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Friday, January 29, 2016
East Oregonian
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Holocaust victims honored 71 years after Auschwitz
By VANESSA GERA
Associated Press
WARSAW, Poland —
Dozens of elderly Holocaust
survivors lit candles at
Auschwitz on Wednesday,
exactly 71 years after the
Soviet army liberated the
death camp that has become
the most powerful symbol of
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by Nazi Germany during
World War II.
The commemoration at
the former death camp in
southern Poland, an area
under Nazi occupation
during the war, is part
of the U.N.-designated
International Remembrance
Day, marked by politicians,
survivors and others in cere-
monies and events across the
world.
At Auschwitz some of
the survivors wore sashes
or scarves that recalled
the striped pajama-style
clothing that prisoners were
forced to wear. They placed
candles and wreaths at a wall
where many prisoners were
executed before gathering
with the presidents of Poland
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monies.
The Nazis killed more
than 1 million people at
Auschwitz, most of them
Jews but also Roma,
non-Jewish
Poles
and
others.
This year’s commemora-
tions come as a resurgence of
anti-Semitism casts a shadow
over a new generation of
European Jews, something
that is driving thousands of
them each year to leave the
continent.
“We must be honest
enough to admit that more
than 70 years after the Shoah,
anti-Semitism is still alive
in our ‘civilized’ European
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LEFT: Holocaust survivors attend a ceremony at the former Auschwitz Nazi death camp in Oswiecim, Poland, on Wednesday, the 71st anni-
versary of the death camp’s liberation by the Soviet Red Army in 1945. RIGHT: A group of visitors walk inside the Holocaust Memorial at the
International Holocaust Remembrance Day in Berlin on Wednesday.
Union,” Federica Mogherini,
the European Union’s top
foreign affairs representative,
said in a statement.
Jewish immigration to
Israel from Western Europe
grew last year due to a rise
in anti-Semitic attacks.
Most — nearly 8,000 —
were from France, where
Islamic extremist attacks
have destroyed the sense
of security previously felt
by Europe’s largest Jewish
population.
In
Germany,
where
hundreds of thousands
of Muslim refugees have
arrived in the past year, Jews
feel threatened from both the
far right and people coming
from countries like Syria.
A rise in anti-Muslim
hostility amid the migrant
crisis is — irrationally —
also fueling anti-Semitism as
a growing number of people
lash out in fear at anyone
they perceive as different.
On Saturday, neo-Nazis
paraded in the center of the
English city of Newcastle
doing Nazi salutes and
carrying a banner that said:
“Refugees Not Welcome.
Hitler Was Right.”
And late last year in
Poland, far-right extremists
at an anti-migrant demon-
stration in Wroclaw burned
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Jew.
At a ceremony Wednesday
morning at the United
Nations, Secretary-General
Ban Ki-moon spoke out
against a “rising tide of
anti-Semitism, anti-Muslim
bigotry and other forms of
discrimination” around the
world, and he used the occa-
sion to once again call for
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to allow the unimpeded
delivery of aid to millions.
“Starvation as a weapon
of war and the deliberate
targeting of civilians is a war
crime,” he said.
World Jewish Congress
president Ronald Lauder said
in a statement sent to The
Associated Press: “Many
anti-Semites and Holocaust
deniers are not afraid any
more to spread their hateful
messages. They do it more
and more openly, on the
Internet, in public places.
... Sometimes, Jews are
even made scapegoats for
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Europe.”
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some elected leaders are
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hatred.
Britain’s Prime Minister
David Cameron announced
Wednesday that a planned
national
memorial
to
Holocaust victims will be
built next to the parliament
building in central London
“as a permanent statement of
our values as a nation.”
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commemorations
across
Europe on Wednesday —
from Estonia and Lithuania
to Serbia and Albania.
Meanwhile, U.S. Pres-
ident Barack Obama is
marking the day by honoring
four people — two Amer-
icans and two Poles — for
risking their lives to protect
Jews during the Holocaust.
