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International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Austin Tang — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 19:37:16 +0000

Liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp by the Red Army, January 1945.

The International Holocaust Remembrance Day, or the International Day in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust, is an international memorial day on 27 January that commemorates the victims of the Holocaust, which resulted in the genocide of one-third of the Jewish people along with countless numbers of individuals of other minority groups, by Nazi Germany between 1933 and 1945: an attempt to implement its “Final Solution” to the Jewish question. The choice of 27 January for the annual commemoration aligns with the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp by the Red Army in 1945.

The day commemorates the systematic extermination of 6 million Jews, representing two-thirds of Europe’s Jewish population, alongside the deaths of millions of others perpetrated by the Nazi regime and its collaborators.^[1]^[2] It was designated by United Nations General Assembly resolution 60/7 on 1 November 2005.^[3] The resolution was developed following a special session convened on 24 January of that year to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps and the conclusion of the Holocaust.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

Many countries have instituted their own Holocaust memorial days. Many, such as the United Kingdom’s Holocaust Memorial Day, also fall on 27 January; others, such as Yom HaShoah (27 Nisan on the Hebrew calendar), the commemoration day observed by the State of Israel and much of the broader Jewish community, are observed at other times of the year.

The General Assembly Resolution 60/7

Resolution 60/7, adopted by the General Assembly on 1 November 2005, established 27 January as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The resolution urges every member nation of the UN to honor the memory of Holocaust victims, six million Jews, “one third of the Jewish people, along with countless members of other minorities,” and encourages the development of educational programs about Holocaust history to help prevent future acts of genocide. It rejects any denial of the Holocaust as an event and condemns all manifestations of religious intolerance, incitement, harassment or violence against persons or communities based on ethnic origin or religious belief. It also calls for actively preserving the Holocaust sites that served as Nazi death camps, concentration camps, forced labor camps and prisons, as well as for establishing a UN programme of outreach and mobilization of society for Holocaust remembrance and education.^[3]

Resolution 60/7 and the International Holocaust Day was an initiative of the State of Israel. Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Israel, Silvan Shalom, was the head of the delegation of Israel to the United Nations.^[8]

The essence of the text lies in its twofold approach: one that deals with the memory and remembrance of those who were massacred during the Holocaust and the other with educating future generations of its horrors.

The International Day in memory of the victims of the Holocaust is thus a day on which we must reassert our commitment to human rights. […]
We must also go beyond remembrance, and make sure that new generations know this history. We must apply the lessons of the Holocaust to today’s world. And we must do our utmost so that all peoples may enjoy the protection and rights for which the United Nations stands.

— Message by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for the second observance of the Holocaust Victims Memorial Day on 19 January 2008^[9]

Commemorations at the United Nations

In 2006, 2007, and 2008, Holocaust Remembrance Weeks were organized by The Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Programme. The programme is part of the Outreach Division of the United Nations Department of Public Information and was established under General Assembly resolution 60/7.

In 2006

On 24 January, the United Nations Headquarters launched Holocaust Remembrance Week with the exhibit “No Child’s Play – Remembrance and Beyond.” Created by Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, the exhibit focused on children during the Holocaust. It showcased toys, games, artwork, diaries, and poems to tell their stories and highlight their struggle for survival amid the horrors of that time. On 25 January, the screening of the movie Fateless by Lajos Koltai took place in the Dag Hammarskjöld Auditorium.^{[citation needed]}

On 27 January, the United Nations Department of Public Information held the first universal observance of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day at United Nations Headquarters. In the General Assembly Hall, a memorial ceremony and lecture were held under the theme “Remembrance and Beyond”. It featured welcoming remarks by former Under-Secretary General for Communications and Public Information Shashi Tharoor; a videotaped message by former Secretary-General Kofi Annan; statements by the permanent representatives of Israel and Brazil to the UN, Holocaust survivor, historian, and author Gerda Weissmann Klein, and the Gerda and Kurt Klein Foundation; narration of photographs of Holocaust victims memorialized on “Pages of Testimony” in the Hall of Names at Yad Vashem;^[10] as well as a performance by the Zamir Chorale of Boston; and a lecture by Yehuda Bauer, an academic advisor to Yad Vashem and the Task Force for International Cooperation on Holocaust Education, Remembrance and Research.^[11]^[12]

