By the end of WWII, 63% of all European Jews were dead.
This horrifying statistic was caused by people believing lies and blaming others for their problems.
We are now seeing this intolerance in the US. We must stand up to hate. #HolocaustRemembrance23 https://share.demcastusa.com/s/FJQe9EHUNDLA25Tnl_l3Cw
Marion Walter was born in 1928 to a Jewish family in Berlin.
In 1939, she escaped Nazi Germany on a Kindertransport - a rescue operation that evacuated thousands of Jewish children to England before WWII.
Eventually Marion arrived in the US & earned her doctorate in math education from Harvard. She became a professor & founded the Boston Area Mathematics Specialists focused on improving math education for children.
Marion passed away in 2021, at age 92. https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Walter/ #HistoryRemix
Marion Ilse Walter was born in Berlin and escaped the Nazis on the Kindertransport to England. She emigrated to the United States in 1948 and after earning her doctorate, founded the Mathematics Department at Simmons College. She published over 40 journal articles, several children's books, and the popular book The Art of Problem Posing.
My bar for friendships from this point forward will be "Jamie Lee Curtis As Michelle Yeoh Wins a Golden Globe" -level ride or die.
#GoldenGlobes #JamieLeeCurtis #MichelleYeoh #Friendship #Women
Brazilian security forces deploying tear gas from a helicopter
I love closing out the year with this. 😊
On December 31, 1995, exactly 27 years ago today, legendary cartoonist Bill Watterson published his final 'Calvin and Hobbes' comic strip.
How beautiful and appropriate it was, and a timeless reminder of what we have before us in 2023. ❤️
Happy New Year, ya'll!
Coffee drinkers! Listen! Starbucks workers nationwide are starting a 3-day strike today (Friday 12/16) as part of their effort to unionize.
How can you help? Don't cross the picket line. Get your coffee elsewhere. (Preferably at independent coffee shops. Long live small biz).
And spread the word! Make this message viral. Let's hold billionaire corps accountable because worker's rights are human rights. Let's go.
Sheril Kirshenbaum
Ashley Porciuncula
YRF
Qasim Rashid, Esq.
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