In Berlin, the German
Parliament gathered to
Faith Center Church
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COMMUNITY CHURCH
remember the victims of
the Holocaust and heard
Ruth Klueger, an Austri-
an-born writer who survived
Auschwitz and other camps,
tell of her experience as
a camp inmate and slave
laborer.
Klueger, now 84, also
recalled the initial denial
of Nazi crimes in post-war
Germany and contrasted that
with the country now.
“Two or even three gener-
ations have grown up here
since then and this country,
which was responsible 80
years ago for the worst
crimes of the century, has
today won the applause of
the world thanks to its open
borders and the generosity
with which it has taken in
Syrian and other refugees,
and still is,” Klueger said.
HERMISTON
Gathering
brings women
of faith together
The two-day gathering
provides a place for women
A faith-based gathering to wrestle with essential
of women in Texas is being questions of faith, to dream
live-streamed across the and to connect with other
globe with the goal of living women of faith.
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with the belief that God is
Gathering was a vision
real.
Several Hermiston area from Jennie Allen. She was
churches are hosting a get-to- joined by Lindsey Nobles,
gether to take part in the live- and together, they formed
steam of IF: Gathering 2016. a team of Christian female
The event is Friday, Feb. 5 leaders who desire to gather
from 5-9 p.m. and Saturday, this generation of women
Feb. 6 from 9 a.m. to 8 by creating a pure, honest
p.m. at the National Guard space to wrestle with the
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For more information
The IF: Gathering seeks
to gather, equip and unleash about the Hermiston If:
women to live God’s calling Gathering, visit Facebook or
contact if.hermiston@gmail.
in their lives.
The group believes God com.
Donations can be made
will use them to glorify him
and to spread good among electronically through PayPal
with the email address
other people.
In order to make the if.hermiston@gmail.com or
event accessible for all checks can be mailed to IF:
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fee. Women are asked to St., Hermiston, OR 97838.
For more about IF: Gath-
pay-what-you-can, including
through pre-event donations ering 2016, which includes a
and at the gathering. All link to other regional events,
donations are tax-deductible. visit www.ifgathering.com.
East Oregonian
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Faith Center welcomes healer
PENDLETON — Evangelist Greg Romine will present
“Key to Healing” Sunday at Faith Center Church during the
10:30 a.m. service. He also will pray for the sick at the end of
the service.
Romine is pastor of King’s Church in Vancouver, Wash.
He is also president of the College of Global Deployment,
host of the TV show “Options” and co-leader of “Called To
Rescue,” a ministry that rescues children and youth from
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Faith Center Church is located at 108 S. Main St.,
Pendleton. For more information, call Rev. Ray O’Grady at
541-276-9569.
P eace L utheran C hurch
210 NW 9th, Pendleton
ELCA
Join us Sundays
Worshiping God
Loving People
9:30
Sunday
Worship
9:30 am am
Sunday
Worship
10:30 am Fellowship
11:00 am Sunday School & Adult Class
108 S. Main • 276-9569
~Come and be at Peace~
Sr. Pastor, Ray O’Grady
pendletonfaithcenter.org
on 1290 KUMA noon each Sunday
Sunday Worship
10:30 am
Community
Presbyterian Churc h
1350 S. Highway 395, Hermiston
Sunday Worship Services
English- Pastor Dave Andrus
9:00 & 10:45 am
Spanish- Pastor Genaro Loredo
9:00 & 10:15 am
Classes for kids during all services
For more information call
541-567-8441
Worship: 10 AM Sunday
School at 11:30
St. Johns
Episcopal Church
All People
Are Welcome
Scripture, Tradition
and Reason
Family service 9am Sunday
Gladys Ave & 7th Hermiston
Fr. Dan Lediard, Priest. PH: 567-6672
OPEN HEARTS – OPEN DOOR
585 SW Birch, Pilot Rock, OR 97868
(541) 443-2500
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Sunday School: 9:30 am
Worship Service: 10:45 am
Wednesday Services:
Kids’ Club: 6:00 pm
Youth Group: 7:00 pm
FAITH LUTHERAN
CHURCH
in Mission for Christ LCMC
Bible Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:00 AM
Sunday Worship . . . . . . . . . . . 10:30 AM
Red Lion Hotel
( Oregon Trail Room )
www.faithpendleton.org
Service of Worship - 10:00 am
Children’s Sunday School - 10:20 am
Fellowship - 11:00 am
www.pendletonpresbyterian.com
Open Hearted...Open Minded
Sunday Worship 9:00 a.m.
