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Students mark 80th anniversary of Night of Broken Glass
In Berlin, Jewish Students Remember Kristallnacht - Some 30 students at the Jewish Traditional School in Berlin joined Rabbi Yehuda Teichtel of Chabad of Berlin to light candles and sing prayers in German and Hebrew. They lit 6 candles for the 6 million Jews killed by the Nazis during the Holocaust. "The answer to evil in the past is to educate our children for a future of light and goodness," he said.
The memorial marks the 80th anniversary of Kristallnacht, in the city from which the Holocaust was planned and implemented.
The night of November 9th 1938 became known as the Night of Broken Glass, for the streets of Germany and Austria glistened with the glass of thousands of shattered windows. Thugs led by Hitler's men vandalized and burned thousands of Jewish-owned business, synagogues, schools and community center. Hundreds of Jews were killed and approximately 30,000 Jewish men were sent to concentration camps. (Photo credit: AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
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- A Testament to the Rebbe's Exhaustive and Far-Reaching ScholarshipFor most readers, the fascinating meanderings and careful reconciliations of apparently contradictory details will obscure the big insight that brackets the Rebbe’s writing: the “theory of everything”—the profound unity that pervades all of Torah thought. Block carefully prunes the Rebbe’s winding tendrils of thought to help the reader see the recurring themes in the Rebbe’s writings.Dr. Chana Silberstein | Tuesday, January 15
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- Amos Oz And The Rabbi of RivneFour years ago, Amos Oz began an unlikely friendship with the Chabad representative to Rivne (Rovno), Ukraine.Baila Olidort | Wednesday, January 2
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