i'm rabbi eric weiss. and honored to be your host this morning. today's program will be divided into two segments. in the last two segments, we will have a talk about a wonderful new innovation at a synagogue. in the meantime, history matters. traditions across the country come to understand how history impacts the present and the ways in which it is important to weave that history into the relationship that it has to all of us. i would like to intrude his you to esther, who is the chair of the hebrew committee. and also morgan bluhm, the director of education at the northern holocaust center. welcome esther and morgan. >> thank you. >> we want to jump in and talk about what it is at the holocaust, in terms of its historical occurrence, has had as an impact today, on subsequent generations of those who were -- victimized by the holocaust. esther, what is the committee? >> each year we have a holocaust remembrance to -- memorial day. it coincides internationally with holocaust remembrance day. and the commi