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Posted on: April 25, 2023

Yom Hashoah - Holocaust Remembrance Day Commemoration

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Students and community members listened to Holocaust Survivor Arlette Baker, Monday, April 24th at the 4th Annual Yom Hashoah - Holocaust Remembrance Day Commemoration. Residents and students gathered at the New Castle Holocaust Memorial where the winners...

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Posted on: February 24, 2023

Statement from the Town of New Castle Holocaust & Human Rights Committee

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It is with great sadness that we share with you information about an organized plot against the Jewish Community. It has been reported that Saturday, February 25, 2023, may be designated as a “Day of Hate'' targeting Jewish gro...
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Posted on: January 27, 2023

International Holocaust Remembrance Day Program 2023

International Holocaust Remembrance Program 2023

Last night the community gathered to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day which commemorates the 78th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. The event can be viewed here:  https://youtu.be/aC9LU7VYt_Q

Learning about the Holocau...
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Posted on: December 15, 2022

New Castle 3rd Annual Human Rights Day Program

New Castle 3rd Annual Human Rights Day Program

Last night, the students of Horace Greeley High School’s E.N.O.U.G.H. Club and the Town of New Castle Holocaust & Human Rights Committee held the Third Annual Human Rights Day Program. The event, which took place at the Chappaqua Performing Arts Cente...

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Posted on: October 28, 2022

Statement on Recent Antisemitism

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The Town of New Castle Holocaust & Human Rights Committee strongly supports the statement by Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt on the recent antisemitism. Silence is not an option. We must speak out against antisemitism.

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Posted on: October 21, 2022

Holocaust & Human Rights Committee Update

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Members of the Town of New Castle Holocaust & Human Rights Committee held their October meeting at the New Castle Holocaust Memorial. We hope you will have an opportunity this Fall to take a moment to visit this serene space and use it to sit, relax a...

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Posted on: September 15, 2022

Holocaust & Human Rights Committee Update

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Last week, the Town of New Castle Holocaust & Human Rights Committee had its’ first committee meeting of the year.  We are already hard at work and are excited to share the dates of our annual community events:
  • December 7th at 7:30pm...
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Posted on: March 4, 2022

Holocaust & Human Rights Committee

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The Town of New Castle Holocaust & Human Rights Committee supports the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in strongly condemning "the continued Russian attacks on the Ukrainian people and loss of innocent lives, the exploitation of the Holocaust as a p...

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Posted on: November 5, 2021

Holocaust & Human Rights Committee Update

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KRISTALLNACHT

Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass, was the night Nazis attacked thousands of Jewish people and destroyed their property.  Kristallnacht is seen as symbolizing the final shattering of the Jewish existence in Europe and is comme...

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