NEW YORK (WCBS 880) — Bruce Ratner, the Chair of the Board at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, joined Drive Time with Michael Wallace on WCBS 880 on Saturday to discuss Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Ratner discusses the importance of Holocaust Remembrance Day, the lessons that should come from it and how to keep the memory alive as survivors age and pass away. Listen to the full interview below.
“It’s not only about Jewish people, it’s about so many different things that are happening in the world right now, whether it be Ukraine or whether it be areas of Africa or so on so. It is really, the purpose of talking about the Holocaust is to try and make sure for us and for others that it doesn’t happen again,” Ratner said.
The Museum of Jewish Heritage will be having a reading on Sunday of Elie Wiesel’s “Night,” an account of the philosopher and writer's experience in Auschwitz.
The museum opens at 12:30 p.m., and the reading will begin at 1 p.m. There will be 22 community and celebrity readers attending the event, Ratner said.