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Volume 133
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Published Weekly Since 1887
Survey: PA
in Top 10 for
Holocaust Knowledge
SOPHIE PANZER | JE STAFF
PENNSYLVANIA RANKED AMONG
the top 10 states in the country for
Holocaust knowledge in a survey recently
released by the Conference on Jewish
Material Claims Against Germany.

Although the state does not have a
Holocaust education mandate, it scored
higher than several states where Holocaust
education is mandated, including New
York, New Jersey and California.

Th e Claims Conference stated that the
U.S. Millennial Holocaust Knowledge and
Awareness Survey released Sept. 16 is the
fi rst-ever 50-state survey on Holocaust
knowledge among millennials and Gen Z.

Researchers calculated their “knowledge
score” by using the percentage of millen-
nials and Gen Z adults who met all three
of the following criteria: have defi nitively
heard about the Holocaust, can name at
least one concentration camp, death camp
or ghetto, and know that 6 million Jews
were killed in the Holocaust.

Even in states that performed relatively
Mayer Kirshenblatt’s ‘The Black Wedding in the Cemetery’ from ‘They Called Me Mayer July:
Painted Memories of a Jewish Childhood in Poland Before the Holocaust,’ by Mayer Kirshenblatt and
Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett (University of California Press 2007)
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Couple Wed in Graveyard
to Stop 1918 Flu Pandemic
know each other prior to the ceremony.

For another, their nuptials attracted 1,200
THE WEDDING OF Harry Rosenberg guests, though they didn’t have the money
and Fanny Jacobs was unusual for several for a big party.

reasons. But perhaps the strangest aspect of
For one, the bride and groom didn’t their union was that it took place in a
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