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Lessons of the Holocaust

By hdilman | January 27, 2011

Today is International Holocaust day, but I wonder what is the point of such a day? I suppose it’s appropriate to have a set date for the world to remember the Holocaust. Instituted by the UN in 2007, its purpose was to remember “the Holocaust, which resulted in the murder of one third of the…

Yiddish Dies at Maryland

By Judah Gross | January 27, 2011

It was once the mother tongue of Jewish households across Europe. Now, Yiddish courses will not even exist at the University of Maryland, home to over 6,500 Jewish students. Yiddish professors and students reflect on the decline of the “mamaloshn” on campus.