Equal Human Rights celebrated at Kristallnacht Remembrance in Keeneby: kdhalloranMon Nov 09, 2009 at 08:45:43 AM EST |
In the wake of the latest repeal for EQUALITY in MAINE as a basic HUMAN RIGHT, and has the world celebrates the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, tonight (MONDAY NOV 9) the Colonial Theatre in Keene, NH and the Cohen Center for Holocaust Studies will present KRISTALNACHT REMEMBRANCE at 7PM. Admission is FREE - just call the Colonial Theatre Box Office at 603/352-2033 to get on the list.
The remembrance helps the community to reflect upon and recognize a responsibility to act when human rights are violated. This year's remembrances features a keynote address by Rabbi Leo Trepp, the last living rabbi to have survived the Holocaust. As a young rabbi in Oldenburg, Germany, Rabbi Trepp witnessed the destructive terror of Kristallnacht. He was forced to flee Nazi Germany in 1938 and made his way to California, where he continued to work as a rabbi, eventually becoming a professor of Jewish theology and philosophy. He has been active in Jewish-Christian dialogue in Germany for decades. We can never forget the horror and absurdity when human beings continue to suffer oppression, bigotry, even murder from governments, courts, faiths, and unfettered majorities. EQUAL RIGHTS is a basic right recognized by the United Nations since its founding after the atrocities of World War II. America is not exempt from protecting these rights - slaves, women, and minorities of all kind are entitled to be included in the promise of equal rights under both domestic and international law. The work for equality is everyone's call, and the need to remember and fight in neverending. Remember, none of us are truly free is even one of us isn't free, too. |