These are the kinds of sayings that accompany many Holocaust Remembrance Days. The Holocaust is a subject that everyone has encountered in different ways, whether they know or have met a survivor and have personally heard the stories, or whether they only learned about it from between the lines of history books.
Members of Jewish Student Association, in conjunction with other campus organizations, have been working to plan a week to help American University students truly remember.
Starting Sunday, April 15th with a co-sponsored kick off event with Students for Darfur, the week is filled with incredibly promising learning opportunities for all, and a way to remember, together. More detailed information will be spread around campus closer to the event, but tentatively speaking, the week should hold events such as a Holocaust Denial Speaker on Monday, April 16th, along with a Name Reading and an art exhibit all day on Tuesday, April 17th. Wednesday will be movie day, with carefully chosen films regarding the Holocaust and Thursday is a poetry reading in Davenport Coffee Lounge. On Friday, April 20th, there will be a field trip to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, which is a great opportunity, especially for anyone who has never been, to experience and learn about this history in a more direct way. Saturday, April 21st will hold the Gift of Life event, where people can volunteer to discover whether they are a match to donate skin, tissue, or bone to help an injury and quite literally, give the gift of life. The week will close with a Havdallah service in Kay. Anyone and everyone is welcome at these events, no matter how much or how little you know of the Holocaust. This week should help everyone to learn more about an incredibly sensitive and emotional subject, and to keep remembering.