64 | APRIL 21 • 2022 

Nice to see you again.
Members of CHAIM 
(Children of Holocaust - 
Survivors Association In 
Michigan) relished their first 
in-person opportunity to be 
together since 2020 when 
CHAIM hosted a re-opening 
event, attended by 25, at The 
Zekelman Holocaust Center 
(HC) in Farmington Hills.
Feiga Weiss, HC’s librarian 
and archivist, lectured March 
27 on “Discovering Our Roots.” 
She brought handouts and 
non-circulating reference books 
from the library.
“So many people asked 
good questions about how to 
find information to search for 
their family’s roots before the 
Holocaust and also about fam-

ily members who perished,” 
said Dr. Charles Silow, CHAIM 
co-president with Sandra Silver. 
“Feiga educated us on the latest 
websites.”
Silow founded CHAIM 
in 1979 to give children of 
Holocaust survivors “a sense of 
comfort and belonging.” 
The museum’s meeting 
rooms display “Portraits of 
Honor,” a CHAIM-initiated 
project. Anyone connected to 
a Michigan Holocaust survivor 
may have the person’s photo-
graph included, with wartime 
information added to a data-
base. 

CHAIM dues are $18 annually. For infor-

mation, email CHAIM2gen@gmail.com or 

visit the CHAIM Facebook page.

Teachers are often the unsung 
heroes who inspire our chil-
dren to greater heights and 
whose lessons often last a 
lifetime. The Jewish News wants 
to honor the best-of-the-best 
teachers in our community 
— in elementary, middle and 
high school. To nominate a 
Jewish teacher or a teacher at 
one of Metro Detroit’s Jewish 

day schools, send an email to 
jheadapohl@thejewishnews.
com with “Best Teachers” in 
the subject line. Include the 
teacher’s name, school, grade/
subject and why you think 
they deserve to be recognized. 
Then look for our “Educators 
of the Year” in the May 19, 
Cap & Gown issue. 

(JTA) — Canada is set to outlaw 
Holocaust denial, a move that 
has the backing of the govern-
ing Liberal Party government 
coalition and the opposition 
Conservative Party.
The CTV reported that lan-
guage adding Holocaust denial 
to the criminal code is in the 
must-pass government budget.
Coalition officials cast the 
change as consistent with exist-
ing Canadian laws criminalizing 
incitement to hatred and pro-
motion of genocide.
“There is no place for 
antisemitism and Holocaust 
denial in Canada,
” Marco 

Mendicino, the public safety 
minister, told CTV
.
“That’s why we’ve pledged 
to prohibit the willful promo-
tion of antisemitism through 
condoning, denying or down-
playing the Holocaust. The 
Holocaust was one of the dark-
est chapters in human history. 
We must preserve its memory, 
combat contemporary antisem-
itism and be unequivocal when 
we say: never again.
”
Canada joins a number of 
European nations, including 
Germany, that have criminal-
ized Holocaust denial. 

Michigan Supreme Court 
Justice Richard Bernstein, 
County Prosecutor David 
Leyton, Sheriff Chris Swanson 
and Flint Mayor Sheldon 
Neely recognized the Rebbe’s 
influence in bringing educa-
tion and morality to the fore-
front of public discourse on 
the Rebbe’s 120th birthday.
They proclaimed April 12, 
2022. to be “Education and 
Sharing Day, Genesee County” 
and “Education and Sharing 
Day, Flint” in recognition of 
the crucial importance of ethi-
cal and moral education. 
Education and Sharing Day 
will bring to the forefront the 
importance of morality in edu-
cation, a cause championed by 

the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem 
Mendel Schneerson, of righ-
teous memory. For more than 
40 years, presidents, houses 
of congress and local gov-
ernments have recognized 
the date corresponding to 
the Rebbe’s birthday on the 
Jewish calendar as Education 
and Sharing Day, honoring an 
individual who brought educa-
tion to the forefront of public 
discourse.
In keeping with the Rebbe’s 
lifetime goals and teachings, 
local, state and federal govern-
ments are issuing proclama-
tions recognizing the need to 
teach moral and ethical values 
to our youth. 

CHAIM members relished the chance to meet in person.

CHAIM Welcomes 
People Back

JN Educator Awards

Canada Set to Outlaw Holocaust Denial

The City of Flint and Genesee County 
Marked ‘Education Day’

ESTHER ALLWEISS INGBER, CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The proclamation is 
signed in Genesee 
County.

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