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Honoring Pope Francis

April 21, 2025, Rozalie Jerome Holocaust Remembrance Association joins the Catholic community in Houston and ...

April 21, 2025

Holocaust Garden of Hope makes history with groundbreaking in northeast Harris County

by David Taylor, Houston Chronicle staff writer, Nov. 18, 2022 Rozalie Jerome knows struggle. The ...

December 6, 2022

Holocaust garden project prepares to bloom on the banks of Lake Houston

Houston Chronicle, Jim Magill, Correspondent Sep. 26, 2022 Construction is expected to begin later this ...

September 27, 2022

The March of Life Stands with Ukraine

[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”]Statement by Jobst Bittner, President and Founder March of ...

March 8, 2022

Happy Milk Chocolate Day!

Where does chocolate come from? Of course, we know that it came from Mexico and ...
July 28, 2021
Susanna Kokkonen

Dr. Susanna Kokkonen is an accomplished author and international speaker who addresses Christian, Jewish, and civic audiences worldwide on the Holocaust, genocide, antisemitism, and contemporary Israel. She has spoken in the parliaments of Canada, Finland, Sweden, and at the European Parliament. Most recently, she served as Director of Christian Friends of Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, guiding Christian dignitaries, speaking to countless groups, and organizing over 10 Christian Leadership Seminars with participants from 50+ countries. Her work continues to foster education and dialogue on crucial historical and current issues.

Stories that Shine – Listening to God’s Covenant and Lessons from Warsaw Ghetto

October 3, 2025 – Dr. Susanna Kokkonen Ha’azinu 5785 (2025) Deuteronomy 32:1-52 (Haftarah: Samuel 2:1-51) ...

October 3, 2025

When Today Is Repeating the Past

September 25, 2025 – Dr. Susanna Kokkonen When Today Is Repeating the Past This story, ...

September 25, 2025

Stories that Shine – Return, Forgiveness, and God’s Enduring Faithfulness

September 25, 2025 – Dr. Susanna Kokkonen Vayelech 5786 (2025) Deuteronomy 31:1-30 (Haftarah: Hosea 14:2-10; ...

September 25, 2025

September 2025 Statement

September 25, 2025 – Dr. Susanna Kokkonen In September, we again saw a variety of ...

September 25, 2025

When the Price is too High

September 17, 2025 – Dr. Susanna Kokkonen Is there a price too high to pay ...

September 17, 2025

Pearls of the Torah Portion – Compassion, Boundaries, and Remembrance in Times of War

August 28, 2025 – Dr. Susanna Kokkonen Ki Tietzei 5785 (2025) Deuteronomy 21:10-25:19 (Haftarah: Isaiah ...

September 5, 2025