Posts by vcoleman3 | Today at Elon | 福利亚洲国产精品 /u/news Fri, 29 May 2026 15:17:18 -0400 en-US hourly 1 Yom HaShoah – 'Remembrance and Resistance' /u/news/2018/04/05/yom-hashoah-remembrance-and-resistance/ Thu, 05 Apr 2018 20:25:00 +0000 /u/news/2018/04/05/yom-hashoah-remembrance-and-resistance/ Elon will join with other colleges and community organizations across the United States in simultaneous staged readings as part of the National Jewish Theater Foundation’s Holocaust Theater International Initiative Remembrance Readings 2018.

Organized by Kim Shively, assistant professor of performing arts, and Sara Wasserman. Please join us on April 12, 2018 from 2:30 to 3:30 pm.

This event is organized by Elon Jewish Studies and Hillel, and is cosponsored by the Department of History and Geography, the office of the Dean of the College of Arts and Science, and the Center for the Study of Religion, Culture, and Society.

]]> Yom HaShoah – 'The Reading of the Names' /u/news/2018/04/05/yom-hashoah-the-reading-of-the-names/ Thu, 05 Apr 2018 20:20:00 +0000 /u/news/2018/04/05/yom-hashoah-the-reading-of-the-names/ In cities across the world, Jews will gather to read aloud the names of Jews killed in the Holocaust. Every community has a different list. Elon will join this tradition to emphasize the depth of loss by reading the names of Holocaust victims each accompanied by a year and location one after another. We encourage members of the Elon community to participate in this act of remembrance by signing up online for a 10-minute time slot of reading from books of names of those who perished in the Shoah.

Please join us on April 12, 2018 from 10:30am – 2:30 pm.

This event is organized by Elon Jewish Studies and Hillel, and is cosponsored by the Department of History and Geography, the office of the Dean of the College of Arts and Science, and the Center for the Study of Religion, Culture, and Society.

 

]]> Yom HaShoah Ceremony of Remembrance /u/news/2018/04/05/yom-hashoah-ceremony-of-remembrance/ Thu, 05 Apr 2018 19:55:00 +0000 /u/news/2018/04/05/yom-hashoah-ceremony-of-remembrance/ We will gather to commemorate the lives of those who died as a result of the racial purity measures in German-controlled Europe during World War II and to remind the public of the terrible deeds that can be carried out when bigotry, hatred, and indifference are regarded as normal.

Please join us on April 12, 2018 from 9:50 – 10:20 am.

This event is organized by Elon Jewish Studies and Hillel, and is cosponsored by the Department of History and Geography, the office of the Dean of the College of Arts and Science, and the Center for the Study of Religion, Culture, and Society.

]]> 'Memories of Early Childhood Under the Nazi Regime' event – April 12 /u/news/2018/04/05/memories-of-early-childhood-under-the-nazi-regime-event-april-12/ Thu, 05 Apr 2018 19:20:00 +0000 /u/news/2018/04/05/memories-of-early-childhood-under-the-nazi-regime-event-april-12/ The Elon community is invited to Whitley Auditorium at 6 p.m. on April 12 for the Yom HaShaoh event “Memories of Early Childhood Under the Nazi Regime.” Local Holocaust Survivors and Cousins Shelly Weiner & Rachel Kizhnerman will share their story of survival with the Elon community. 

The program will include an introduction by Andrea A. Sinn, assistant professor of history and director of the Jewish Studies Program, a film screening of “Return to Rivne: A Holocaust Story” and a conversation with a question and answer session moderated by Director of Hillel Betsy Polk. 

Please arrive promptly and plan on staying until the program concludes about 7:30 p.m.

 

 

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