Shattered Glass, Shattered Lives

On November 9th we marked the anniversary of Kristallnacht 1938, a night of breaking glass, as Nazis and their supporters stormed into synagogues, Jewish homes and shops destroying buildings and lives. We joined in prayer, meditation, music and heard from survivors of the Holocaust and other genocides as we kindled light and created art as an offering of hope and renewal.

Witnesses to history and injustice lit memorial candles for the Six Million Jews murdered in the Holocaust:

Susette Tauber and Herta Shriner
Neha Patel, Class of 2014
Anoid (Anna) Ndamba, Class of 2014
Sokha Khieu, Class of 2014
Robert Jackson, Class of 2012
Dona Beavers

Click here for a copy of the evening program, which includes the stories from Susette Tauber and Herta Shriner, witnesses to Kristallnacht and survivors of the Holocaust.

Pianist:  Dr. Hugh Hinton
Soloist for “Eli, Eli”:  Bethany Emerson, Class of 2012
Glass Artist:  Gloria Bensch

Made possible by a generous grant from Roberta Braverman

 As part of our Annual Commemoration of the Holocaust, we also presented:

“The Courage to Remember”
 The Simon Wiesenthal Center’s exhibit on the Nazi Holocaust

The Courage to Remember educational poster collection was donated to McQuade Library by Dr. Max and Prof. Hilda Perlitsh.

“It’s America’s Job to Police the World”
 In the face of genocide the world keeps saying “Never Again” …again and again and again
An Oxford Union Style Debate with arguments For and Against the position

Hosted by students in “War & Peace: Religious Perspectives” (RTS3850 Honors/Prof. Mark Allman)

“Present Memories: Six Survivors of the Holocaust”
Documentary film produced by the Holocaust Center, Boston North Inc.

Many thanks to Kevin Salemme, Director Media Instructional Services, McQuade Library, for his support of this annual program.

 DVD is available through the McQuade Library, thanks to the generosity of the Braverman-Casey Memorial Fund for Library Resources in Jewish-Christian-Muslim Relations.

Rabbi Margaret Frisch Klein is a graduate of the Academy for Jewish Religion. She serves as the principal of Congregation Beth Israel in Andover, MA. She is a past president of the Greater Lowell Interfaith Leadership Alliance and its book group meets monthly at her home. She has been involved in interfaith dialogue since college. She was the high holiday rabbi in Hamlin Germany, where the music of Kol Nidre moved her to tears. She is a mikveh guide and educator at Mayyim Hayyim in Newton and she blogs as the Energizer Rabbi.