{"id":524923,"date":"2010-04-12T16:18:49","date_gmt":"2010-04-12T20:18:49","guid":{"rendered":"tag:blogs.rj.org,2010:\/rac\/\/2.2658"},"modified":"2010-04-12T16:38:49","modified_gmt":"2010-04-12T20:38:49","slug":"observing-yom-hashoah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/524923","title":{"rendered":"Observing Yom HaShoah"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, President Obama issued a powerful statement<\/a> as people in North America<\/a>, Israel<\/a>, and around the world observed Yom HaShoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day. Noting that this year marks the 65th anniversary of the liberation of the concentration camps, the President stated that “we must recommit ourselves to honoring the memories of all the victims and ensuring that they remain a part of our collective memory.” <\/p>\n

President Obama also spoke strongly about the continual imperative to address anti-Semitism and genocide today. An excerpt of his statement can be found below, and more resources on Yom Hashoah and Holocaust education are available from the URJ’s holiday resource page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“On my visit to Buchenwald last year – and during my visit to Yad Vashem in 2008 – I bore witness to the horrors of anti-Semitism and the capacity for evil represented by the Nazis’ campaign to annihilate the Jewish people and so many others. But even at places like Buchenwald, the dignity and courage of those who endured the horrors of the Holocaust remind us of humanity’s capacity for decency and compassion. <\/p>\n

“The memories of the victims serve as a constant reminder to honor their legacy by renewing our commitment to prevent genocide, and to confront anti-Semitism and prejudice in all of its forms. We must never tolerate the hateful stereotypes and prejudice against the Jewish people that tragically continues to this day. We must work, instead, on behalf of a world of justice and peace, in which all nations and peoples value the humanity that we share, and the dignity inherent in every human being.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, President Obama issued a powerful statement as people in North America, Israel, and around the world observed Yom HaShoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day. Noting that this year marks the 65th anniversary of the liberation of the concentration camps, the President stated that “we must recommit ourselves to honoring the memories of all the victims […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-524923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=524923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524923\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=524923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=524923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=524923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}