Some high-powered Silicon Valley executives are hosting intimate receptions at their homes tonight in honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day. YouTube’s Jewish CEO, Susan Wojcicki, is among a handful of Bay Area tech titans opening their living rooms Monday night to hear stories from Holocaust survivors, according to a press release from the Israel Collaboration…
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Auschwitz at 75: From sorrow to song
The 20th-century Jewish theologian Abraham Joshua Heschel wrote, “There are three ways in which we respond to sorrow. On the first level, we cry; on the…
U.S.
At Auschwitz event, Pelosi recalls protesting for Soviet Jews
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Honoring the Survivors
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Editorial
We must preserve survivor testimony to keep lessons alive
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World
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Education
Holocaust-era violins visit S.F. Catholic School
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Israel
How Israel is getting dragged into Europe’s Holocaust memory wars
A major gathering of world leaders in Jerusalem meant to highlight the world’s determination to learn the lessons of the Holocaust has become mired in…
World
At 97, Dutch resistance hero is giving Jewish fighters overdue recognition
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