The necessity of moral action – Shalom Magazine for High Holidays 5775 (Sept, 14)

Kristallnacht is no longer just a dark memory in the world’s history, that night when evil emerged as a force that was not thwarted before it was too late.Destruction of synagogues and Jewish-owned stores, deaths of over a hundred and the expulsion of thousands, were encountered by the world’s silence. (Nov 9th 1938, ‘the night of broken …

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Kristallnacht – Night of Broken Glass (speech given 2013)

The source of the name Kristallnacht, is the failure of the world to prevent the worst crime in history that man ever committed against his fellow man. Let me explain: During the night between the 9th and the 10th of November 1938, a so called ‘spontaneous’ pogrom started in the streets of Germany.    During this …

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