Posts Tagged: Jewish Refugees World War II
Jewish Indie Rocker Dedicates New ‘Refugee’ Track to Grandfather Who Fled Nazi Persecution
Jewish indie singer Ezra Furman released a song on Wednesday that he said was dedicated to his grandfather, who escaped Nazi persecution. Furman told the website Consequence...
Obama Likens Syrian Migrants to Jewish WWII Refugees (VIDEO)
US President Barack Obama on Tuesday compared Syrian refugees to Jews who sought to escape the Nazis. "In the Syrian seeking refuge today, we should see the...
New Video Shows Israelis Thanking Shanghai for Sheltering Jewish WWII Refugees
A short video released on Wednesday by the Israeli consulate in Shanghai shows Israelis thanking the city for offering Jewish refugees shelter during World War...
Book Paints Painful-But-Inspiring Picture of Holocaust’s Immediate Aftermath
JNS.org - Dan Stone’s “The Liberation of the Camps: The End of the Holocaust and Its Aftermath” is difficult reading, and not just because it documents...
Memorials and Days
We are right in the middle of all sorts of memorial days. But I wonder. Do they do any good? My late father was born in...
Holocaust-Era British Rabbi will Receive Award for Rescue of 300 Children
The UK's Department for Communities on Monday will posthumously honor a British rabbi who saved about 300 Jewish children during the Second World War as a British...
