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Upstanders 101
One of the things I find most rewarding as an educator is when a student finally “gets it” – that moment when the eyes light up with understanding, the face animates, and the person becomes truly engaged in the lesson. This holds true whether I am teaching language...
Candle and Chronicle Newsletter January 2026
“That was the most powerful Holocaust program I’ve ever attended.” A gentleman who attended one of our in-person programs in December sent this comment to Tanya, who organized the program. You can’t ask for better feedback than that. [Redirects to Mailchimp]
Innocent Words, Deadly Meanings: How Language Enabled the Holocaust
“Words can be like tiny doses of arsenic: they are swallowed unnoticed, yet they accumulate their poison over time.”[1] In the early 1930s, Victor Klemperer noticed a change in how words were being used in Germany. Klemperer was a professor of linguistics at the...
Upstanders 101
One of the things I find most rewarding as an educator is when a student finally “gets it” – that moment when the eyes light up with understanding, the face animates, and the person becomes truly engaged in the lesson. This holds true whether I am teaching language...
Candle and Chronicle Newsletter January 2026
“That was the most powerful Holocaust program I’ve ever attended.” A gentleman who attended one of our in-person programs in December sent this comment to Tanya, who organized the program. You can’t ask for better feedback than that. [Redirects to Mailchimp]
Innocent Words, Deadly Meanings: How Language Enabled the Holocaust
“Words can be like tiny doses of arsenic: they are swallowed unnoticed, yet they accumulate their poison over time.”[1] In the early 1930s, Victor Klemperer noticed a change in how words were being used in Germany. Klemperer was a professor of linguistics at the...
Memories and Stories That Continue
Growing up in Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia), I was always mesmerized by a black and white portrait in my maternal grandparents’ bedroom. It showed a gorgeous young woman with her head tilted slightly toward her shoulder, her subtle smile brightening her face. This was...
Upstanders 101
One of the things I find most rewarding as an educator is when a student finally “gets it” – that moment when the eyes light up with understanding, the face animates, and the person becomes truly engaged in the lesson. This holds true whether I am teaching language...
The Memories Of Holocaust Survivors are Being Shared in a Place Where Few Holocaust Survivors Remain
In Arkansas, where Holocaust survivors are rare, eight young adults have become keepers and tellers of survivors’ stories. “I promise to keep your memory and tell your story.” One by one, eight storytellers stand in front of a Holocaust survivor and make this promise. [redirects to L’Chaim Magazine]
Candle and Chronicle Newsletter December 2025
Happy Hannukah! A year ago, we added Jenna Price to our team to run our Storyteller Bureau. Jenna helps the storytellers find venues to tell their stories to the community. In the last year, she more than doubled the number of programs we offered. [Redirects to Mailchimp]
Navigating the role of bystander: What can we do?
I am beginning to sympathize with the people of the 1930s – the people we describe as indifferent bystanders. I am also beginning to recognize that their stories are much too complicated for us to use the word indifferent. [Redirects to the Times of Israel]
Candle and Chronicle Newsletter January 2026
“That was the most powerful Holocaust program I’ve ever attended.” A gentleman who attended one of our in-person programs in December sent this comment to Tanya, who organized the program. You can’t ask for better feedback than that. [Redirects to Mailchimp]
Innocent Words, Deadly Meanings: How Language Enabled the Holocaust
“Words can be like tiny doses of arsenic: they are swallowed unnoticed, yet they accumulate their poison over time.”[1] In the early 1930s, Victor Klemperer noticed a change in how words were being used in Germany. Klemperer was a professor of linguistics at the...
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