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US Troops in Iraq host Days of Remembrance Ceremony
featuring CLAL's Janet R. Kirchheimer's Poetry
As
part of a Days of Remembrance memorial service, Janet R. Kirchheimer’s
poems “Town Hall” and
“Breaking Laws” were read at a Multi National
Forces
service on May 2, at U.S. Army Camp Victory in
Bagdad, Iraq. Her
work
highlights her father’s arrest and deportation to Dachau on
Kristallnacht
(Night
of Broken Glass), which is this year’s memorial theme. The
request to
use her poetry was made by a Major
stationed in Bagdad, who found her
poems
online and whose life was touched by the Shoah early on.
We received video of the ceremony, a program and a heartfelt thank you.
View the Days of Remembrance
poetry reading.
(REAL VIDEO)
See the
Days of Remembrance
program cover, click
here.
See the
Days of Remembrance poster, click
here
Read the beautiful note written to Ms.
Kirchheimer on behalf of the 160,000+ US
Service Members serving in Iraq.
How
to Spot One of Us
by Janet R. Kirchheimer,
is a collection of poetry inspired by
Ms. Kirchheimer's family's tragedy in the Holocaust. The daughter of
survivors, she
evokes images of the unimaginable while sharing her legacy of love and
compassion,
creating an
inspiring resource for all. Ms. Kirchheimer is a CLAL Teaching Fellow,
as well as Executive Assistant to the President.
To obtain a copy of
How to Spot One of Us,
go to the CLAL Store.
Other CLAL Holocaust resources:
Remember
for Life, edited by Rabbi Brad
Hirschfield, a compilation of stories from
survivors
of the Shoah published by The Jewish Publication Society, is
designed to be read
as a beautiful addition to the weekly Torah portion or as a stand alone
story teaching us
to
celebrate life and honor
memory in a new way. The volume presents the lessons of the
past as a
resource for living
more fully.
To obtain a copy of
Remember for Life, go to the
CLAL store.
NIGHTWORDS,
a powerful, emotionally charged liturgy for Yom Hashoah, weaves both
ancient and modern texts to create an unforgettable community ritual. It
speaks across
the generations and is among the most compelling spiritual responses of our time
to the
Holocaust.
To obtain a copy of "Nightwords:
A Liturgy for Yom Hashoah" compiled by David G. Roskies,
recorded by the CLAL faculty, David G. Roskies and Cantor Janet Leuchter, and
available on
audio cassette, go to the CLAL store.
To download the libretto at no cost, click
here.
www.clal.org
As
part of a Days of Remembrance memorial service, Janet R. Kirchheimer’s
poems “Town Hall” and