Yom HaShoah – Holocaust Martyrs and Heroes Remembrance Day

April 14, 2025 – HRA 18 Each Spring, the world pauses to observe one specific ...

April 14, 2026
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Stories that Shine – Pesach

April 3, 2025 – HRA18 Numbers 9:1-14; 28:19-25 During Pesach, which we know as the ...

April 3, 2026
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Stories that Shine – Tzav: Obedience, Sacrifice, and the Courage to Do What Is Right

When faith is tested, impatience can lead to dangerous choices. In this week’s Torah portion ...
March 27, 2026
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Stories that Shine – Vayikra: The Sanctity of Life, Blood, and the Lessons of the Holocaust

When faith is tested, impatience can lead to dangerous choices. In this week’s Torah portion ...
March 21, 2026
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Stories that Shine – VaYakhel–Pekudei: Community, Offering, and the Call to Build Together

When faith is tested, impatience can lead to dangerous choices. In this week’s Torah portion ...
March 13, 2026
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Stories that Shine – Ki Tisa: Patience, Faith, and the Danger of the Golden Calf

When faith is tested, impatience can lead to dangerous choices. In this week’s Torah portion ...
March 6, 2026
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March of Remembrance perpetuates memory, responsibility

After a week’s delay due to bad weather, community members gathered on Sunday, Feb. 1, ...

February 11, 2026
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BANEINU (Our Sons)

BANEINU (Our Sons) Acrylic and graphite on paper, 30×22″, 2025. -In the Holocaust Art Research ...

February 9, 2026
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Stories that Shine – Legacy, Blessing, and the Lion of Judah — From Genesis to Holocaust Memory

January 2, 2026 – Dr. Susanna Kokkonen Vayechi 5786 (2025) Genesis 47:28-50:26; 1. Kings 2:1-12. ...

January 2, 2026
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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 ...

December 31, 2025
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Stories that Shine – Drawing Near to Memory, Healing, and Hope

December 26, 2025 – HRA18 In this week’s Torah portion, Vayigash — “And he approached” ...

December 26, 2025
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Hanukkah – Light Overcoming Darkness

December 17, 2025 – HRA18 On December 14, we gathered for a joint Jewish–Christian celebration ...

December 18, 2025
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