Today, on Yom HaShoah, we remember the 6 million Jews who were murdered during the Holocaust – simply because they were Jews. It was then that the mantra “Never again” was born.
And yet it did happen again … in Cambodia and in Bosnia, in Rwanda and in Darfur. And it’s still happening today. Just look at the savageries perpetrated against the Rohingya ethnic minority living in Myanmar (Burma).
Despite all this, we must continue to pursue justice and work to make a difference in the lives of survivors of genocide and mass atrocities.
At Jewish World Watch, that difference comes in the form of new water wells that we’re digging in Uganda for South Sudanese refugees fleeing an ethnically charged civil war. It comes in the form of perma-gardening, an ultra-efficient farming technique we’re teaching Darfuri refugees in Chad to reduce their reliance on reduced rations.
On this day, as we remember the 6 million Jews, we commemorate as well all the others who have perished in the years since. Together, we must double our resolve to take action in their memory.
To learn more about what you can do, join us April 22 at the Los Angeles Walk to End Genocide, the largest anti-genocide rally in the nation. We look forward to seeing you there.