by Cheryl Lecesse/Staff Writer | published in The Concord Journal
Concord - Marika Barnett carefully but quickly scanned the room back and forth, stopping only to politely ask a handful of people to stand from their folding chairs.
The audience, which filled the hearing room at the Town House, stared up at those few who were […]
April 15, 2007
Yom Hashoah
The International Day of Remembrance
for the Victims of the Holocaust
Dear Friends,
We are fortunate to live in a town that recognizes the importance of an official observance of the Holocaust Memorial; this isn’t the case in most towns. To appreciate the significance of our memorial, a little history:
The Holocaust Memorial Observance was initiated originally by the Concord Area Jewish Group – long before Kerem Shalom […]
by Molly Carocci
Movies:
Secret Courage: The Walter Suskind Story,
by Carlisle locals Tim & Karen Morse
Walter Suskind helped orchestrate the escape of close to 1000 Dutch children who were marked for transport to the death camps; told by five of the saved children.
Paper Clips, by Linda Hooper
The story of children at a Tennessee middle school who decided […]