Yom HaShoah, Holocaust
\nRemembrance Day, is a time to remember, to commemorate, and to honor all those
\nwho died in the Holocaust, as well as the survivors who endured those very dark
\nand terrible years. Sadly, Jewish history is replete with many earlier
\ninstances of anti-Semitism, but the near annihilation of European Jewry during
\nthe Holocaust is unprecedented. The Hebrew word Shoah, which means catastrophe
\nor total destruction, aptly describes this genocide. However, at this time of
\nthe year, a different word always comes to my mind as well: Zakhor, the
\ncommandment to remember. Today, we not only remember the lives of those who
\nsuffered and died in the Holocaust, but we also remind ourselves that we must
\ndo everything in our power to ensure that such destruction never occurs again.<\/p>\n
The Center for Jewish History
\nand its five partner organizations preserve the personal belongings\u2014letters,
\ndiaries, and even pictures\u2014of many who perished in the Holocaust, as well as
\nthose who witnessed the destruction of European Jewry. The materials housed in
\nour building are testament to their lives and to our people\u2019s story. It is my
\ngreat honor to lead an organization that makes these pieces available for
\neveryone to study and learn from. <\/p>\n
Yom HaShoah reminds us of the
\nimportance of preserving and recalling our history. As Jews we are obligated to
\nremember; to never forget.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
by Center for Jewish History President and CEO Joel J. Levy Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, is a time to remember, to commemorate, and to honor all those who died in the Holocaust, as well as the survivors who endured those very dark and terrible years. Sadly, Jewish history is replete with many earlier instances of anti-Semitism, but the near annihilation of European Jewry…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[136,9,135,134,133],"class_list":["post-1259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-post","tag-holocaustremembranceday","tag-jewish-history","tag-memory","tag-reflection","tag-yom-hashoah"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cjh.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cjh.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cjh.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cjh.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cjh.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cjh.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1259\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cjh.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cjh.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cjh.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}