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Holocaust Memorial Day 2013 – Sunday 27 January

At the LJS we’re holding an programme of music and poetry by Viktor Ullmann on Sunday 27th January 2013, 7pm for Holocaust Memorial Day. Viktor Ullmann was born in 1898 and studied under Schoenberg and he developed his own unique style. In 1942 Ullmann was deported to Terezin where he Read more…

By rabbinj, 8 years ago

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Jewish People, Jewish Texts, Jewish Homeland: Red Chairs

Jewish People, Jewish Texts, Jewish Homeland: Red Chairs. The enormity of the Shoah still feels, and I hope will always feel, utterly incomprehensible. My teacher, Jonathan Boyd, wrote this reflective piece. It’s already one week since Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Memorial Day in the Jewish calendar) and I’m deeply aware that Read more…

By rabbinj, 9 years ago