Preserving Our Heritage: Fostering Empathy and Understanding

by | | Hao Nguyen Blogs, Why should we remember the Holocaust?

December 18, 2024 by Hao Nguyen I recently watched the Vietnamese news on facebook, where they highlighted a concerning trend: many children in Vietnam are increasingly speaking English over Vietnamese. They pointed out that the preference for English often leads to a...

Israel Update: December 15 (day 437)

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Jay Zeidman Dec 15, 2024 Situational Update The Times of Israel reports tonight that Israeli strikes have targeted military sites in Syria’s coastal Tartus region, with a Syria war monitor calling them “the heaviest strikes” in the area in...

Make the Commitment…No Longer a Bystander!

by | | Dr. Kokkonen Blogs, Uncategorized

by Dr. Susanna Kokkonen On December 15, 1944, eighty years ago, interesting things were happening on the warfront. A talented American conductor, trombone player and artist Glenn Miller flew toward France. He had already raised funds for US troops from October 1942...

Israel Update: December 11 (day 433)

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I highly recommend reading the antisemitism section below, as the articles go discuss the surging issues Jews are facing globally, especially in Canada (where there has been a 670% increase in antisemitic incidents in the past year according to The Free...

The Holocaust Remembrance Association Statement Looking Back on a Year of Antisemitism

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Prepared by Dr. Susanna Kokkonen In December 2024 we look back at a year characterized by open anti-Semitism and hatred surging through the western world. It is regrettable that as we are ending this year Hamas is keeping Israeli hostages in Gaza and the world has...