So, this isn’t going to be a funny post, y'allz, but I want to get the opinions of our readers on this one.
Where
I live, we have a small, but very community minded, Jewish population.
One of the things they’ve done is to create a well-regarded Holocaust museum and memorial center,
the first freestanding such place in the country. Among other things,
they run a speaker's bureau of Holocaust survivors who speak with
school and community groups about their experiences. Connecting with
children and young people, so that the horrors of the Holocaust are
never forgotten, is a huge part of their mission. That's also
accomplished through school tours, which are mostly aimed at high
school and middle school students.
But some people believe
that more needs to be done to reach the youngest kids, those ages six
to 10 years old. To that end, the museum plans
a children's gallery aimed at that age group.
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