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We the GLHRC condemn the barbaric antisemitic terrorist attack in Australia that has taken the lives of at least 15 innocent people who had gathered to celebrate Hanukkah. This deliberate act of hatred targeted the Jewish community as they celebrated the Festival of Lights. We mourn those whose lives were stolen from them and pray for the wounded, wishing them a speedy recovery. Rabbi Irving Greenberg famously said, “the proper response, as Hanukkah teaches, is not to curse the darkness but to light a candle". Tonight, we must all light candles.

Statement regarding Hamas's attack of Israel

The Greater Lafayette Holocaust Remembrance Committee grieves Hamas’s brutal attack on Israel on October 7, 2023. Hamas’s actions have caused heart-wrenching suffering in Israel and in Gaza and have frustrated the cause of peace. All hostages must be released immediately and the humanitarian tragedy precipitated by Hamas in Gaza must be stopped. Our prayers are with all the victims and their families.

The GLHRC fully supports the following statement issued by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM), and we stand with the Ukrainian people in their defense of their sovereignity: The USHMM strongly condemns Russia’s outrageous attack on Ukraine and is deeply concerned about threats to civilians and loss of life. In justifying this attack, Vladimir Putin has misrepresented and misappropriated Holocaust history by claiming falsely that democratic Ukraine needs to be “denazified.” Equally groundless and egregious are his claims that Ukrainian authorities are committing “genocide” as a justification for the invasion of Ukraine.