In 2007

On 29 January, the second annual observance of the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust was held in the General Assembly Hall at United Nations Headquarters.^[13]

Shasta Tharp, former Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information, introduced a programme that began with a video message from Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Statements were then made by Sheikha Haya Rashed Al Khalifa, president of the sixty-first session of the General Assembly, and Ambassador Dan Gillerman, Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations.^[14] The keynote “Remembrance and Beyond” address was given by Madame Simone Veil, a Holocaust survivor, president of the Fondation pour la Mémoire de la Shoah and a member of the Constitutional Council of France.

The observance focused on the importance of infusing today’s youth with the lessons of the Holocaust so that future generations may work to prevent hatred, bigotry, racism, and prejudice. Marie Noel, a College of Saint Elizabeth student, shared her experiences visiting former concentration camps in Poland.

The memorial ceremony also focused on the disabled community as one of the many victim groups of the Nazi regime. Thomas Schindlmayr of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs highlighted the importance of education in promoting tolerance and ending discrimination against all minorities, particularly in light of the adoption by the General Assembly on 13 December 2006 of the landmark Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

A musical performance was also given by HaZamir: The International Jewish High School Chamber Choir, a project of the Zamir Choral Foundation founded and directed by Matthew Lazar. Netanel Hershtik, cantor of the Hampton Synagogue, recited the Kaddish.

During the observance the United Nations Department of Public Information also launched a new website and resource for United Nations member states, educators and non-governmental organizations entitled “Electronic Notes for Speakers” developed for the Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Programme by Yad Vashem – the Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes Remembrance Authority, Jerusalem, and the USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education and the Mémorial de la Shoah in Paris.^[15] The electronic notes provide survivor testimony and information materials that will equip speakers with the tools needed to conduct briefings on the Holocaust and lessons to be learned from it.

The United Nations bookstore made available ten volumes of autobiographical accounts of Holocaust survivors published jointly by The Holocaust Survivors’ Memoirs Project and Yad Vashem – the Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes Remembrance Authority. An initiative of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Elie Wiesel, the Holocaust Survivors’ Memoirs Project has collected over 900 manuscripts. Its mission is to provide both the victims and the survivors of the Holocaust with the dignity of a permanent historical presence, not as impersonal statistics but as individuals with names, voices, and emotions. The United Nations bookstore also had a discussion by Daniel Mendelsohn about his book The Lost: A Search for Six of the Six Million.

The Department of Public Information also marked Holocaust Remembrance Week with two exhibits in the United Nations visitors’ lobby. The first, entitled “The Holocaust against the Sinti and Roma and Present Day Racism in Europe”, focused on the experience of the Roma and Sinti during the Holocaust. The second exhibit featured artwork created by Holocaust survivors, exploring the meaning and understanding of the Holocaust.^[16]

On 31 January, a special screening of Volevo solo Vivere (I Only Wanted to Live), directed by Mimmo Calopresti, took place. The film tells the moving story of nine Italian survivors of Auschwitz. The following day, Nazvy svoie im’ia (Spell Your Name), directed by Serhiy Bukovsky, was also screened. The film, about the Holocaust in Ukraine, tells the story of local people who escaped brutal execution and those who rescued friends and neighbours during the Holocaust. Both films, produced by the USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education, were shown in the Dag Hammarskjold Library Auditorium. On 2 February, the third discussion paper in the Holocaust and Genocide series was published about Hitler, Pol Pot and Hutu Power.^[17]

In 2008

Throughout the week of 28 January 2008, the United Nations Department of Public Information organized a number of events around the world to remember the victims of the Holocaust and underscore the value of human life.^[18] The 2008 observance focused on the need to ensure the protection of human rights for all. It coincided with the 60th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Holocaust Remembrance Day began with the joint launch of a new United Nations Holocaust Remembrance postage stamp issued simultaneously, for the first time, with a national stamp by the Israel Postal Company.^[19] The two stamps bear the same design.

