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Kristallnacht 2021 Commemoration
By Ginny Segaloff, Chair Kristallnacht Commemoration Program
The Catholic-Jewish Dialogue of Collier County, Florida invites you to its annual Kristallnacht Commemorative Service Sunday, Nov. 7 at 3 p.m. at St. Agnes Catholic Church, 7775 Vanderbilt Beach Rd, in Naples, Florida.
“Kristallnacht” or the “Night of Broken Glass” recounts the attacks on Jewish communities throughout Germany on Nov. 9 and 10, 1938, marking the beginning of the Holocaust. Our upcoming event will memorialize the six million Jews, and millions of others, whose lives were exterminated as part of “The Final Solution.” We remember and honor all those who perished, the survivors and all their families.
Over 80 years later, the Holocaust still challenges mankind’s ability to comprehend man’s inhumanity to man.
Our guest speaker is Rabbi Micah Greenstein. Rabbi Greenstein has served almost three decades at Temple Israel, the largest synagogue in Tennessee and the Deep South. Rabbi Greenstein was named one of America’s top 50 rabbis by Newsweek magazine. He also received the Dr. Martin Luther King Junior “Be the Dream Legacy” Award in 2016. He served at the Memphis Theological Seminary, where he taught future ministers about Judaism. The rabbi currently serves on the board of directors of the National Civil Rights Museum, and the National Board of the NAACP. Rabbi Greenberg is a Cornell University National Scholar and Harvard University Kennedy Fellow.
Rabbi Greenstein’s address is entitled, “Interfaith Relations 83 years after Kristallnacht: What Have We Really Learned?” The Rabbi will discuss Kristallnacht and its call to action for social justice today.
For additional information, contact CJDialogue@naples.net.
The Catholic-Jewish Dialogue of Collier County is affiliated with the Jewish Federation of Greater Naples and the Collier County Parishes of the Diocese of Venice Florida. Its purpose is to engage Catholics and Jews in understanding our past history and advancing the cause of mutual understanding and appreciation of our differences, as well as our commonalities.
