Saturday night is Yom Ha'Shoah

Saturday night is Yom Ha'Shoah, the annual day of remembrance of the Holocaust. Rabbi Stuart Altshuler of Congregation Eilat of Mission Viejo, CA wrote the following in his weekly message to the congregation:

This year saw the Denial of the Holocaust convocation in Tehran, Iran, an attempt on the part of the Iranian government, joined by some pretty vicious supporters all over the world which espouse the basest forms of anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism and sponsor worldwide terror against Jews.

In England, education leaders all over the country have declared that they will remove the Holocaust from their public school curriculums in order to mollify Muslim and other "critics" who do not want to learn about the Shoah.

If we remain silent and stand by, if we ignore these horrific attempts to obliterate the memory of 6 million of our Jewish brothers and sisters who were murdered because they were Jews, then there will, for sure, be no one left to remember.

Zichronam Livracha---let’s make their memory our memory, a blessing for the survival of Judaism and the Jewish people forever.

A Jewish-Christian-Muslim Trialogue: Reflections on the Messiah, Messianism and Apocalyptic Visions

Just got this in the mail...

Dear Nancy and all,

Thank you for passing this around. I also wanted
to let you know that the panel/class is open to
other UCI students and the campus community.
Please encourage your students to attend. Feel
free to forward the following announcement to
classes and student organizations (MSU, Hillel,
etc.).

Many thanks,

[Professor] Daniel [Schroeter]


A JEWISH-CHRISTIAN-MUSLIM TRIALOGUE:
Reflections on the Messiah, Messianism and Apocalyptic Visions

Panelists:

Rabbi Stuart Altshuler
Dr. Muzammil Siddiqi
Fr. Rafael Lu�vano

Tuesday, November 28
9:30 AM -10:50 AM
Humanities Hall 161

University of California, Irvine

>> >>Dear Muzammil, Rafael, and Stuart,
>> >>
>> >>I am greatly looking forward to our panel at
>> >>UCI on Tuesday, November 28 (9:30-10:50):
>> >>
>> >>"A JEWISH-CHRISTIAN-MUSLIM TRIALOGUE"
>> >>
>> >>As I proposed, I'd like you to address the
>> >>question of the messiah, and messianism, both
>> >>in terms of traditional concepts and beliefs in
>> >>each of the three religions, and how
>> >>contemporary messianic movements, apocalyptic
>> >>visions, or fundamentalism affect each faith.
>> >>Keeping in mind that the theme of the course in
>> >>World Religions is the relationship between
>> >>Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, you may also
>> >>want to comment on how these contemporary
>> >>movements in the other religions might relate
>> >>to you own faith tradition.