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"JOURNEY TO FREEDOM"
> New film documents the legacy of UUSC founders

RESOURCES
> History of the Sharps (pdf)
> Highlights from the Sharps'
story

> Charlie Clements' sermon

> Biography of Martha and
Waitstill Sharp

> Watch a multimedia slideshow
> www.yadvashem.org

U.S. HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL
> Media coverage
> Sharps honored at U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
> Statement by Rep. Tom Lantos
> Sen. Reed's tribute (PDF)
> U.S. government leaders praise UUSC founders
> Bill Schulz speech
> UUSC joins rally to end genocide in Darfur
> Congress pays tribute to UUSC founders
> Senate resolution honoring the Sharps (PDF)

ISRAEL CEREMONY
> Photogallery
> Commemoration in Jerusalem

> Remarks by Martha Sharp Joukowsky


WELLESLEY CELEBRATION
> UUSC founders' legacy
> Rev. O'Connell introduction
> Artemis Joukowsky III
> Rev. Schulz speech
> Rosemarie Feigl remarks
> Remarks by Atema Eclai
> Remarks by Nancy Kaufman
> Letter from Gov. Romney (pdf)

NEWS AND MEDIA
> Media coverage: The Sharps
> UUSC's press release
> Charlie Clements: interview podcast and transcript

 
Media coverage
 

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JANUARY
Cambridge Chronicle -- Founders of Unitarian Universalist Service Committee honored by Congress


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DECEMBER
The Wellesley Townsman -- Sharps' story told in documentary

SEPTEMBER
Washington Post -- The couple who fought genocide

The Providence Journal -- Couple's brave efforts to rescue Jews more than a history lesson

MSNBC -- The couple who fought genocide

 

JUNE
CBS4 Boston -- TV report on Yad Vashem ceremony (streaming video)

New York Daily News -- School lesson leads to life mission

Boston Globe -- Mass. couple receives rare honor

CBS4 Boston -- Local couple honored for saving Jews from Nazis

The Jewish Advocate -- Yad Vashem honors local Unitarians for saving Jews

MetroWest Daily News -- Holocaust memorial bestows rare honor

Prague Daily Monitor -- U.S. couple who saved Czech Jews named Righteous Among Nations

The Providence Journal -- Israel's Holocaust museum honors couple's efforts

The Jewish Week -- 'The Courage To Act'

UU World -- Unitarian couple honored for World War II rescues

UU World (6-page article) -- Righteous Among the Nations

Washington Post -- Boston couple honored for saving Jews


MAY

MetroWest Daily News -- Peace Abbey honors Holocaust rescuers


JANUARY

MetroWest Daily News -- Acts of courage during the Holocaust

Providence Journal -- Multimedia slideshow on the Sharps' legacy


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DECEMBER
Boston Globe -- Deeds earn place among the righteous

UU World -- Unitarian couple honored for World War II heroism

UU World -- Church celebrates members' World War II heroism

Wellesley Townsman -- The righteous couple

Wellesley Townsman -- Wellesley human rights activists honored for heroism in rescuing Holocaust refugees

Keene Sentinel -- Truly righteous KSC filmmakers help acknowledge couple who helped Jewish children during the Holocaust

MetroWest Daily News -- The righteous couple


NOVEMBER

Jewish Voice and Herald -- Yad Vashem recognizes first American woman