Remembered for Remembering: Honoring Bill Beard, an Upstander Whose Witness Lives On
December 31, 2025 – HRA18 In January, Bill Beard would have turned 95. Instead, this week we pause to honor a life marked not by headlines or accolades, but by quiet, faithful witness, week after week, stone by stone, name by name. Bill Beard was a devoted...
Hanukkah – Light Overcoming Darkness
December 17, 2025 – HRA18 On December 14, we gathered for a joint Jewish–Christian celebration of Hanukkah on the Green at Kings Harbor, followed by a Twilight Tour of the Holocaust Garden of Hope. It was a deeply moving evening—marked by light,...
2025: The Year Antisemitism Entered the Mainstream
December 16, 2025 – Dr. Susanna Kokkonen Looking back at 2025, we can clearly identify antisemitism as the dominating social force. Following the attack by Hamas on October 7th, 2023, the world started a new season. Since WWII, the world has not experienced...
Standing Against Antisemitic Violence: Choosing Light After the Sydney Hanukkah Attack
December 14, 2025 – HRA18 Statement from the Holocaust Remembrance Association The Holocaust Remembrance Association condemns in the strongest possible terms the horrific, targeted attack on a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney, Australia, that took innocent lives...
Hanukkah in the Darkest Places: Light, Memory, and Defiance Through History
December 14, 2025 – Dr. Susanna Kokkonen Two elements are mostly connected to Hanukkah: Light and Oil. Light was the first thing God created. He then went on to separate elements that did not belong together. This separation is very symbolic because the...