Washington, April 13 -- Congresswoman Laura Gillen issued the following press release:
Congresswoman Laura Gillen (NY-04) met with 100-year-old Holocaust survivor and Valley Stream resident, Leah Goldberg, to hear her harrowing story growing up in Poland and escaping the Holocaust, as well as the importance of improving Holocaust education across the country. Both discussed the urgent need to pass the Holocaust Education and Antisemitism Lessons (HEAL) Act (https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/768) in the wake of escalating antisemitic attacks and Holocaust denialism.
"Every student should know the stories of those who suffered in the Holocaust and how we all have a role in stamping out hate, bigotry, and antisemitism,"...