I've Always Wondered
What's With the Yellow Candles? Originally Published March 13-14, 2020.

The Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs (FJMC) created the Yellow Candle program in 1981.  The purpose is to keep alive the memory of the Six Million Jews who perished in the Holocaust.  (Your correspondent also remembers the additional six or seven million Romani, gays, Catholics, and other targets of prejudice who were slaughtered.) Twenty-four-hour memorial […]

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