Sunday School 10:00 a.m. (Nursery Provided)
Fellowship, Refreshments & Sunday School
Check Out our Facebook Page or Website for
More Information
541-289-4535
Tom Inch, Pastor
Grace and Mercy Lutheran Church, ELCA
164 E. Main St. / P.O. Box 1108
Hermiston, Oregon 97838
First United
Methodist
Church
352 SE 2nd Street
Pendleton, OR
541-276-2616
Sunday Worship 9am
Open Hearts, Open Hands, Open Doors
Facebook: www.facebook.com/
FUMCPendleton
Services are broadcast every Sunday
on KUMA-1290 AM @ 11am
Rev. Dr. Jim Pierce, pastor
555 SW 11th, Hermiston
567-9497
Nursery provided for all services
Sunday School - 9:30 AM
Worship - 10:45 AM
6:00 pm
Wed Prayer & Worship - 7:00 PM
“Proclaiming God’s word,
growing in God’s grace”
Come meet Jesus at
PENDLETON BAPTIST
CHURCH
3202 SW Nye Ave Pendleton, OR
541-276-7590
Sunday Morning Worship 11:00 AM
Sunday Bible Classes 9:45 AM
Sunday Youth Group 6:00 PM
Mon. Community Women’s Study
9:30 AM & 6 PM
Awana Kids Club (K-6th grade)
Wed Men’s Study 6 PM
MOPS meeting the 1st Thur of the Month
6 PM
Pastor James Becker
FIRST SERVICE 8:30 AM
SECOND SERVICE 10:30 AM
712 SW 27 TH ST.
541-276-1894
www.fcogpendleton.com
32742 Diagonal RD
Hermiston OR 97838
Sunday School 10 am
Worship 7 am
Evening Service 7 pm
Bible Study Wednesdays 7 pm
Firestarter Youth Ministry
(Ages 12-17)
Monday @ 6 pm
St. Paul Anglican Church, APA
Currently Located at 119 SW Quinney Pl.,
Home Church in Pendleton @ Sunridge Estates
541-303-1261
Holy Communion - 1st & 3rd Sunday
Morning Prayer - 2nd, 4th & 5th Sunday
All Services - 10:00am Sundays
The Rev. Fr. Vincent Varnas
facebook.com/stpaulanglicanchurchapa
Widows meet for lunch
HERMISTON — A women’s ministry of the Hermiston
Church of the Nazarene provides a time of fellowship and
encouragement to widows.
A Merry Heart Widow’s Lunch is Thursday, Feb. 4 at
11:30 a.m. at Shari’s Restaurant, 800 S. Highway 395,
Hermiston. It’s a no-host event.
For more information, contact 541-567-3677 or
hermistonnaz@gmail.com.
1401 SW Goodwin Place
276-0882
Sabbath School 9:20 am
Worship Service 10:45 am
T HE C OUNTRY C HURCH
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH
-Presbyterian Church (USA)-
201 SW Dorion Ave.
Pendleton
Saturday Services
Pendleton
Grace Baptist Church
www.graceandmercylutheran.org
14 Martin Drive,
Umatilla, OR
922-3250
Seventh-Day
Adventist Church
241 SE Second St. Pendleton
(541)276-3809
www.pendletonepiscopal.org
Sunday Morning Worship 9:00 a.m.
Wednesday Worship Noon
Wednesday Evening Prayer
and Pot Luck 6:00 p.m.
All Are Welcome
To share your
worship times
call
Amanda Jacobs
541-278-2683