THE MARCH OF THE
LIVING is
an international, educational program that
brings Jewish teens from all over the world
to
Poland on Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Memorial Day,
to march from Auschwitz to Birkenau, the
largest
concentration camp complex built during World
War II, and then to Israel to observe Yom
HaZikaron,
Israel Memorial Day, and Yom Ha'Atzmaut, Israel
Independence Day.
The goal of the March of the
Living is for these young people to learn the
lessons of the Holocaust and to lead the Jewish
people into the future vowing Never
Again.
MOL 25th Anniversary hosted by UN Israeli Ambassador Ron Prosor
Liberator of Buchenwald shares `emotionally charged moment` with survivor
Written by Joanne Hill Tuesday, 07 February 2012
TORONTO – Irving Roth was a starving 15-year-old imprisoned at Buchenwald when American Army Combat Engineer Frederick (Rick) Goss Carrier literally blew the locks off the concentration camp’s gate. Roth doesn’t know if he met Carrier on April 11, 1945, the day the camp was liberated by the Americans, but it was “an emotionally charged moment” when the two men shook hands recently at an event hosted by the March of the Living.
“His hand is the one that blew up the lock to Buchenwald,” Roth told the Jewish Tribune in a telephone interview. “Without him, if they had tarried another two or three weeks, I may not be alive.”
This year, a special effort is being made to honor WWII veterans who risked their lives to defeat Nazi tyranny. On Yom Hashoah 2012, concentration camp liberators will join Holocaust survivors and 12,000 students from around the world on the "March of the Living" from Auschwitz to Birkenau.
Excerpts from Rabbi Israel Meir Lau's Recent Book - Out Of The Depths
Out Of The Depths: The Story Of A Child Of
Buchenwald Who Returned
Home At Last
by Chief Rabbi Israel Meir Lau
with Forewords by Shimon Peres and
Elie Weisel
In his recent book, Rabbi Israel Meir Lau tells
the miraculous story of his rescue from the
Holocaust as a young child, and his subsequent
aliyah to the land of Israel. Arriving as an
eight-year-old orphan refugee in Palestine in
1945, without any parents, and virtually no
formal schooling, Rabbi Lau eventually attains
the position of Chief Rabbi of Israel. Through his eyes and his own moving story, we
also learn about the major events that shaped Israel since the founding of the state in
1948.
The March of the Living figures prominently in the book. As one of Israelâs youngest
Holocaust survivors and most outspoken Orthodox Zionist leaders, Rabbi Lau is
convinced of the value of the March of the Living with regard to strengthening oneâs
commitment to Zionism and Jewish identity.
In his words, âFrom my experience and observation, the Jews who come from
other countries around the world to participate in the March of the Living return
from it with a deeper commitment to Israel, while the Israelis go home more
conscious of their Jewish identity.â
To read excerpts from the book about the March of the Living
and other parts of his heroic story, click here.
March of the Living International Young Leadership Launch Event Nov. 3, 2011
The March of the Living Young Leadership Board invites you to a special evening at the Museum of Tolerance Network with other young professionals (ages 21-35) while learning more about the program, and its newly launched Young Leadership group. Enjoy a tour of the Museum of Tolerance, the only museum of its kind in the world, and the educational arm of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, the internationally renowned human rights organization.
Special guest speaker: Irving Roth, Holocaust survivor and Spirit of Anne Frank Outstanding Citizen Award recipient.
6:30PM . 7:30PM Cocktails and Reception
7:30PM . 9:30PM Program and Museum Tour
Letter By Dr. Shmuel Rosenman, Chairman
Int'l March of the Living
Dear March of the Living Leaders and Friends,
As we usher in the Jewish New Year of 5772, I
would like to take the opportunity to reflect on
the accomplishments of the March of the Living, as
we plan the commemoration of our twenty-fifth year
of historic programs to Poland and Israel.
March of the Living International Young
Leadership Board
March
of the Living is proud to announce the development
of an International Young Leadership Board. The
board will be based in New York and will consist
of a dynamic group young professionals (ages
21-40) who will serve as representatives of the
March of the Living to their peers across North
America.
The goals of the board are:
Bring awareness of important
Shoah related issues to our age group
Help young professionals
understand the centrality of Israel to their
Jewish identity
Coordinate fundraising
events and educational programs related to the
March of the Living, the Shoah and Israel.
