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Teachers learn about Holocaust at summer institute
One teacher was interested in the connection between music and the Holocaust. Another learned about the Holocaust from Jewish friends when they were growing up in Miami and wanted to learn more. And another teacher wanted to expand his knowledge about the...Tags: Human Interest, Palm Beach County, Politics, African-American History Month, Separation of Church and State
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Holocaust survivors, WWII vets pay tribute to one another
Estelle Glaser Laughlin was only 13 when she and her family were taken to a Nazi death camp in Poland. Albert Wiener was a Jewish teen from Brooklyn drafted into the Army during World War II who hoped to end the persecution of European Jews. The two...
Tags: Human Interest, Pneumonia, The Holocaust (1934-1945), Judaism, U.S. Army
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AFMDA names region's new director
The Southeast Region of American Friends of Magen David Adom has a new director. Mark Glickman, a Boca Raton resident and a 35-year fundraising veteran with extensive Jewish nonprofit and private sector experience, became the regional director earlier...Tags: Israel, Palm Beach County, Judaism, Wachovia Corp., Hallandale Beach
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Holocaust Museum turns 20 while eyewitness survivors dwindle
Lauren Markoe writes for the Religion News Service about losing the generation of eyewitnesses to the Holocaust: WASHINGTON (RNS) The adult survivors of the Holocaust are mostly gone now, and those who survived as children — and were old enough at...
Tags: Human Interest, The Holocaust (1934-1945), Arts and Culture, Museums
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Chambersburg church to show 'The Glorious and the Brave'
“The Glorious and the Brave” will be shown Saturday at 7 p.m. at The Presbyterian Church of Falling Spring, 221 N. Main St. in Chambersburg. The stories of eyewitnesses and participants in history come to life in this film that chronicles the...Tags: Human Interest, Judaism, Culture, Arts and Culture, Sociology
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Datebook
Sunday, April 7 5K Annapolis Walk The Maryland Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society sponsors its 5K Annapolis Walk from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, 500 Taylor Ave. in Annapolis. Walk begins at the stadium and...Tags: Human Interest, Mother's Day, Multiple Sclerosis, Real Estate Buyers, Clothing
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An opportunity to break free of Ticketmaster
I thought Ticketmaster was the most hated company in America, but it turns out to have had some competition for that title in recent years. It lost last year to AT&T, Bank of America, Walmart and Electronic Arts, the maker of digital games. The...
Tags: Banking, Memorial Stadium, Entertainment, Jackson Browne, Peter G. Angelos
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Band continues exploring Washington
Mark Sperry's Sunday morning started with eating breakfast in a hotel, dressing in his marching band uniform and taking a trip to the Lincoln Memorial National Monument for a photo with the other 111 members of Northern State University Marching Wolves....Tags: Travel, John F. Kennedy, Trips and Vacations, Washington, DC, Michelle Obama
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Letters: Memories of the Holocaust
Re "Youngest on Schindler's list," Obituary, Jan. 14 It is sad to learn of Leon Leyson's passing. He was a true mensch, a generously giving man. For the last 15 years or so, except this last one, Leyson spoke to students in my Cal State Fullerton...Tags: Human Interest, Obituaries, California State University, Fullerton, The Holocaust (1934-1945)
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Plakas: Some people just can't accept gay marriage as equality issue
On Monday, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia answered a gay Princeton student's question related to the justice's writings, which equate laws banning sodomy with those barring bestiality and murder. He told the student he felt legislative bodies...Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Family, Lawyers, Lake Worth, Justice and Rights
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Letters to the Editor - Dec. 10
Meals on Wheels needs drivers, donations To the editor: During the holiday season, many of us enjoy feasting, family and friendship. It’s also a time to remember our neighbors in need. The Washington County Commission on Aging’s Meals on...Tags: Human Interest, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Entertainment, Judaism, DVDs
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December 5: Midday Fix - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW Washington, DC www.ushmm.org/ Event: 20th Anniversary National Tour: Chicago Sunday, June 9, 2013 10:00 a.m. Chicago Cultural Center 78 E. Washington Street Chicago For a list...
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