On 28 January 2008, at United Nations Headquarters in New York, the daughter of United States Congressman Tom Lantos, himself a Holocaust survivor, delivered a keynote address, “Civic Responsibility and the Preservation of Democratic Values,” at the memorial ceremony and concert held in the General Assembly Hall.

Other speakers included Srgjan Kerim (Macedonia), president of the sixty-second session of the General Assembly, Ambassador Dan Gillerman, Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations, and Kiyo Akasaka, Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information.^[18]

The ceremony also featured a concert with the Tel Aviv University Buchmann-Mehta School of Music symphony orchestra in cooperation with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by maestro Zubin Mehta.^[20]

On 30 January 2008, the first permanent exhibit on the Holocaust and the United Nations was unveiled. Produced by the Holocaust and United Nations Outreach Programme, it presents an overview of the Holocaust in the context of World War II and the founding of the United Nations. It is seen by the 400,000 visitors who visit the United Nations Headquarters annually. In preparation for the exhibit opening, Elizabeth Edelstein, Director of Education for the Museum of Jewish Heritage, briefed the United Nations tour guides on the history of the Holocaust to further their understanding of this watershed event.

Around the world United Nations offices organized events to mark the Day of Commemoration. In Brazil, an observance was held on 25 January with the president of the country, Jose Inacio Lula da Silva, and the Mayor of Rio de Janeiro, César Maia. In Madagascar, a permanent exhibit on the Holocaust was unveiled at the United Nations Information Centre.

The Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Programme also coordinated a video conference for students with the United Nations information centres in Antananarivo, Madagascar, Lomé, Togo, and educators at the Mémorial de la Shoah in Paris. At the United Nations office in Ukraine, a round-table discussion was organized in partnership with the Ministry of Education and the Ukrainian Holocaust Study Centre. In Tokyo on 29 January, an educational workshop targeting young students focused on the links between the Holocaust and human rights issues.

Also, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum provided information material in English and Spanish to a number of United Nations information centers for use in their reference libraries.

To help carry out its educational mission, the Department of Public Information participated in a panel discussion with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in the afternoon of 28 January to highlight the importance of Holocaust education, organized by B’nai B’rith International.

A second exhibit, “Carl Lutz and the Legendary Glass House in Budapest”, was co-sponsored by the Carl Lutz Foundation and the Permanent Missions of Switzerland and Hungary. Carl Lutz, the Swiss Vice-Consul in Budapest, had issued certificates of emigration to place tens of thousands of Jews under Swiss protection.^[18]

In 2019

In January 2019, the Albanian Ambassador to the UN, Besiana Kadare, on behalf of Albania co-hosted together with the World Jewish Congress and the United Nations Department of Global Communications an event on the theme “A story of humanity: the rescue of Jews in Albania”.^[21] Kadare delivered remarks at the United Nations at a briefing entitled “Holocaust Remembrance: Demand and Defend your Human Rights”, marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day and reflecting on the genocide of six million European Jews during World War Two, and the little-known record of Albanians during the Holocaust in Albania, which took in thousands of Jews who would otherwise have ended up in the Nazi death camps.^[22]^[23]

In 2020

In January 2020, Chelsea FC unveiled a mural by Solomon Souza on an outside wall of the West Stand at Stamford Bridge stadium to commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day. The mural is part of Chelsea’s ‘Say No to Antisemitism’ campaign funded by club owner Roman Abramovich. Included on the mural are depictions of footballers Julius Hirsch and Árpád Weisz, who were killed at Auschwitz concentration camp, and Ron Jones, a British prisoner of war known as the ‘Goalkeeper of Auschwitz’.^[24]

Commemorations outside the United Nations

Commemorations are held at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC,^[25] and at Yad Vashem, in Jerusalem.^[26]

In Austria, commemorations of the Remembrance Day are held at the Heldenplatz in Vienna since 2012. The broad platform Jetzt Zeichen setzen! calls for participation of the civil society. Speakers include survivors of the Holocaust, antifascist activists and politicians hailing from parties throughout the political spectrum.

