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Ari enlists star power
Hip hop artist launches campaign
NEW YORK -- Grammy-winning artist Miri Ben-Ari, aka the Hip-Hop Violinist and a third generation to Holocaust survivors, is launching a new campaign on behalf of her non-profit organization Gedenk ("remember" in Yiddish) to promote awareness and education about the Jewish Holocaust to young America.
The campaign will kick off with three public service announcements that will depict how ordinary people can become victims of hate crimes. The campaign will include quotes from celebrities and prominent political figures that contemplate the question: why it is important for young people to learn about the Holocaust?
Ben-Ari states, "I founded Gedenk because I discovered there was an urgent need to expand youth education about the Holocaust. As a third generation to Holocaust survivors, I was appalled by studies showing that 50% of kids graduating high school in America don't know what the Holocaust is."
Quotes from celebrities and prominent individuals include:
"It's very important for kids to know about history; their understanding
of the past can help build the future."
- Wyclef
"If we don't teach about history we are likely to repeat it. Any
anti-Semitism is a mark of evil in the world."
-Jon Voight
"I lived in Germany for a number of years and was able to visit the
concentration camps just outside of Munich. It shows what happens when
the evil, dark, negative side of humanity is allowed to prevail."
- Donna Summer
"We have a responsibility to fight against hate and genocide and to
acknowledge the history of such inexcusable tragedies as the Holocaust."
- John Legend
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