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Remembering the Holocaust Special to The Oak Ridger The city of Oak Ridge has proclaimed this coming Sunday, April 11, as Holocaust Remembrance Day for 2021. The Jewish Congregation of Oak Ridge (JCOR) and the Oak Ridge Unitarian Universalist Church (ORUUC) have partnered together to present the annual Holocaust Remembrance Program. It will be held virtually on Sunday, April 11, from 7 to 8 p.m. There will be a candle lighting ceremony, readings, prayers and music by singer-songwriter, Chuck Brodsky. “We encourage attendees from all over the country to participate,” a news release stated. Mira Kimmelman, a local Holocaust survivor who died April 17, 2019, initiated the Holocaust Remembrance Program many years ago. Mira is the author of “Echoes From the Holocaust: A Memoir” (1997) and “Life beyond the Holocaust: Memories & Realities” (2005). She spent many years lecturing to various community groups and classes. ....
1st US woman freed from death row talks to Oak Ridgers Carolyn Krause/Special to The Oak Ridger Sabrina Butler Smith, mother of three children, lost her 9-month-old son Walter to a disease when she was 17. He died in his sleep while she was outside for a short jog. When the Black teenager returned to her apartment in Columbus, Miss., and fetched a bottle of milk to feed him, she discovered he did not appear to be breathing. She tried to save him. She had no car so she knocked on neighbors’ doors looking for a ride to the hospital. ....