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A Latet volunteer visits a Holocaust survivor. (Courtesy of Latet) After undergoing essential hip surgery that left Holocaust survivor Vyacheslav last name withheld for anonymity wheelchair-bound, the 89-year-old man struggled with new mobility limitations within his own bathroom. That was until he received free home repairs for mobility accommodation from Latet Israeli Humanitarian Aid, a grantee of the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia
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admin | April 11, 2024
With just over three weeks to go until The Tattooist of Auschwitz premieres on Peacock, a new trailer has been released for the limited drama series. Based on Heather Morris 2018 bestselling novel, the series tells the powerful true story of holocaust survivor Lali Sokolov (Harvey Keitel and Jonah Hauer-King), a prisoner who was given the job of tattooing ID numbers in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, as he relives the trauma of his youth and his memories of falling in love after finding the courage to tell his story to a novice writer
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admin | April 11, 2024
I remember how our Israeli Prime Minster, Benjamin Netanyahu, told Holocaust survivors at an elderly home,The Holocaust happened because there was no State of Israel. If there had been a Jewish state before, there would have been no Holocaust. Later, he would tell the whole world while speaking from the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum that the Jewish state has learned the lessons of the Holocaust
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admin | April 11, 2024
In Hulus limited-series We Were the Lucky Ones, the Kurc family in Poland is separated during World War II and spends years trying to reunite. This was before the Internet and cell phones so tracking each others whereabouts was hard. Its based on a non-fiction book of the same name by Georgia Hunter, who wrote about her own familys story.
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originally published: 04/10/2024 (TOMS RIVER, NJ) -- When the threat of genocide ran rampant in Europe and around the globe during World War II, was American intervention adequate, or even possible? See the Holocaust in the context of the time during "Combatting Hate: America and the Holocaust" at the Ocean County Library Toms River Branch on Tuesday, May 7, 2024. The event begins at 6:30pm
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admin | April 11, 2024
DAUPHIN COUNTY, Pa (WHP) UPDATE | The Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley area is now confirming specific areas that were also targeted with bomb threats related to the Harrisburg incident. A release was sent out by members of the organization, stating that a threatening hoax email was sent to the Allentown Jewish Federation's inbox, along with branches in Philadelphia, Harrisburg, and Pittsburgh
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admin | April 11, 2024
On this day in 1730, the first American synagogue was dedicated on Mill Street in lower Manhattan.
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admin | April 11, 2024
Learn to make pita on the firepit and well even try our hands at making matzah! Whats the difference between making pita and making matzah? Come by to find out! Never miss the best stories and events! Get JewishBoston This Week.
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Students from Colby College helped harvest ice from a pond for a new mikvah, or ritual bath, at a synagogue in Waterville. WHY WERE HERE Were exploring how America defines itself one place at a time. When a synagogue in Maine needed water for a ceremonial Jewish bath, it drew on a fitting natural source, with the help of some friends.
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(JTA) On Saturday night, I watched an episode of We Were the Lucky Ones,Hulus new Holocaust series. On Sunday morning, I woke up to a traumatic scene in my own community:a red swastika painted on the bannerthat sits on the front lawn of the suburban Philadelphia synagogue where my husband is the rabbi. Even though it wasnt shattered glass, or broken bones, it was painful to see it there, right there, in our own backyard, on our property, on our beloved banner that advertises our early childhood program and the summer camp my children will attend.
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