Kristallnacht, a Gathering of Remembrance ~ Thursday, November 9 at 7 pm

November 1, 2017
Image (c) Bedford Jewish Community, 2017

Compiled by The Bedford Citizen

Each year, the Bedford Jewish Community, in collaboration with the town’s Interfaith Clergy Association, hosts a brief remembrance of Kristallnacht, “the night of broken glass” on the Town Common. The 2017 remembrance begins at 7 pm on Thursday, November 9 and lasts about 30 minutes.

Kristallnacht commemorates the nights of November 9 and 10 in 1938,  when paramilitary “Brownshirts” and civilians stormed Jewish-owned establishments in German cities, destroying property and intimidating Jews while German authorities looked on without intervening.

Bedford’s commemorative candlelight gathering is a time for sharing words, songs, and prayers that invite us to reflect on the violence can happen when distrust and hatred of differences go unchallenged.

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All are welcome to come, light a candle, and stand together to unite against bigotry and violence in our world.

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