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Lawmakers introduce Holocaust education funding bill

May 11, 2011
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JTA News

WASHINGTON (JTA) -- Lawmakers in both houses of the U.S. Congress introduced a bill that would budget $10 million for Holocaust education over five years.

"This critical legislation will serve to honor the memory of those who perished during one of the darkest chapters in human history by educating future generations about the dangers of intolerance and hatred," U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) said in a statement he issued May 6 jointly with U.S. Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) and Gary Ackerman, New York Democrats who have introduced identical legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives. read more »

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