Recruit Young Leadership
buses to participate in the March of the
Living
Reach out to past March of
the Living participants and create a network
of alumni and future March of the Living
supporters
For more information, please
email Erica Greenblatt, Director of Young
Leadership Development, at:
erica@motlmail.org
Whitwell Tenessee “Paper Clips” Project Students to Visit Poland With the March of the Living
We are pleased to announce that the March of the Living will be coordinating a trip to Poland for a special group of middle-schoolers from Whitwell, Tennessee. This unique group of students are recognized world-wide by the documentary produced in 2004 entitled “Paper Clips.” The Whitwell Middle School garnered worldwide attention for their Paper Clips Project when they decided, in 1998, to collect paper clips in order to represent the victims of the Holocaust. What started out as a small project eventually grew to an overwhelming collection of over 30 million paper clips and a world-class human tolerance studies program.
A group of current and former students, along with the current and past principals of the school, will be embarking on a once in a lifetime experience as they travel with the March of the Living to Poland. Participants will spend a week in Poland traveling around the country, learning about the history of the Holocaust. They will visit both Warsaw and Krakow, discovering a lost world of rich Jewish heritage which no longer exists. Sites include the remnants of the Jewish ghetto, Mila 18, the Jewish cemetery and the restored Nozyk synagogue in Warsaw, and the Jewish Quarter and Ramah Synagogue in Krakow. They will travel to see the concentration camps of Auschwitz-Birkenau, Treblinka and Majdanek. This group will also have the unique opportunity to meet with a select group of Polish youth when they visit a local high school in Warsaw.
The film crew from the original documentary will be joining the group in Poland in order to document the students’ experience as part of a soon to be released documentary sequel.
Human Rights and Genocide summit in WASHINGTON DC
On June 26-28, 2011, teens from across North America are invited to Washington, DC, to take part in an extraordinary experience – a Jewish Teen Summit on Human Rights and Genocide.
For three days, a diverse group of Jewish teens will come together in the nation's capitol to learn about Genocide and how they can stand up and speak out against these worldwide atrocities.
They will hear from activists, meet with their Members of Congress, and most importantly, they will walk away from this PANIM summit armed with increased knowledge about human rights and genocide, enhanced skills as a community leader, and a greater understanding of their own civic responsibility.
HOLOCAUST EDUCATION TEACHER SUMMER
Journey to Poland
In cooperation with the Miami-Dade County Public Schools
and the Center for the Advancement of Jewish Education / March of the Living
The Division of Social Sciences and Life Skills is offering Miami-Dade County Public School educators and administrators the opportunity to experience first hand the sites and sounds of the Holocaust as it unfolded in Poland and Israel.
2011 March of the Living Yom Hashoah Ceremony
Calling on all alumni, friends, and current participants of the March of the Living to stay in touch with us by becoming Fans of the 'March of the Living International' on Facebook and Twitter. Check here also for updates of the 2011 March.
The Division of Social Sciences and Life Skills is offering Miami-Dade County Public School educators and administrators the opportunity to experience first hand the sites and sounds of the Holocaust as it unfolded in Poland and Israel.
On Sunday, May 1st, 2011, we will make available via Jewish Life Television a live broadcast of a special program of speakers and events directly from Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Participating in the March of the Living was one of the best choices I have made thus far in my life.
Live Broadcast of MOL 2011 on JLTV
On Sunday, May 1st, we will make available via Jewish Life Television a live broadcast of a special program of speakers and events directly from Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Read the press release
PBS Documentary About Righteous Gentile, Irena Sendler
On National Day of Holocaust Remembrance this May 1st, PBS will premiere a stunning new documentary about Righteous Gentile, Irena Sendler, the heroic social worker who rescued 2,500 Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto in Nazi-occupied Poland. Titled, "Irena Sendler: In the Name of Their Mothers," this poignant film by first-time filmmaker Mary Skinner of San Francisco and New York, features the last in-depth interview Sendler gave before her death in 2008, at age 98. Several Jewish men and women, who, as children, were saved by Sendler's rescue operation, are also profiled.
More information on this unforgettable story, including local listing times and further press information, is available online at www.pbs.org. View the poster and broadcast details.
Calling on all alumni, friends, and current participants of the March of the Living to stay in touch with us by becoming Fans of the 'March of the Living International' on Facebook and Twitter. Check here also for updates of the 2010 March.
We are pleased to announce that the March of the Living will be coordinating a trip to Poland for a special group of middle-schoolers from Whitwell, Tennessee. This unique group of students are recognized world-wide by the documentary produced in 2004 entitled “Paper Clips.” The Whitwell Middle School garnered worldwide attention for their Paper Clips Project when they decided, in 1998, to collect paper clips in order to represent the victims of the Holocaust. What started out as a small project eventually grew to an overwhelming collection of over 30 million paper clips and a world-class human tolerance studies program.
On Sunday, May 1st, we will make available via Jewish Life Television a live broadcast of a special program of speakers and events directly from Auschwitz-Birkenau.
