [email protected].

Details

Date:
May 21, 2023
Time:
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm