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Dear John,

As we commemorate Yom Hashoah — Holocaust Memorial Day — beginning this evening, it is more imperative than ever that we remember the six million martyrs, that we hear from survivors and that we learn the lessons of the Shoah.

As we all sit, sheltering at home, the memories of the Holocaust continue to both haunt us and to inspire us with their lessons.

As statistics indicate that people all over the world, particularly the young,
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know less and less about the Holocaust, observing this day takes on greater meaning.
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Educating the next generation about the Holocaust will be a major challenge.

Together with this is the fact that survivors are rapidly passing away, a natural phenomenon that will undoubtedly increase because of the toll that COVID-19 is taking on the elderly.

What are the lessons that we take away from the Holocaust on this day?

First is the moral lesson. We must condemn antisemitism and all forms of hate. If hate is not addressed early on, it could grow and get more extreme, lead to violence and even result in genocide.

Second is the pragmatic one for the Jewish people. Jews can never again be powerless in the face of evil. At the worst possible time, the Jews in the 1930’s and 1940’s were powerless: no army, no country of their own, no political influence to open the gates of other countries to provide refuge.

Third is the lesson of hope against despair exhibited by survivors who rebuilt their lives after losing everything, and by the Jewish people, who participated in the rebirth of Israel after the nadir of the Shoah.

This spirit is a good guidepost for these times of anxiety and suffering.

That’s why we need the Shoah Foundation to continue to take testimony.

That’s why we need passage in Congress of the Never Again Education Act to promote Holocaust education.
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You can sign ADL’s petition now to encourage this.

That’s why we have to teach more and more people about
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antisemitism and its connection to the Holocaust. We have to fight its resurgence today in a non-political way.

And we have to honor the good of people who rescued Jews during the Shoah to show that good can still triumph even in the face of the greatest evil.
Be well,

Kenneth Jacobson
Deputy National Director
ADL

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