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Statement by Jewish Voice for Peace of Northern NJ on International Holocaust Remembrance Day

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Auschwitz was liberated 80 years ago on January 27th, the date established by the United Nations as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. We join with people around the world in memorializing the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust and the many others murdered by the Nazis. As Jews we know how important this solidarity has… Continue Reading Statement by Jewish Voice for Peace of Northern NJ on International Holocaust Remembrance Day

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A Message to the Residents of New Jersey from Northern NJ JVP

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Recently, the Northern New Jersey chapter of JVP submitted the following letter to all members of the state’s Senate and Assembly, requesting that they reject an invitation to visit Israel in January 2024. Please take a few moments to read that letter and the attached links. January 28, 2024 More than two weeks have passed… Continue Reading A Message to the Residents of New Jersey from Northern NJ JVP

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Reflections on Holocaust Remembrance Day

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I am the grandchild of Jews who fled Central Europe before the Holocaust, leaving behind siblings and parents who died in concentration camps. My grandmother Helen was the lone survivor of twelve siblings—an unimaginable loss. On every International Holocaust Remembrance Day, I reflect on what it was like to lose eleven siblings, though I cannot… Continue Reading Reflections on Holocaust Remembrance Day

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