Together We Remember

The Occasional Symphony opened the program with a short performance in the Lloyd Street Synagogue.
The Occasional Symphony opened the program with a short performance in the Lloyd Street Synagogue.

This past Sunday, the JMM was privileged to host a community gathering in the Lloyd Street Synagogue dedicated to honoring and commemorating the victims of genocide and mass atrocities worldwide.  #TogetherWeRemember is a global initiative that sponsors the readings of the names of victims as a means towards compiling the first comprehensive digital memorial to the victims of genocide. Founded by David Estrin while he was still a student at Duke University in 2013 as a way of honoring his grandparents, each of whom survived the Holocaust, the JMM was honored to participate in this event.

David Estrin and Senator Ben Cardin begin the reading of names.
David Estrin and Senator Ben Cardin begin the reading of names.

Over the course of two hours, community members took turns reading names of victims of such atrocities as the Armenian Genocide, the Holocaust, the Rwandan Genocide, the Argentinian Dirty War, and the conflicts in Darfur, South Sudan and Syrian. What a powerful way to make connections between our current exhibit on display, Remembering Auschwitz: History, Holocaust, Humanity to other historical and contemporary events and served as a reminder that sadly the Holocaust was not the first, nor the last instance of genocide.

Readers
Readers

We are grateful to David Estrin and to the many participants and attendees at Sunday’s program – including Senator Ben Cardin and Delegates Shelly Hettleman and Dana Stein – for helping us to remember the lives of those lost.

Participants left meaningful notes
Participants left meaningful notes

deborahA blog post by Deputy Director Deborah Cardin. To read more posts from Deborah click HERE.

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