Posts Tagged: Jewish persecution
When Will the Need to Proclaim, ‘Never Again’ Ever End?
The familiar mantra "Never Again" echoes through the ages as often as Jews have been set upon by their enemies. Will the need to proclaim,...
Once Again, Arabs Deny Ethnically Cleansing Jews
The news that Israel will seek $250 billion in compensation from Arab countries for the property that Jews lost when they were expelled in the...
The Difficult and Important Task of Commemorating Iraqi Jewry’s Farhud
JNS.org - Every Iraqi Jew has a tale to tell about the Farhud, the two-day pogrom that befell the Jews of Baghdad 75 years ago in...
On Hanukkah, We Celebrate Those Who Gave Their Lives for Judaism
Hanukkah is a time to reflect upon the many ways that the Festival of Lights has impacted Jewry throughout history. In the era following the conquest of the...
Neuroscientists Use Holocaust-Survivor Testimonies to Map How the Brain Processes Gratitude
Neuroscientists are using testimonies of Holocaust survivors to help map the way the brain experiences gratitude, the U.K's Daily Mail reported on Tuesday. Researchers took multiple recordings of...
On Mourning for Our Sons
As I sit curled at my desk writing these words, my eyes are full of tears. The little pools of saline grow, obscuring my vision....
The Sins of Leaders
Leaders make mistakes. That is inevitable. So, strikingly, our parsha implies. The real issue is how he or she responds to those mistakes. The point is...
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...
