Irving Roth tours New Mexico

by John Winchester

Holocaust Survivor Irving Roth had a packed schedule from September 11-13 in New Mexico. He spoke to 150 people on Sunday night in Carlsbad. On Monday, he spent the day at the New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell. Beginning with a prayer breakfast at 6:30, Irving continued to speak throughout the day to three classes totaling of 200 students, then again to an entire middle school after lunch. He closed the evening on Monday speaking at a church event with 200+ people in attendance. Tuesday, we went to New Mexico State University in Las Cruces. Irving spoke at a Pastor’s Luncheon, then at the University that evening with over 100 in attendance. We then left on Wednesday for San Diego where we had an event at Pastor Greg Stephens’s church where more than 250 were in attendance. Finally, we flew to Las Vegas for an event at UNLV where we had nearly 100 in attendance.

In total, Irving spoke 11 times to audiences totaling nearly 800 people.

UNLV report

from John Winchester

The opportunity to hear the account of the Holocaust from one of its few remaining survivors is an opportunity that many don’t have and one I am thankful that I could participate in. On September 15, 2011 at The University of Nevada Las Vegas members of the student body and of the community came together to listen to Irving Roth’s tale of courage. The event took place on UNLV’s campus at the Richard Tam Alumni Center and served as the kick off for CUFI at UNLV’s fall semester. Irving was well received and left a strong impression on the audience that was made up of both Christians and Jews. Working together with Hillel at UNLV we were able to bring members of the Jewish student body out as well the Christian community. This event served as a great introduction for CUFI on campus at UNLV and helps us build momentum for the coming semester and accomplish our goal of changing the talk about Israel on our campus!