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Last spring, when the pandemic forced a global lockdown, Holocaust survivor Marion Ein Lewin wrote a moving piece for this newspaper, extolling the power of the human spirit and calling on everyone to summon their strength and resilience.
“Celebrating Passover during the COVID-19 pandemic brings back memories of Seders spent in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, starting when my twin brother and I were 6 years old,” began Lewin’s op-ed. “At 82, we are in all likelihood the last surviving twins of the Holocaust in any case, a shrinking remnant of the 5% of Jews from Holland who were deported to Nazi camps and returned.”
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Gale said as a traditional day student, she does not share the same experiences as her transfer or non-J.D. constituents.
News By Tiffany Garcia Feb 24, 2021 10:49 PM
The Student Bar Association Senate passed a resolution to amend its constitution, allowing for the organization to vote in two new senators, during a meeting Tuesday.
SBA Sens. Andrew Latham and Rachel Gale co-sponsored a resolution that would allow for the body to create two new senator positions, a 3L transfer senator and another non-J.D. division senator. The new positions would be filled during a special election this spring, according to the legislation.
Faber visits county officials
By Anna Gaertner - Contributing writer
Champaign County Treasurer Robin Edwards meets with state Auditor Keith Faber on Thursday during his visit to county government offices.
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State Auditor Keith Faber met with Champaign County Commissioners Steven Hess, Bob Corbett and Tim Cassady during a visit to the county on Thursday. Faber also stopped in to see other county leaders at the government office building.
County commissioners and Faber discussed CARES Act spending triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, the impact on local businesses, extensive unemployment fraud, and long-term goals.
After greeting everyone with a fist bump, Faber asked the county commissioners about CARES Act funds the county had received. Hess responded, “I think we were able to do a lot of good with it.”
Commemorating International Holocaust Remembrance Day in New Orleans The couple met after World War II when Vera was searching for her brother after liberation. Misha had lost his wife and all other close family. Vera had lost her husband, daughter and father. She and her mother were reunited with her brother. (Source: U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum) By Nicondra Norwood | January 27, 2021 at 2:25 PM CST - Updated January 27 at 2:25 PM
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The United Nations declared January 27th International Holocaust Remembrance Day in 2005.
Set on the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz in 1945 the day is meant as a time to memorialize the 6 million Jews and 11 million others killed in Nazi-occupied Europe during World War II.