26 | SUN LAKES LIFESTYLES | OCTOBER 2017 |
Yiddish Culture Club
The Yiddish Culture Club is on the GO again! On Wed., Oct. 11,
IN LIEU OF THE EVENING MEETING, we will visit the Tolerance
Education Center in Rancho Mirage. Leave Sun Lakes at 10:30 am.
BYO lunch. Carpools will be arranged. They have a beautiful theater,
interesting library, exhibitions, and much more. There is no cost. All
are welcome to join us.
The Tolerance Education Center was founded by Holocaust
survivor Earl Greif in 2006. Its mission is to promote tolerance,
respect, and understanding by reflecting on history. Its programs
and exhibits provide an educational opportunity for the community
and students to reduce prejudice, teach critical thinking, and
empower those who visit to take an active role in creating a more
humane society. The hope is that visitors will leave with a mind-set
that rejects prejudice and hate, questions stereotypes, and promotes
diversity.
Adults enjoy lectures, films, presentations and other tolerance
themed programs. Children are brought to the TEC on field trips
to hear first-hand accounts of bigotry and hatred told by those who
have survived including survivors of the holocaust, Cambodian
genocide, Japanese internment camps, or victims of hate crimes
against the LGBTQ movement.
Through the film we will learn about Irena Sendler, a Polish nurse
who somehow smuggled 2,500 Jewish children out of the Warsaw
Ghetto and provided them with false identities that saved their lives.
Arrested, tortured, and condemned to death, she managed to escape
and survived the war. In 1965 she was recognized by the State of
Israel as Righteous Among the Nations and also received Poland's
highest honor, the Order of the White Eagle.
A flyer with the address of the TEC is available in the Main
Clubhouse. If there is a need for transportation or if you can provide
transportation for others, please respond to D. Stone, 1800 Litchfield
Court.
