Rescued as part of the Violins of Hope project, they now toured the world as both summons and warning: Remember, or history repeats. Dai, dai, dai, dai, dai…Hal stood to play his shofar, and I realized he was wearing his yarmulke. Courtesy of Nancy JorgensenAdvertisementAs unison violins played “Osie Shalom,” each note leaned on the next like family. I thought about the remarks at our Violins of Hope concert, that the instruments were not only history, but warning. Listening to the news from Minnesota, I wondered if anyone recognized the signs or believed we might be repeating mistakes.

Source: Huffington Post February 07, 2026 02:34 UTC