Dear Parents,
This Sunday we learned about the media coverage and other sources of information that was leaked to the world about the anti-Semitism and the German intention to annihilate Eastern European Jewry. We also discussed the American response to Hitler's Final Solution.
This Sunday we learned about the media coverage and other sources of information that was leaked to the world about the anti-Semitism and the German intention to annihilate Eastern European Jewry. We also discussed the American response to Hitler's Final Solution.
We learned about the St. Louis ship which was supposed to protect 900 or so Jews from death at the hands of the Nazis and how its occupants were denied entry to Cuba and the US only to be admitted by other European countries which were later occupied by Germany.
Then we spoke about our responsibilities to foreigners facing persecution and current perspectives on taking in refugees in the US. We discussed the balancing of taking care of Americans in need and foreigners and the challenges that arise with these issues. We kept the conversation factual and did not discuss the political issues at all.
Finally, we visited the maker space to make butterflies which will be displayed in CSZ for the DSO Defiant Requiem series.
Next Sunday, 3/26/17, we will meet at the Holocaust Museum in Farmington Hills for our lesson. There will be no 7th-grade class at the synagogue next Sunday, 3/26/17.
Best,
Morah Hollenberg
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