In Israel on International Holocaust Remembrance Day government officials, diplomats and ambassadors visit Yad Vashem^[27] and there are ceremonies throughout the country. Every year the Ministry of Diaspora Affairs presents an assessment of the state of global antisemitism at a cabinet meeting.^[28] The report reviews the main trends and incidents of the last year, in terms of antisemitism and combating antisemitism.

Israel’s main national Holocaust memorial day however, known as Yom HaShoah, is on the 27th day of the Hebrew calendar month of Nisan.

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Thought for the Day…01/03/26

Austin Tang — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 14:29:22 +0000

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RELEASE OF SUKI ATRIST, MEMOIR DIVINE TUNE-ING TO GREAT REVIEWS on JAN. 14,2025 – Reading on February 21 at the Actors Temple

Austin Tang — Wed, 12 Feb 2025 18:29:22 +0000

Listen to “RELEASE OF SUKI ATRIST, MEMOIR DIVINE TUNE-ING TO GREAT REVIEWS on JAN. 14,2025 – Reading on February 21 at the Actors Temple” on Spreaker.

HAPPY NEW YEAR! From Suki to ALL

Here are the links to her memoir “Divine Tune-ing” to be released on Suki S January 14, 2025 on Amazon.com

Divine Tune-ing link below:

https://a.co/d/a2ddpZs

Original poetry book,Neshama link below:

https://www.amazon.com/Neshama-Breath-God-Suki-Rae/dp/1638485666

If you like either of the books, a review would be kindly appreciated on Amazon.com and goodreads.com

The first book reading/signing will be held Friday, February 21,2025 at 8:00 PM at Actor’s Temple with live music by the author with long time guitarist extraordinaire Steve Bloom.

Details to follow.

Appreciation,blessings, and love to each of you.

your suki-atrist

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May Peace Prevail On Earth in the News • January 2025

Austin Tang — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 19:44:10 +0000

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Martin Luther King Jr Day – 40th Anniversary Event, Southfield, Michigan.

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Peace Pole Dedication at the World Peace Conference-Rohnert Park, California-USA

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Sixty-Eight Rotary Peace Pole Dedication, Rohnert Park, Sonoma, California-USA

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Peace Pals International Winners and Finalists Faces of Peace for January 2025

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Your 2023 Generosity = A More Accessible 2024

Austin Tang — Tue, 09 Jan 2024 16:15:09 +0000

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International Day of Education January 24, 2021 – Paul Sladkus shares Good News

Austin Tang — Tue, 19 Jan 2021 17:44:23 +0000

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The International Day of Education on January 24 will be a live broadcast from 3:00 – 5pm GMT. The day is built around recovering and revitalizing education for the COVID 19 Generation. Paul speaks on how can we promote collaboration and international solidarity to place conscience-driven education and lifelong learning at the center of the recovery?

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Weekly Announcements January 4th, 2021

Austin Tang — Thu, 07 Jan 2021 02:48:06 +0000

Announcements

Week of January 4, 2021

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THIS WEEK

SHABBAT: Friday, January 8, 7 PM. Author Robin Rotenberg speaks about her book, Pound On!! From the Glass Slipper to the Glass Ceiling, essays from trailblazing Alpha Women, most of whom are Jewish. Service and Talk-Discussion. We commemorate the Yahrzeits of Harry Rosenbaum (1/12), Mark Bachmann (1/12), Frieda Simon (24), Molly Hammer (29), Isa Greenberg (29), and Martha Shyatt Libien (1Shevat). By phone, dial 1-646-876-9923, Meeting ID: 955 755 5342 and Password 497495 or use the link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9557555342?pwd=NXd5ZmUrdWY0YVdWeW1WUGtqdEtXdz09
SHABBAT AM: Saturday, January 9: 10:30 AM: Service and Discussion of Parashat Shemot, on Zoom. See virtual Kibbutz tour below, at 2 PM. By Phone: 646-876-9923, Meeting ID: 955 755 5342, Password 497495; or use the link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9557555342?pwd=NXd5ZmUrdWY0YVdWeW1WUGtqdEtXdz09
NEW PAST IS PROLOGUE: STORY FROM THE ACTORS’ TEMPLE: Chapter 6: Ed Sullivan, A Friend of The Actors’ Temple, Read by Neva Small: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWCLWBa5Ofs&feature=youtu.be. The first 5 stories are on YouTube, all written by Ira Helf and produced by Carol Ostrow, Daniel C. Miller, and Jhoneen Preece Doswell. Please enjoy them and support us by making a donation.

