Posts Tagged: Holocaust survivors
National Infantry Museum Opens Holocaust Exhibit in Honor of War Hero
A new Holocaust exhibit was opened at the National Infantry Museum over the weekend. The display was named in memory of Aaron Cohn, who served...
Nazis’ Grandchilden March with Holocaust Survivors in Poland
A group of grandchildren of Nazis, along with Holocaust survivors and their descendants, will be taking part in a march across Poland with ...
Holocaust Museum With Focus on Orthodox Jews To Open In Brooklyn Next Spring
According to a UJA study conducted last year, 23 percent of Brooklyn's 2.4 million residents are Jewish, including an estimated 9,000 Holocaust survivors, the largest...
Deadly Russian Floods Spring JDC Into Action
In the wake of severe floods in Russia's Krasnodar Region near the Black Sea last weekend, more than 170 people were killed, over...
Jewish Organizations, Others Must Stop Interfering With Holocaust Survivors’ Rights
The JTA recently published an op-ed by Menachem Rosensaft which gratuitously offers an "alternative" to the legislation that Holocaust survivors and children and grandchildren of...
Holocaust Survivors’ Objections Silence Tel Aviv Wagner Concert
Tel Aviv University on Monday denied a request to hold a concert of works by the 19th-century German composer Richard Wagner on its...
What Do We Really Remember on This Day?
I walked into an apartment not really knowing what to expect. A tall woman with high cheekbones and kind eyes greeted me at the door....
Israel to Increase Financial Assistance for Holocaust Survivors
Coinciding with Holocaust Remembrance Day, reports say that the Israeli Cabinet has boosted its budget for assisting Holocaust survivors. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
The Top 10 Toughest Living Jews
From Samson to Judah Maccabee, Ze'ev Jabotinsky to Hanna Senesh, there is a valiant history of tough and brave Jews who have had their impact...
Jon Lovitz Comes to Aid of Middle School Girl on Twitter
Former Saturday Night Live star Jon Lovitz has taken to Twitter to express his outrage over swastika graffiti and human feces left at the home...
A World Without Holocaust Survivors
As the number of Holocaust survivors able to give direct testimony about their horrific experiences during World War II is dropping precipitously, the Jewish community...
Is This Threat Different From All Other Threats?
When my parents were teenagers in Eastern Europe, the steady drumbeat of Jewish persecution in Europe was making its way to their hometowns. "Why didn't...
Peter Beinart, Racism vs. Anti-Semitism
There are critics of Israel and the Jews I respect and those I do not. Peter Beinart, who has just published The Crisis of Zionism, is...
Dutch Woman Saved More Than 100 Jews in the Holocaust, Dies
Tina Strobos, a Dutch woman who hid and rescued more than 100 Jews during the Holocaust, passed away last week at her home in...
