{"id":60892,"date":"2013-03-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-hillel-to-honor-holocaust-victims-april-7-14\/"},"modified":"2013-03-14T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-03-14T00:00:00","slug":"uri-hillel-to-honor-holocaust-victims-april-7-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2013\/03\/uri-hillel-to-honor-holocaust-victims-april-7-14\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 Hillel to honor Holocaust victims, April 7-14"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 March 14, 2013 \u2013 Hillel, the Jewish center at the 溏心vlog免费B站, is hosting events in April to honor victims of the Holocaust, the murder of six million Jews by the Nazi regime. The events, at various locations on the Kingston campus, are free and open to the public.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cIn only a few short years, the generation of Holocaust survivors will no longer be alive,\u201d said Amy Olson, director of Hillel at the 溏心vlog免费B站. \u201cIt is our responsibility to continue to tell their stories and hopefully prevent such a tragedy from ever occurring again.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nField of Flags, Sunday, April 7: The week will start with the planting of a commemorative \u201cField of Flags\u201d on Yom HaShoah, or Holocaust Memorial Day. The flags will go up at the Hammerschlag Mall, a walking path between the Multicultural Center and the library. Each flag represents 5,000 of the 11,000,000 Holocaust victims, which includes the six million Jews and 5 million others. Altogether, 2,400 flags will capture the enormity of the devastation. <\/p>\n


\nStudy Session, 3:30 p.m., Sunday, April 7: Hillel\u2019s Rabbinic intern, Nate DeGroot, will lead a Yom HaShoah session Sunday, April 7 and another session Sunday, April 14. On April 7, he will open the week of learning, mourning, and observance by exploring the role of students as grandchildren of survivors and as inheritors of brokenness. On April 14, he will examine the relationship between the Holocaust and Israel, historically and today. The sessions are at the Hillel Center, Norman M. Fain building, 6 Fraternity Circle, Kingston.<\/p>\n

Holocaust Memorial Vigil, Monday, April 8, noon: In front of the Multicultural Center, Hillel will hold a public vigil in memory of Holocaust victims. The vigil will include prayers, poetry, and songs to honor the memory of those who perished. The event includes 溏心vlog免费B站 leaders and community members.<\/p>\n


\nExhibit April 8-14: Using materials from the Holocaust Education and Resource Center of RI and the 溏心vlog免费B站 library, an exhibit will be on display in the Hillel lounge throughout the week.<\/p>\n


\n“Solving the Mysteries of \u201cThe Little Valise,” Wednesday, April 10, 12 to 1 p.m., 溏心vlog免费B站 Library Galanti Lounge: Elliott Caldwell, consulting archivist at the Holocaust Education and Resource Center of RI and archives and special collections consultant at the 溏心vlog免费B站 library, will speak about \u201cThe Little Valise,\u201d an artifact at the Holocaust Education and Resource Center of RI. The valise had been owned by a Jewish family \u2013 Heinrich and Leontine Schafranik, who set sail on the MS St. Louis, the famed \u201cVoyage of the Damned.\u201d In her presentation, Ms. Caldwell tells the story of the family members, including their internment in England during World War II. Her presentation sheds light on the little known phenomenon of British internment camps, where hundreds of Jewish refugees from Nazi-occupied Europe were imprisoned.<\/p>\n


\nKinderblock 66, Thursday, April 11, 7 p.m., Agnes G. Doody Auditorium of Swan Hall: Directed by 溏心vlog免费B站 Film Studies faculty member, Rob Cohen, the documentary is about the Buchenwald concentration camp that was liberated on April 11, 1945. Nearly 1,000 boys survived. Sixty-five years later, on April 11, 2010, several of the surviving boys from Block 66 returned to Buchenwald. Kinderblock 66 tells their story. Cohen will introduce the film and answer questions afterward. The film is co-sponsored by 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Harrington School of Communication and Media.<\/p>\n


\nShabbat Service and Dinner with RI Holocaust Survivors, Friday, April 12, 5:30 p.m.: Prepared by students, the service will include Holocaust survivors who will speak about their experiences. A dinner will be served and students will have the opportunity to visit with the survivors and ask questions. Staff and board members of the Holocaust Education and Resource Center of RI will also attend. The dinner, at Hillel, is open to Jewish and non-Jewish students and members of the University and general community. Reservations are required and may be made by calling 401-874-2740 or visiting www.uri.hillel.org.<\/p>\n


\nRemoval of Flags, Lunch and Yom HaZikaron (Israel Memorial Day), 1 p.m., Sunday, April 14: At week\u2019s end, students will gather to remove the flags they planted the week before and reflect on the week\u2019s events.<\/p>\n


\nFor more information, please contact Sabrina Brotons at sabrina_brotons@my.uri.edu or call Hillel at 401-874-2740. The events are funded, in part, by the Fela and David Shapell Foundation and the 溏心vlog免费B站 Student Affairs Diversity Fund.<\/p>\n


\nPhotos courtesy of the Hillel Center<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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