How to Host Empowering and Safe Commemorations with October 7th Survivors

By Shelley Rood Wernick, Managing Director, Holocaust Survivor Initiative
 
Content warning: This piece mentions subjects some readers may find distressing.

In a little over a week, over 100 communities across North America will gather to commemorate one year since the atrocities of October 7th. Many of them are asking survivors of the terrorist attacks to share their experiences, an ask that is both critically important for the community and extremely fraught.

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