MSU Memorializes-
Holocaust Victims
Special events will be held at
Michigan State University during
the first two weeks in April in mem-
ory of the Holocaust.
As part of the commemoration,
Laurence Baron, professor of history
and director of the Lipinsky Center
for Judaic Studies at San Diego
State University, will speak on
"Dynamics of Decency: Why
`Righteous Gentiles' Rescued Jews
Durifig the Holocaust." He will
speak at 7 p.m. Sunday, April 2, at
the University Lutheran Church,
East Lansing.
On Tuesday, April 4, the award-
winning play Remnants will be per-
formed at 7:30 p.m. in 334 Case
Hall at MSU. The author, Henry
Greenspan of the University of
Michigan, will perform the play
that is a result of two decades of
conversations between himself and
Holocaust survivors.
Omer Bartov, professor of history
at Rutgers University and an inter-
national scholar on the Holocaust,
will present the David and Sarah
Rabin Memorial Lecture at 8 p.m.
Thursday, April 13, in the MSU
Union. Bartov is the author of
Kere is a chance to make a real difference, to get involved in this com-
munity wide effort. Last year's program brought together 350 families
who opened their homes and hearts to their fellow Jews. People in
need of a seder dinner with their Mispacha!
Libby and I want to thank all who participated in 1999 and invite
more families this year to enjoy the mitzvah of "Hachnaset Orchim" -
the welcoming of guests at your seder table. We were all slaves in
Egypt and many people from the former Soviet Union have left slavery
in their lifetimes to come to America.
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Mirrors of Destruction: War,
Genocide, and Modern Identity and
is the editor of The Holocaust:
Origins, Implementation, and
Aftermath. The 2000 Awards for
Student Achievement in Jewish
Studies will be presented at the
Lecture.
MSU's Jewish Studies Program
will offer the second annual
"Michigan Teachers Workshop on
Holocaust Education" on Friday,
April 14. The one-day, invitational
program will be conducted by
Holocaust scholars, including Omer
Bartov; Henry Greenspan,
University of Michigan; Sidney
Bolkosky, University of Michigan;
Dearborn; and MSU's Steve
Weiland and Kenneth Waltzer.
The workshop provides a forum
for Michigan high school teachers
and college professors.
Both the play and the lectures are
free and open to the public. The
teachers' workshop is by invitation
only.
For information, call the MSU
Jewish Studies Program, (517) 432-
3493.
Join with Congregation Shaarey Zedek Mens Club and Yad Ezra to
make this a year to remember. If you have room for a family
(or if you need/want a place to go),
call us at our home phone, 248 851 0925.
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Tell us your name, address, phone number, how many guests you can
accomodate (or are coming) and which seder you can either
host/attend. Thanks again for caring and sharing!
Chag Samayach from our family to yours.
Andy and Libby Beider
P.S. If you can't for some reason host a family but want to participate in feeding the hungry, don't
forget Maos Chitim—Kosher Passover- food packages. Checks should be made payable to Yad Ezra.
Le Shana Habaah Be Yerushalim.
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