LOOKING AHEAD

TU B’SHEVAT SHABBAT SEDER: Friday, January 22, 7 PM. We will have a Dramatic Reading, with as many people taking part as wish to read. Please contact Rabbi Jill to volunteer and help us ascend spiritually in a Kabbalistic seder, rising through the four worlds, sipping wine (or juice) and munching on the fruits and nuts of Israel and the USA. A collective body and soul elevating experience!
SHABBAT SERVICES WILL BE LIVE-STREAMED VIA ZOOM until everyone is safe and healthy. It’s easy to use. Please go to Zoom.com or call in with your phone! Problems connecting? Email Barbara Bova, email below. To receive Evening or Morning Service “books” electronically, please email Rabbi Jill.
CHESED COMMITTEE: (Kindness) If you would like to be visited or for help with errands or appointments, please call or email: Barbara Bova, bmbova@gmail.com, 917 528 1364; Karen Hofstein-Heyman, khofstein@earthlink.net, 646-281-4852; Carlos Ramirez, rmrzcarlos@gmail.com, 347 290 2566.

EDUCATION

WEEKLY TORAH STUDY for Adults: Class meets this Wednesday, 1/6; 7:30 PM; continuing Wednesdays, studying the Timeline of Jewish History and B’reisheet, Genesis. A copy of the Torah (Bible) is helpful. Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82850475649?pwd=TzN1d1A1R3NjaFdZN282L3JHa1R6QT09 Or by phone: 646 876 9923, Meeting ID: 828 5047 5649, Passcode: 552089 Suggested donation to the synagogue, $10/class.

THANK YOU, MAZEL TOV, AND DONATIONS

Thank You to everyone who sang on Shabbat: Aron Bederson, Judy Buchman, Karen Hofstein-Heyman, Kama Linden, Milton Platt, and Lilly Rosenberg.
Thank you to donors Barry Berg, Howie Berman, Albert & Gretchen Besser to honor Rabbi Jill Hausman, Suzanne Brandau, Vanessa Clark, Barbara Bova, who wrote: With Thanks and Appreciation for Rabbi Jill’s Love and Leadership as we enter 2021, Ingrid Heldt, Ira Helf in Rabbi Jill’s honor, Stephen Jones & Heidi Latsky, Linda Kellerman in memory of Thelma Martha Kellerman, Ron Kopitowsky, Abbe Lovinger & Stephen Davis, Lois Lowsky, Paxton Quigley, Alan & Marilyn Rothstein, and Martha Stone. We are so grateful!
YAHRZEIT & KADDISH FOR A LOVED ONE: We remember many Yahrzeits each week. If you are able to make a donation to honor your relative, we would greatly appreciate it. Rabbi Jill Hausman is available to say Kaddish for 30 days (Shloshim) for a Loved One who has recently passed away. Please contact her to speak about Kaddish prayers. Suggested donation for Shloshim, $54.
Sponsor an Oneg Shabbat or a Musical Service in honor of any Life Cycle event such as: Birthdays, Births, Anniversaries, Graduations, Aufruf, Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Wedding, or any Simcha or event. A leaf on our Tree of Life Plaque, is only $180. Chair Plaques can be personalized and donated. Please also remember The Actors’ Temple in your will. We are available for Memorial Services and we have Cemetery Plots in NJ at Cedar Park.

