Tag: Memphis Holocaust survivors

  • Degradation and Dehumanization of Jews During the Holocaust

    Degradation and Dehumanization of Jews During the Holocaust

    Memphis Jewish Federation’s 8th Annual Holocaust Art and Essay Competition drew an unprecedented 87 essay entries and 85 art entries from students in Tennessee and the Mid-South. This year’s theme was Degradation and Dehumanization: The Nazi Assault on Human Dignity. The contest was sponsored by the Memphis Commissioners of the…

  • Subhuman

    Subhuman

    Memphis Jewish Federation’s 8th Annual Holocaust Art and Essay Competition drew an unprecedented 87 essay entries and 85 art entries from students in Tennessee and the Mid-South. This year’s theme was Degradation and Dehumanization: The Nazi Assault on Human Dignity. The contest was sponsored by the Memphis Commissioners of the…

  • How is Genocide Justified?

    How is Genocide Justified?

    Memphis Jewish Federation’s 8th Annual Holocaust Art and Essay Competition drew an unprecedented 87 essay entries and 85 art entries from students in Tennessee and the Mid-South. This year’s theme was Degradation and Dehumanization: The Nazi Assault on Human Dignity. The contest was sponsored by the Memphis Commissioners of the…

  • Yom HaShoah 2017- Monday April 24 in the Belz Social Hall, MJCC

    Yom HaShoah 2017- Monday April 24 in the Belz Social Hall, MJCC

    (Photos from Yom HaShoah 2016, Steve Conroy- photographer) Laura Linder, President and CEO of Jewish Community Partners (JCP), announced this week that the Memphis Jewish community is invited to attend JCP’s 55th annual Yom HaShoah observance, featuring Better Together’s Names, Not Numbers program. The event will honor Holocaust survivors living…

  • The Impact of Better Together’s Names, Not Numbers

    The Impact of Better Together’s Names, Not Numbers

    The 55th Annual Yom HaShoah Community Observance will feature a film produced by students at the Margolin Hebrew Academy/Feinstone Yeshiva of the South (MHA/FYOS), who have spent this year interviewing local Holocaust survivors.  The students’ work is a part of Better Together’s Names, Not Numbers program, an interactive, multi-media Holocaust…

  • Captain Ben Schaffer: Eyewitness to Horror

    Captain Ben Schaffer: Eyewitness to Horror

    The letter below was written by Captain (Dr.) Ben Schaffer to his wife Fagie Schaffer while he was in Austria at the end of World War II as one of the first medical staff to enter Mauthausen concentration camp. Captain Schaffer, a dentist serving in the medical corps of the…