Word: holocaust
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...intellectuals of my generation--the generation shaped by Martin Luther King's humanistic civil rights tradition--remain firm in our disgust for racist behavior, whether perpetrated as anti-Black racism or anti-Semitic racism. Somebody among the African-American students at Brandeis--a university founded in part by Holocaust survivors--ought to have enough understanding of Dr. King's humanistic legacy to come forth, boldly, and denounce Black History Month invitations to anti-Semites...
...Holocaust remembrance should be a living thing, something that makes us see the world around us, not merely look back. The true spirit of Holocaust remembrance is vigilance. Yet it is that vigilance that is missing across the country, and within Harvard Yard...
Students here are on the whole intelligent, humane people, who know about and care about the Holocaust. Yet the war in Bosnia is considered something obscure and distant...
There is little sense, or justification, in trying to convince people that the Holocaust and the genocide in Bosnia are identical; they're not. But if Bosnia does not fit into the solemn declaration of "never again," what does...
...most eloquent of all Holocaust survivors, Elie Wiesel, made his feelings on the subject clear. In the midst of his speech at the dedication of the Holocaust museum, he turned to President Bill Clinton, who sat nearby...