Holocaust Center Partners with A.C. Casinos to Light Up Yellow

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Resorts Atlantic City, Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Atlantic City and Ocean Casino Resort all switched their outside lighting to yellow on Monday, Jan. 27 to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day in partnership with 淫性视频's Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center.

Atlantic City, N.J. 鈥 The Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center at 淫性视频 partnered with the Casino Association of New Jersey (CANJ) on Monday, Jan. 27 to light up Atlantic City yellow to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Seven of the city鈥檚 nine casinos 鈥 Bally鈥檚 Atlantic City, Caesars Atlantic City, Golden Nugget Atlantic City, Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Atlantic City, Resorts Atlantic City, Ocean Casino Resort and Tropicana Atlantic City 鈥 changed their outside lighting to yellow at dusk as part of a nationwide awareness campaign that includes the New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education.

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Yellow symbolizes Holocaust awareness because it was the color of the Star of David badges Jews were forced to wear by the Nazis during the Holocaust. Several other national locations, including the Empire State Building, Niagara Falls and Philadelphia International Airport, are also taking part in the commemoration.

Irvin Moreno-Rodriguez, the director of 淫性视频鈥檚 Holocaust Resource Center and a member of the New Jersey Commission, first approached Mark Giannantonio, the president and CEO of Resorts and the president of the casino association, with the idea earlier this month. Giannantonio is a 淫性视频 graduate who took a Holocaust and Genocide Studies class while attending the university.

鈥淒uring this light-up campaign, we would like to pay tribute to all the victims of the Holocaust and to ensure that the lives of those who survived the Holocaust are never forgotten,鈥 Moreno-Rodriguez said. 鈥淏y joining this campaign, Atlantic City casinos are physically reminding all of us of the importance of Holocaust education and the Center's mission to commemorate the Holocaust and combat antisemitism and other forms of hate.鈥

鈥淎tlantic City鈥檚 casinos are so honored to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day on the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz,鈥 said Giannantonio, who is also an advisory board member of the Lloyd D. Levenson Institute of Gaming, Hospitality and Tourism (LIGHT) at the 淫性视频 School of Business. 鈥淭he casino industry is proud to light up our properties yellow in honor of the 11 million victims of the Holocaust, including 6 million Jews and 1.5 million children. We must always remember.鈥

Moreno-Rodriguez, who also teaches Holocaust and Genocide Studies classes at 淫性视频, added that the campaign reminds him of something he reiterates to his students.

鈥淔rom darkness comes light, and Holocaust education is a powerful light, reminding us of the enduring power of the human spirit, and the possibility of building a brighter future for all,鈥 he said.

-- Story by Mark Melhorn