Dear All,

I wrote the thesis for my first master’s degree on the Holocaust.  I have been teaching courses on the Holocaust and the history of European antisemitism for almost thirty years.  I was recently privileged to be a part of the activities around the Violins of Hope exhibit by giving the opening lecture at the UNC-Charlotte exhibit “Spots of Light: To Be a Woman in the Holocaust.”

You all know that remembering, honoring, and acknowledging this history is very important to me.  We are lucky to have the chance to remember merely by being together because our own congregation is blessed by the presence of Holocaust survivors Arthur and Ruth Kingberg.

I would very much like you all to invite you all to join with me in visiting the exhibit Violins of Hope at UNC-Charlotte Center City Building Gallery on April 22.  The exhibit includes 18 violins that tell stories of the Holocaust – its victims and survivors.  We may be making this trip as part of an interfaith experience with members of Davidson College Presbyterian Church.

We will meet at the gallery at 2 pm April 22.  Please RSVP to Rabbi.Thiede@or-olam.org by April 18 if you would like to be a part of this amazing trip.  Alan Coffman, one of our own, may be working as a docent there that very day!

Chag sameach to all,

Rabbi Barbara

Time: 2 pm
Date: April 22, 2012
Location: UNC-Charlotte Center City Building Gallery, 320 E. 9th Street