A Holocaust Remembrance Day event was canceled due to low registration. So hundreds showed up on Zoom to hear survivor’s story
Source: CNN
The inspiring legacy of Holocaust survivor Arnold Frinland is shared to a worldwide audience via social media.
Culture & Society
The Irish Myth of the Giant’s Causeway
Source: TED-Ed
Every culture has used myths and legends to explain the natural world around them. Watch this short video on the story early Irish residents used to explain a particularly strange rock formation on the northern coast of the island.
Japan has always been refugee-averse. Then Ukraine happened.
Source: Washington Post
Japan is taking huge strides to aid Ukrainian refugees, which could lead to policy changes in the future.
How Watching a Good Deed Elevates and Inspires
Source: Psychology Today
You might do a good deed for someone else just because it’s the right thing to do. Research shows, though, that you’re more likely to do that good deed if you’ve recently seen someone else do a good deed. This article discusses the infectiousness of altruism.
5 Ways to Find Career Ideas
Source: The College Board
Do you already know what kind of career you want to pursue? Then you are lucky—and unique. If, like most of your peers, you don’t know “what you want to be when you grow up,” consider the helpful tips in this article.
To the South Pole and Back – The Hardest 105 days of my life
Source: TED
Ben Saunders talks about his epic, 105-day trek to the South Pole and back; the same route taken by Captain Scott on his ill-fated 1912 expedition.
Ten things you didn’t know about Black Friday
Source: BBC
Learn 10 surprising facts about Black Friday, the biggest shopping day in the year.
Holocaust survivors reunite with the woman who cared for them after the war
Source: The Washington Post
Andra and Tatiana Bucci, who were 4 and 6 years old when they were taken to a concentration camp, traveled to the U.S. as adults to reunite with their former caregiver, a kind woman they called “Manna.” Read this article about the reunion.
From Boys to Men: How Mentoring Is Smoothing the Road to Adulthood
Source: The Guardian
A Band of Brothers is an organization in England that pairs troubled male teenagers with older men living in the same community to provide positive role models.
A Conversation with Sir Patrick Stewart
Source: PBS
In 2010, a modern version of The Tragedy of Macbeth appeared on PBS’s Great Performances. The star of that groundbreaking production, Sir Patrick Stewart, discusses the choices he and director Rupert Goold made to bring Shakespeare’s work to life on the small screen.