Holocaust Stamps Project Temple Etz Chaim Board of Directors is pleased to announce that we have become a sponsor along with other area Reform synagogues of the Holocaust Stamps Project for the Foxborough Regional Charter School. For the past four years, Foxborough Regional Charter School has been collecting cancelled postage stamps as part of an ongoing Holocaust Education program. Their Goal: To collect one postage stamp for each of the VICTIMS of the Holocaust. They have collected 3,330,523 stamps as of November, 2013. How can we participate? It’s easy – just cut out the postage stamps from any envelopes you receive in the mail and drop them in the Stamp Collection Box at the Temple or at Religious School on Sundays and Wednesdays (on the lobby table at Medway High School). Why? Each stamp that is collected symbolizes one wasted life, “thrown away” as having no value, much the same way as an envelope bearing a cancelled stamp is tossed in the trash. The students are learning about one man’s intolerance and prejudice resulting in the annihilation of so many victims from 21 European countries. Their study of this period in world history has revealed that the dangers of discrimination and bullying are self-evident. What will be done with the collected stamps? A series of 18 x 24 inch postage stamp collage artworks will eventually total 18 pieces because the number 18 has special significance in our Jewish culture. The Hebrew spelling of the word for “18” is also translated to mean “life.” Together, the unique collection of the students’ artistic creations will serve as a fitting tribute to the 11,000,000 lives of the people murdered in the Holocaust. For further information please visit the Holocaust Stamp Project WEBSITE: foxboroughrcs.org/students-families/frcs-holocaust-stamp-project/ Questions? Please Temple Etz Chaim’s Education Director, Wendy Bierman, at [email protected] or 508-520-8639.
Posted on: Sat, 26 Apr 2014 22:00:00 +0000
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