HEALTH AND HEALING

R’fuah Sh’lema to: Mary Favia, Carmen Richkin, Judith Tedeschi, Dalita Rubinstein, Phyllis Malamud, Matt Clark, Hank Eulau, Zell Schwartzman, Paul Kravitz, Jeanne Kwartler, Ruth Krausman, Ron Cavallo, Mary Jo Robinson, Sam Cardino, Roberta Nadel, The Morrow Family, Thea Glasser, Elinor Rosenthal, Su Nissan, Irene Pantazis, David Bier, Karin Kayne, David Stern, Kirsten Floyer, Kathleen Richardson, Joan Brighty, Patricia Kirkish, Harris Gardner, Suzanne Brandau, Mario Sisneros, Barbara Nathan, Toby Gittle bat Deborah v’ Leib Nissanel, Bluma bat Esther v’ Ben.

YAHRZEITS AND KADDISH

We recall the Yahrzeits of (Heb. Date of Passing – Tevet- Shevat) Harry Rosenbaum (1/12), Mark Bachmann (1/12), Frieda Simon (24), Molly Hammer (29), Isa Greenberg (29), Martha Shyatt Libien (1Shevat), 1/8; Mitchell Fastow (2), Bertha Libien (6), Katelin Fried Stark (7), David Rosner (1/17), Emily Rantz (1/17), 1/15; Morris Rosenberg (10), Philip Greenberg (14), Meyer Libien (15), Rebecca Horbund (18); Alexander Swee (1/22), Jack Ebenstein (1/23), Joe Franklin (1/24), Myron Wechsler (1/25), Charles Teitelbaum (1/25), Al Diamond (1/26), Jonas Speciner (1/27), 1/22; Abraham Gardner (18), Bernice Bronia Urman (21),Edward Helf (1/30), 1/29; Albert Rothstein (25), Michelle Gersten (25), Barbara Graver (27), Sidney Glass (28), Barry Linden (29), Irving Lerner (29), Frances Friedman (29), Gertrude Speciner (2/11), Harry Crysostomas (2/11), 2/5; Jenee Bandler (30), 2/12; Alexander Rosenblatt (2/21) Natalia Galperin (2/24), 2/19; Miriam Hanan (2/26), Sylvia Freeman (2/28), 2/26.
We recall recent passings: Nakoo Selwyn Bridgemohan, Bernard Greenberg. Ira Allen Goldberg, Frederic Fenig, Martin Schwartz, Benjamin Hartford, Gloria Horwitz, Lily Reiser, Lucille Suzanne Steen, Sandy Rosenberg, Alice Chernick, Samuel Rosenfeld, Warren Kendrick, Josephine Cortes, Joan Diamond, Dale Allen Boland, Garner Berg, Ian Finkel, Anya Feinberg.

NOTEWORTHY EVENTS

Bob Greenberg Special Guest Stars in The HONEYZOOMERS as The Ghost of Bus Drivers Past! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5CjatH83SC0. Mazel Tov!
Aron Bederson sings Move On from Sunday in the Park w/ George in a concert/fundraiser with Betty Buckley for Broadway Cares. Donations requested. Continuing at: https://tschreiber.org/betty-buckleybroadwaycares/
Douglas Cohen’s new short play, Don’t Stay Safe is wonderful. You can see it on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiFH99IJ9Kw&t=183s
Virtual Kibbutz Hannaton Tour: 1/9, 2 PM; unique kibbutz in the Galilee. Free; Register at: https://bshertisraeltour.eventbrite.com. Tips for tour guide: www.crossroadsisrael.com/donate/
Randie Levine-Miller writes Now Streaming, a weekly Broadway Babe column for thethreetomatoes.com https://thethreetomatoes.com/now-streaming-ed-sullivan-show-hal-prince-patti-lupone-jerry-herman
Kama Linden’s new Album Everything In Good Time is on CD Baby and kamalindenmusic2@gmail.com. She will do reduced price virtual personal training; email her at her website, kamalinden.com.
Up-to-date News, Reviews, Interviews, Videos, Theatre Talk – Visit Sandi Durell’s www.TheaterPizzazz.com
Heidi Latsky Dance‘s weekly online events & classes; Meditative Practice monthly, first Tuesday at Noon, and last Sunday at 6 PM on ZOOM;: https://heidilatskydance.org/online-offerings
Shows at Actors Temple Theater are cancelled until we are all healthy again. May it be soon!
The Actors’ Temple is Handicapped Accessible! We have a chair lift and an accessible rest room.
Amazon donates 0.5% of AmazonSmile purchases. Go to Amazonsmile.com and to Congregation Ezrath Israel.
Kidney Donor Needed: For Jeanne Krausman’s daughter Ruth and Adam Hume who needs two kidneys.
Valerie Brown, 212 496 6484, for cleaning. Celeste Wiseblood for hypno/psychotherapy 917-833-8885. Dr. Dalita Rubinstein, for Psychotherapy: 212-627-8624; Kama Linden, personal trainer and realtor: www.kamalinden.com

