http://www.americangathering.com The Voice of the American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors and their Descendants Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:13:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 'Anyone can be moral, even under the worst of circumstances' By Heather Robinson Tuesday, October 14th 2008, 11:29 PM Roman Kent helps gentiles who saved the lives of Jews during the Holocaust. Lombard for News Roman Kent helps gentiles who saved the lives of Jews during the Holocaust. When his children were small, they would ... http://www.americangathering.com/2008/10/15/3583/ny-daily-news-anyone-can-be-moral-even-under-the-worst-of-circumstances/ Tuesday, October 07, 2008 9:56 AM Symbols: II (Source: Chicago Tribune)JERUSALEM _ Yad Vashem, Israel's Holocaust memorial, launched an Arabic Web site this year to combat Holocaust denial in the Arab world. Because the Nazi extermination of European Jews during World War II spurred the establishment of Israel, many Arabs ... http://www.americangathering.com/2008/10/13/3581/chicago-tribune-arab-e-mails-about-the-holocaust-range-from-empathetic-to-critical/ KRISTALLNACHT PROGRAM IN FOREST HILLS TO FEATURE NOTED AUTHOR ON HOLOCAUST RESCUERS Kristallnacht, often marked as the first event of the Holocaust, will be remembered on Tuesday, November 11, at 1:30 p.m.. at the Central Queens YM & YWHA in Forest Hills, with a talk by Pullitzer Prize ... http://www.americangathering.com/2008/10/13/3578/psych-expert-2g-pioneer-dr-eva-fogelman-to-speak-in-forest-hills/ Embracing the Past to Build the Future: A Conference for Children of Holocaust Survivors and Their Families, which will be held on Sunday, November 16, 2008 from 1:15 - 5:00 pm at the Jewish Community Center of Paramus, E.304 Midland Ave in Paramus NJ. The Keynote presentation is Sixty Four ... http://www.americangathering.com/2008/10/13/3576/bergen-county-conference-10162008/ Dear Teachers: Only a few seats remain for our teacher workshop on October 17, 2008, that will prepare you and your students to attend our exhibit:The Exhibit: A Journey to Life. On Sunday, March 15, 2009, the opening of The Exhibit: A Journey to Life at the Monmouth Museum in Lincroft, ... http://www.americangathering.com/2008/10/13/3574/last-call-for-teachers-conference-in-nj-on-101708/ By JENNIFER LEBOVICH jlebovich@MiamiHerald.com Joan Lefkowitz knows her parents and two of her sisters perished in Nazi concentration camps during World War II. She and other family members were lucky. They survived. But the fate of her older brother, Alexander Braun, has gnawed at her for a large part of her 86 years. The ... http://www.americangathering.com/2008/10/13/3572/miami-herald-its-files-a-godsend/ Senator promises to assert diplomatic muscle Boston City Councilor Mike Ross had always admired U.S. Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts. But when Ross presented the issue of Lithuanian Jews being prosecuted by the country's government for resisting pro-Nazi forces during World War II, he was startled by the senator's response. more. ShareThis http://www.americangathering.com/2008/10/13/3570/jeiwsh-advocate-kerry-to-aid-against-lithuaninan-attacks-on-survivors/ Bucharest - Romania will press ahead with plans for a national Holocaust memorial, Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu said Monday. Tariceanu said work would soon commence at the site in the centre of Bucharest, the capital, to commemorate some 400,000 Romanian Jews and Roma killed under a Nazi-allied ... http://www.americangathering.com/2008/10/13/3568/romania-to-build-holocaust-memorial/ Efforts to help Israel's Holocaust survivors live out their final years in dignity should happen the whole year around and not just on certain Jewish holidays, the newly founded Association for Immediate Help to Holocaust Survivors urged this week. "We want the people of Israel to join us in making ... http://www.americangathering.com/2008/10/13/3566/jpost-new-charity-aids-survivors-in-israel-fueled-with-private-funds/ Israel Arbiter in Boston Survivor Panel at Vanderbilt University Dr. Adam Broner, New Jersey Gerda Weisman Klein in Dallas Rosalie Simon, Margate, NJ Eva Brown, Los Angeles, CA Lady Milena Grenfell-Baines, Lancashire, UK Martin Spett, New York and here Elie Wiesel in Illinois Bella Friedman, Los Angeles, CA ShareThis http://www.americangathering.com/2008/10/13/3564/survivors-speak/