History should be studied because history tends to repeat itself. By studying history we can learn from things in the past and how to stop them before they happen. One example of this, is the Holocaust. I believe we should...
I believed in being unruly ever since I could read. To believe and to participate are two separate spheres, you know. Although the voice of a young Anne Frank spoke to me on a profound level, I didn’t consider myself...
I suffered a lot while being incarcerated in five enforced labor and concentration camps during the Holocaust. I derived many lessons; one of them has been that: Stereotyping is unjustified - Painting any ethnic group with the same brush is...
This is what I believe, exists everywhere I may go. Whether it is on my way to school, or walking to a friend’s house, it is everywhere. Evil can not be eradicated from this earth, but we, as a society,...
As I grew up, I came to accept the fact that people in Burundi and Rwanda died like flies. What I never accepted was WHY, because I knew in my heart that the Hutu/Tutsi mumble jumble was not the real...
I read a story recently that I haven’t been able to get out of my head. It was a reporter’s dispatch from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. A woman was talking about what had led her to open a...
It smelled of death. The killings had taken place long before, many people had come and gone, but I could smell it. Death and smog, it’s the kind of thing you can’t wash from your brain, the thing that stays...
Nazi occupation forced Czech-born film impresario Hugo Haas to flee his homeland. After living in America for 13 years, Haas explored his beliefs, which ranged from his desire to embrace life to his gratitude to God for the gifts of nature, art and friendship.
I beleive remembering keeps this World go round. I believe we learn from remembering and we teach from remembering. It could be as simple as remembering to feed the dog before mom gets home so the poor pet could have...