Alumni Reflection: Josh Raikin, BJE LA / de Toledo High, 2017

We waited in line to enter one of the most efficient murder camps ever built, Auschwitz. It pains me to write the word “efficient,” knowing it was the Nazis’ goal to destroy human beings in an organized process. Like at a normal museum, we entered, wearing headphones, accompanied by our

LA MARCHA DE LA VIDA… 27 AÑOS DESPUÉS Alumni Reflection by Alice Sutton, Mexico, 1990 & 2017

There are experiences that mark you forever, experiences that fill your skin just remember them and you think you’ll never feel the same way again … but I was wrong. Today I had to live again the March of Life through my daughter Rosy who was there after 27 years

Alumni Reflections from Panama Students 2017

SCROLL DOWN FOR ENGLISH TRANSLATION … Semanas atrás marchamos junto a nuestros compañeros panameños a través del portón de Auschwitz, culminando una experiencia que cambió nuestras vidas. Nuestra delegación tuvo el privilegio de encabezar todas las que estaban en formación, marchando en primera fila. cargamos nuestras banderas con orgullo, dirigiendo

Alumni Reflection: Brianah Caplan, BBYO Song Leader, 2017

I had the privilege to be a part of BBYO’s recent March of the Living delegation. In addition to this, I was also given the opportunity to be the song leader for our group- I led all Shabbat and Havdallah services as well as provided meaningful spiritual moments throughout the

Tucson teens, local survivor join defiant ‘March of the Living’

It takes a special kind of courage to revisit your worst memories. When Holocaust survivor Pawel Lichter of Tucson accompanied a group of Jewish teens on the 29th annual March of the Living, April 9-May 13, he stepped back to 1939. In a basement on Warszawska Street, in his home

“People must never be forgotten” – Interview with Happie Hoffman, MOTL Song Leader

THE FOLLOWING HAS BEEN TRANSLATED TO ENGLISH. SCROLL DOWN FOR ORIGINAL GERMAN VERSION… Mrs. Hoffman, you and your singing partner Eric Hunker took part in the “March of the Living” in Auschwitz a few weeks ago. How do you remember this performance? It’s the second time we’ve been a duo, and it

‘The most impactful and important journey of my life’ by Cynthia Sedlezky, Canada, 2015

Cynthia Sedlezky, a 2015 participant in the March of the Living, reflects on an experience she wishes all Jewish youth could share. Ottawa Jewish Bulletin – One conversation and I was propelled inexorably towards a set of values, way of thinking, and infinite relationships that, at that time, I could not

Video Reflections from Tuscon Students, Western Region, 2017

Video Reflections by Paula Romano from Martin Buber School in Argentina, 2017

Video created by Paula Romano

March inspires participants to remember, take action

This year I was in Auschwitz-Birkenau on Holocaust Remembrance Day as part of the March of the Living (MOL) contingent from North and South Carolina and Virginia. These few days reminded me to be so thankful for everything that has been given to me. The emotions I felt as a