Few are left who survived the Holocaust, or those who broke open the death-camp doors and freed the condemned. It is up to us now to never again allow hatred and intolerance to drown out our humanity and respect for the lives of others.

Semitism, the world paused this week to reflect on the horrors of decades ago. International Holocaust Remembrance Day was observed today in New York. A special ceremony was held on Manhattan’s Upper East Side,

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