Posts Tagged: Jewish prisoners
Jewish Prisoners Granted Rights to Kosher Meals in Michigan Following Lawsuit
JNS.org - A proposed settlement reached on Oct. 12 in a class-action lawsuit allows Jewish inmates in Michigan prisons to start receiving certified-kosher meals, The Jewish...
New Technology Reveals Tunnel Dug With Spoons, Hands by Jewish Prisoners to Escape Nazi Death Squads
JNS.org - A team of researchers has discovered a tunnel in Lithuania that was used by Jews to escape the Nazis during the Holocaust, according to...
‘Accountant of Auschwitz’ Trial Spectacle Sends Message to Future Generations
This week, in the German town of Lueneburg, a 93-year-old man went on trial accused of being an accessory to 300,000 murders. Whether you welcome the unedifying sight...
Hungarian Holocaust Survivors Thank US Troops Who Saved Them
JNS.org - A group of Hungarian Holocaust survivors on Sunday thanked American troops who helped rescue them from a train that was taking them...
Does Ostreicher’s Freedom Shed Light on the Cases of Other Jewish Prisoners?
JNS.org -While an air of mystery surrounds the details of Jewish businessman Jacob Ostreicher's return to U.S. soil after being held for more...
What Does the Future Hold for Jews Jailed, Held Hostage Overseas?
"There are, I think, almost 3,000 Americans in foreign jails. Almost all of them are in there for doing something." That is the assessment given to JNS.org...
