Greeneville Remembers the Holocaust

01/27/2026

On this day 81 years ago, Auschwitz was liberated by Soviet troops. Today, those murdered during the Holocaust. Tennessee Holocaust Commission

01/05/2026

“Everything you do leaves something behind; nothing gets lost. All the good you have accomplished will continue in the lives of the people you have touched. It will make a difference to someone, somewhere, sometime, and your achievements will be carried on. Everything is connected like a chain that cannot be broken.” - Eva Schloss

Remembering the evening with Eva Schloss 💙



01/05/2026

In 2017, a group from Greenveille traveled to hear Eva Schloss speak about her resillence during and after WWII. She insisted we examine each other by looking at hearts and actions not skin color, religion or ethnicity. May her memory be for a Blessing. 💙

REST IN PEACE | Auschwitz survivor Eva Schloss, the stepsister of teenage diarist Anne Frank and a tireless educator about the horrors of the Holocaust, has died. She was 96. https://www.wfla.com/news/national/holocaust-survivor-eva-schloss-stepsister-of-anne-frank-dies-at-96/

11/04/2025

"There were not six million Jews; there was one murder, six million times," Holocaust survivor Abel Herzberg.

Yad Vashem shares that it has officially named 5 million of the 6 million Jews murdered during the Shoah (Holocaust). If you ever visit Israel, please stop by this powerful museum to experience the Hall of Names. Their only crime was being Jewish.

Yad Vashem has announced a historic achievement: the identification and documentation of five million Holocaust victims’ names in its central database, repre...

04/04/2025

If you’re available on Saturday, April 5, there is an
Opportunity to learn from Dr. Amy Jill Levine. Dr. Levine is a Distinguished Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies at Hartford International University for Religion and Peace.

This event is FREE but registration is required.

First Presbyterian Church welcomes New Testament scholar Dr. Amy-Jill Levine for a free public lecture and reception on Saturday, April 5, 7-9 p.m., FPC sanctuary, 620 State St, Knoxville, TN 37902. According the biography in the Hartford International Institute for Religion and Peace, Dr. Amy-Jill....

04/02/2025

If you attended the Holocaust education program in 2020, Dr. Ephram Zuroff shared his childhood goal was to be the first Orthodox Jew in the NBA. While not Orthodox nor NBA, this article is a wonderful celebration of our Jewish friends!

Bruce Pearl, Jon Scheyer and Todd Golden will all compete for the March Madness championship.

03/17/2025

Enjoy these students in their passion filled singing. The necklaces worn call those to bring the hostages home from Gaza.

03/01/2025

When you are troubled by the world events around you, remember good people exist and continue to shine light even in the darkest moments of human history.

"We shall resist ... Without fear, but also without pride, and without hate." When Jewish refugees turned up at his door in a remote town in Vichy France, Pa...

02/12/2024

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12/02/2023

Noelle and I sharing our passion morning!

11/12/2023

A Jewish family Karnofsky, who immigrated from Lithuania to the United States, took pity on the 7-year-old boy and brought him to their home.
There he stayed and spent the night in this Jewish family home, where for the first time in his life he was treated with kindness and tenderness.
When he went to bed, Mrs. Karnovski sang him Russian lullabies, which he sang with her.
Later he learned to sing and play several Russian and Jewish songs.
Over time, this boy became the adopted son of this family.
Mr. Karnofsky gave him money to buy his first musical instrument, as was the custom in Jewish families.
Later, when he became a professional musician and composer, he used these Jewish melodies in compositions such as St. James's Hospital and Go Down Moses.
The little boy grew up and wrote a book about this Jewish family, who adopted him in 1907. And proudly spoke Yiddish fluently.
In memory of this family and until the end of his life, he wore the Star of David and said that in this family he learned "to live a real life and determination."
This little boy's name was Louis Armstrong. This little boy was called Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong. Louis Armstrong proudly spoke fluent Yiddish and “Satchmo” is Yiddish for “big cheeks, a nickname some say was given to him by Mrs. Karnofsky!.

05/02/2023

National Geographic follows Miep Gies, who helped hide Otto Frank and his family from the N***s during WWII. Consider watching.

Check out the new A Small Light Limited Series Trailer starring Bel Powley!► Learn more: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/a_small_light/s01/?cmp=RTTV_YouTub...