I want to wish you and your family well as we face the enormous challenge unleashedby
the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) which threatens, not only theUnited States but the entire world. All of us must take seriously the recommendations made by the CDC and our Federal, State and Government Officials.
At the same time, we must not panic nor lose faith, that in the end this too shall pass. We arethe people whose grandparents and great grandparents experienced Auschwitz and the Holocaust, yet still taught their children and grandchildren never to despair.
Indeed, our sages teach that the Almighty created many worlds before ours, but he still said ofhis new creation Earth, “Behold it is very good indeed.” So must we come out of this challenge by continuing to teach our children and grandchildren that behold, “Our futureshall be very good indeed.”
Rabbi Marvin Hier
Founder & Dean
Simon Wiesenthal Center