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The past is behind us, but

the future is in our hands TEMPLE BETH SHOLOM PROUDLY PRESENTS

By Bette Zaret, Chair, Butterflies of Hope and Remembrance
n November 7, the Annual educators in the program. Each shared
her personal impressions of the group’s
“Night of Broken Glass” Com- trip to Poland, where they were offered LEST WE FORGET
Omemoration at The Larry &
Mary Greenspon Family Campus for comprehensive seminars with a special Anti-Semitism & Holocaust Awareness
Jewish Life took place with a crowd of Holocaust studies lens, enriched with Lecture Series
close to 200 attendees. academic literature and direct appli-
The event began with a warm cation to classroom instruction. Both with Dr. Andre Krauss
welcome from Event Chair Ronnie confirmed that they now have a more
Riceberg, who also gave a brief in- thorough understanding of the Holo-
T h i s 4 - p a r t l e c t u r e s e r i e s i s i n s u p p o r t o f t h e
troduction to what the Nazi press eu- caust as well as effective tools through
phemistically called “Kristallnacht.” which to share their new perspectives 2 0 2 0 B u t t e r f l i e s o f H o p e a n d R e m e m b r a n c e
This was followed by a moving and with colleagues and students. p r o j e c t t o c o m m e m o r a t e t h e 7 5 t h a n n i v e r s a r y o f
thoughtful invocation t h e l i b e r a t i o n o f t h e N a z i c o n c e n t r a t i o n c a m p s .
by Rabbi Samantha D r . K r a u s s i s a n e m i n e n t a u t h o r i t y o n t h i s d a r k
Kahn of Temple Sinai, p e r i o d o f h i s t o r y a n d w i l l o f f e r i n s i g h t s t h a t w i l l
who asked us all to rec- p r o v i d e a b e t t e r u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f t h e S h o a h .
ognize and pay tribute E a c h l e c t u r e w i l l b e d e l i v e r e d i n a n i n t e r a c t i v e
to the Holocaust survi- m u l t i m e d i a p r e s e n t a t i o n .
vors, the concentration
camp liberators, and Four consecutive Thursdays at 11 am
their respective fami-
lies, who attended the Jan. 9: C u l t u r a l O r i g i n s o f A n t i - S e m i t i s m
event. Jan. 16: I n s i d e H i t l e r ’ s H e a d : T h e P s y c h o d y n a m i c s o f N a z i A n t i - S e m i t i s m
Dr. Andre Krauss The Bay Area Cantorial Association sings for a full house Jan. 23: J e w i s h R e s i s t a n c e i n E u r o p e D u r i n g t h e H o l o c a u s t
presented a review of the historical Members from the Bay Area Can- Jan. 30: A n t i - S e m i t i s m , H o l o c a u s t D e n i a l , & H o l o c a u s t E d u c a t i o n
events that led up to this fateful night, torial Association enchanted the audi-
which many historians consider the be- ence with moving and inspirational
ginning of the Holocaust. songs, including “El Maleh Racha- COST OF THE SERIES: TBS MEMBERS, $25 / NON-MEMBERS, $36
As chair of the Butterflies of Hope mim” and “The Song of Butterflies of Reservations may be made on the TBS website or through the TBS
and Remembrance project, I intro- Hope.” office (with full payment at time of reservation) by January 7.
duced the audience to this year-long To close out the evening, I led the
initiative comprised of special events audience in a Hands Against Hate™
and Holocaust and genocide educa- Rally, whereby everyone held hands in CO-SPONSORED BY
tional programming, which commem- solidarity and, during a moment of si-
orates the 75 anniversary of the end lence, remembered all who were mur-
th
of WWII and the liberation of the Nazi dered in the Holocaust, were killed in
concentration camps. any genocide and who died from any
Teachers Leslie Ruben from Com- act of hate. Then, in unison, attendees
munity Day School and Clare McVey pledged their commitment to stand up
from Cardinal Mooney Catholic High and resist all expressions of discrimi-
School, who participated in the new nation, persecution and hatred – help-
Classrooms Without Borders trip to ing to make our community a kinder,
Poland, which was sponsored by The safer and more inclusive one, now and T O R E G I S T E R O R F O R M O R E I N F O P L E A S E V I S I T O U R W E B S I T E .
Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Man- for generations to come. W W W . T E M P L E B E T H S H O L O M F L
Temple Beth Sholom . O R G / E V E N T S
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two were among five Sarasota-area event, International Holocaust Re-
membrance Day, on Sun-
day, January 26. To learn
more, visit jfedsrq.org/
events. For information
about upcoming Butterflies The Temple Emanu-El
of Hope and Remembrance Brotherhood, Sisterhood
programs throughout 2020, & Social Action Committee
visit butterfliesofhope.com.
All Holocaust com- PRESENTS
memoration events are
under the auspices of the
Heller Community Rela-
tions Committee. To learn
more, contact Jessi Sheslow,
Director of Community Re-
Clare McVey, Cardinal Mooney Catholic High School teacher, lations, at jsheslow@jfed A TRIBUTE TO
and Leslie Ruben, Community Day School teacher srq.org or 941.343.2109.

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