Posted on 04/05/21
| News Source: i24
'Indifference to evil is worse than evil itself,' president says, quoting Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel
US President Joe Biden announced a week of “Days of Remembrance of Victims of the Holocaust” from April 4 to 11, calling on Americans to “pause to remember victims and survivors of the Holocaust” in a proclamation Sunday.
“On Yom HaShoah -- Holocaust Remembrance Day -- we stand in solidarity with the Jewish people in America, Israel, and around the world to remember and reflect on the horrors of the Holocaust,” he said.
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The statement comes ahead of Israel's Holocaust commemoration starting Wednesday night and ending Thursday night. The US will also commemorate the Days of Remembrance on Thursday.
“It is painful to remember,” Biden said. “It is human nature to want to leave the past behind. But in order to prevent a tragedy like the Holocaust from happening again, we must share the truth of this dark period with each new generation.” Read more at i24