HAVE A WONDERFUL AND BLESSED WEEK!

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Tom Foolery

Austin Tang — Thu, 03 Dec 2020 16:45:35 +0000

TOMFOOLERY LIVE 2021
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Calling All Londoners! After what has been a really difficult year for live performance, I am thrilled to be announcing my first, socially-distanced, live show! In association with Independent Venue Week, I will be performing for one night only in Omeara London, on the 30th of January 2021. I’m so excited and hope to see you there! ? ?

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Beat the Blues with the Joys of Travel! The third Monday in January is commonly known as “Blue Monday” – the most depressing day of the year. But it doesn’t have to be a downer day! Travel reporter and Travelgirl Magazine editor-in-chief Stephanie Oswald. Stephanie has been sharing great travel tips with Good News for years, search her on the site and hear great, practical comments about travel, saving money and enjoying your travel to it’s fullest. Videos and Podcast.

admin — Mon, 16 Jan 2017 18:00:09 +0000

Beat the Blues with the Joys of Travel!

The third Monday in January is commonly known as “Blue Monday” – the most depressing day of the year. But it doesn’t have to be a downer day! Travel reporter and Travelgirl Magazine editor-in-chief Stephanie Oswald is on hand with a list of how you can beat the January blues with the joys of travel – now and in the months ahead.

Background: The concept of Blue Monday dates back to a 2005 press release from a British broadcasting company, Sky Travel that claimed to have arrived at this “depressing day designation” using an equation. Scientists consider this to be nonsensical, but nonetheless, we all often feel the blues during the dreary winter months.

Some of Stephanie’s unique insider tips of how you can beat the blues with travel are:
■ Booking an off-season deal
■ Taking advantage of flash sales
■ Making smart choices re: accommodations, dining and attractions
■ Choosing destinations with budget-friendly options

More About Stephanie Oswald:
As the Editor-in-Chief of travelgirl magazine, a Web Correspondent for The Weather Channel, and seasoned travel correspondent for CNN, she has reported on everything from stress-relieving spa treatments and unique escapes around the world to the human side of a hurricane. She is the co-founder of travelgirl — the first national travel magazine to launch after the events of 9/11. The travel and lifestyle publication was chosen by industry leader Mr. Magazine as one of the “most notable” launches of 2003. Oswald is a native New Yorker who spent 13 years globetrotting as CNN’s travel correspondent and host of the weekend program, CNN Travel Now. In 2003, she also launched a groundbreaking series called The Weather Channel Road Crew that showcased the “fun” side of weather. In 2004, she filed written and audio reports during Hurricanes Ivan and Jeanne as the very first Web Correspondent for Weather.com. As anchor and correspondent for CNN Travel Now, a weekly program on worldwide destinations, travel trends and cuisine, Oswald specialized in adventure travel, filing reports from Europe, South America, Asia and the Caribbean. One series took her into the depths of Papua New Guinea for a rare and eye-opening look at the Huli Wigmen. Her reports also appeared on CNN Headline News, CNN in-flight programming for Delta Air Lines, CNN International and the CNN Airport Network. Immediately after 9/11, she filed human interest stories on the crisis for CNN, and covered the impact on the travel industry during live studio reports on CNN Headline News.
Stephanie’s website (www.travelgirlinc.com)

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