For Marek Edelman, Every Day Was Holocaust Remembrance Day
January 19, 2022
Marek Edelman suggested that the most appropriate way to memorialize the past is through how we live our lives in the world today.
Stephen Smith
Stephen D.Smith is Co-Founder of StoryFile and a director of Memory Workers.
An Open Letter From Stephen Smith
October 6, 2021
To survivors of the Shoah and genocides the world over.
On Our First Holocaust Survivors Day
June 24, 2021
We celebrate them not for surviving; we celebrate them for their humility, their resilience, and their generosity.
Remembering the Tulsa Race Massacre
May 30, 2021
Encountering “Mother Fletcher” and “Mother Randle”—107-year-old Viola Fletcher and 106-year-old Lessie Beddingfiled Randle—this weekend in Tulsa, Oklahoma, gave an entirely new meaning to the word “survivor.”
Words Have Meaning: Ethnic Cleansing Accusation Against Israel is a Big Lie
May 21, 2021
There is no ethnic cleansing going on in Gaza. There is no ethnic cleansing going on in the West Bank.
A Little Ray of Hope in Los Angeles
April 28, 2021
In a world in which we see so much division and hatred, it was a heartwarming moment of reassurance that when one child is missing, everyone’s child is missing.
Recognizing Armenian Genocide Was Long Overdue, But It’s Not Enough
April 25, 2021
Saturday’s announcement by President Biden is both a welcome change from past administrations—and a sign of how obstinate the United States has been on this issue until now.
The Memory Generation
April 14, 2021
Sidney Bernstein is the reason we know what the Nazi concentration camps looked like.
Why Passover is a Universal Holiday
March 26, 2021
What happened to the Jews can and does happen to others. The Jews are not alone.
China’s Genocide Against the Uyghurs
March 16, 2021
Genocide is a slow process. It is never made up of a single act of ethnic persecution or murder.
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