Posts Tagged: Holocaust survivors
Christian Messages of Love for Israel
When I was growing up, I knew that there were individuals - and even entire countries - who hated Israel and the Jewish people because...
Holocaust-Questioning Assignment to be Revised by California School District
JNS.org - The Rialto Unified School District in southern California said it would alter an assignment that asked eighth-grade students to write an essay...
The Holocaust Survivors Who Fell in Israel’s 1948 War of Independence
A special monument is located at the end of the trail that connects Israel's Yad Vashem, the official memorial to Jewish victims of the Holocaust,...
Sapling From Anne Frank’s Tree Planted on U.S. Capitol
JNS.org - A sapling grown from the original tree that stood outside the hiding place of Holocaust teenage diarist Anne Frank was planted on...
Holocaust Survivor’s Search for Long-Lost Brother Goes Viral
JNS.org - More than 68 years after he was liberated from Auschwitz, 73-year-old Israeli Holocaust survivor Menachem Bodner's search for his long-lost brother has...
Scooter Braun to Justin Bieber: I’m Your Favorite Jew After Jesus
Justin Bieber's manager, Scooter Braun, joked on Monday that he is the pop star's most beloved Jew after Jesus. "Im still your favorite jew after JC...
New York Times Says Abbas ‘Vilified’ for Challenging Number of Holocaust Victims
As Israelis mark Holocaust Remembrance Day at ceremonies naming individuals among the 6 million murdered Jews, The New York Times reports that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas...
Two Separate Days – Two Separate Meanings
Today, the people of Israel marked their Holocaust Remembrance Day. Next week, Israel will celebrate their day of Independence. Many have come to see the...
Abbas Denounces Holocaust, Draws Parallel to Palestinian ‘Oppression’
WAFA - In response to a question on the occasion of Holocaust Day, raised in conversation with Rabbi Marc Schneier, President Mahmoud Abbas said that:...
Israel Approves 1 Billion NIS Increase in Holocaust Survivor Benefits
Times of Israel - On the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Israeli government approved an increase of NIS 1 billion ($290 million) each year...
Report: 50,000 Israeli Holocaust Survivors Live in Poverty
Ynet - Fifty thousand of the country's 193,000 Holocaust survivors live beneath the poverty line while one-fifth have had to cut back on food and...
Career Working With the Elderly Will Aid New U.S. Envoy for Holocaust Survivors (INTERVIEW)
JNS.org - Aviva Sufian was just 8 years old when her mother took her to an American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors event in...
Israeli Minister Recites Exceptional Kaddish at Auschwitz (VIDEO)
Before Israeli Knesset Member Uri Ariel, Minister of Construction and Housing, embarked on his recent trip to Poland together with some 60 other MKs, he...
Adolf Eichmann’s Israeli Prison Guards Speak Out for First Time
JNS.org - The identities of the Israeli prison guards who kept watch over and ultimately carried out the execution of Nazi mastermind Adolf Eichmann were...
