Posts Tagged: Israel Holocaust
Haaretz Shames Itself on the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
I rubbed my eyes in disbelief this week when I read an article prominently featured on Haaretz website entitled "The Warsaw Ghetto Myth". The story...
Netanyahu and Kagame: Fulfilling the Promise of ‘Never Again’
Having sat with Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel and President Paul Kagame of Rwanda in the same week, there is an immediate symmetry one sees...
New Holocaust Museum Honors Couple that Hid Jews in Latvia
JNS.org - Israeli President Shimon Peres attended a ceremony marking the opening of a museum honoring a couple that saved 50 Jews during the...
From Dry Bones to Start Up Nation
On May 15th, 1948 a certain national myth became a reality. Though Jews weren't the only landless people to walk the earth at the time,...
Full Transcript: Prime Minister Netanyahu’s Speech to American Jewish Leaders 2013
On Monday February 11th 2013, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed a visiting delegation of American Jewish leaders representing the Conference of Presidents of Major...
Rosh Hashanah – A Time to Rejoice
For religious Jews, Rosh Hashanah is traditionally a time to apply ourselves towards "Tshuva" - a form of self-critical introspection combined with a spiritual commitment to...
Peres Recalls the Holocaust Horror of His Birthplace
Israeli President Shimon Peres participated in the national Holocaust Memorial Day ceremony at the Yad Vashem museum in Jerusalem on Thursday, sharing a...
Politicizing the Holocaust in Modern Israeli Politics
The somber rituals of Holocaust Remembrance Day in Israel are traditionally apolitical. When the nation's notables gather at Yad va-Shem and the first...
Jimmy Carter Does It Again
When it comes to the Middle East, the former president never ceases to amaze. In an interview published in Time, he was asked: "What do you...
