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How this Jewish day school teaches students about the Holocaust

JL;DR SUMMARY Ramaz Middle School in Manhattan has incorporated a unique Holocaust library within Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun, highlighting the importance of Holocaust education with deep ties to Jewish cultural heritage. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Yiddish LiteratureJewish HeritageHolocaust EducationYom HashoahJewish ContinuityCongregation Kehilath JeshurunCultural MemoryHolocaust LibraryPre War Jewish LifeRamaz Middle School

Places mentioned

New York, United States
"That synagogue is Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun (KJ), a large Modern Orthodox shul on Manhattans East Side."
Amherst, Massachusetts, United States
"before he began working at the library. It was a pleasant surprise to discover some Yiddish volumes amid the Ramaz Holocaust education library at KJ, Dr. Kokin said."
Vilnius, Vilnius County, Lithuania
"Entitled Vilna, mein Vilna the book is by Abraham Karpinowitz, a Yiddish writer whose stories depict everyday life, including those of Jewish criminals, in pre-war Vilna."
Poland
"Lucite panels, resembling shattered glass, intersect the map and converge on the six major Nazi death camps in Poland, representing the convergence of Jews from all over Europe in the Final Solution."
Lithuania
"the Lithuanian Talmudist known as the Vilna Gaon;"

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