On Sunday, October 13, middle schoolers representing the Jewish community of Indianapolis came together at HHAI to commemorate Kristallnacht. We welcomed students, teachers and clergy from Beth El Zedek, IHC, Congregation Shaarey Tefilla and Congregation Beth Shalom. Students learned the history of the Holocaust while getting to know each other and forming friendships with Jewish youth from other schools. Throughout the morning we focused on the importance of unity for the Jewish people and our community. The mosaic art piece the students created using shards of broken glass commemorated the Night of Broken Glass while also showing how much stronger we are when we work together. Each student's piece of mosaic will be merged together into one glass art work that will serve as a window in our Holocaust Museum. The morning also included interactive stations in the Museum with our student docents as well as a virtual escape room.
Thank you to our principal and teachers who planned and led this valuable learning experience -- Miriam Gettinger, Tricia Berg, Sarit Linkon, Michael Voskoboynik, Lori Halperin and Shana Zelikovich. We are proud to have worked with JCRC and the synagogues on this event and look forward to hosting future programs that bring us together to learn and help us fight anti-Semitism.
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