admin | April 11, 2024
(New York Jewish Week) Ive known Hanna Slome for my entire life: She and her husband Henry Slome were close friends of my parents. I knew that in the 1930s, Henry fled Nazi Germany and Hanna had somehow gotten out of Czechoslovakia, but I didnt know the details of her escape
admin | April 11, 2024
April 10, 2024 @ 11:30 AM Peacock and Sky revealed the full official trailer for the limited series The Tattooist of Auschwitz, based on the internationally best-selling book by Heather Morris, on Wednesday. The book and show are inspired by the real-life story of Lali and Gita Sokolov, who met while prisoners in the Auschwitz concentration camp during the Holocaust of World War II.
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.
admin | April 11, 2024
Congregations of Shaare Shamayim members voted 152-19 on Sunday to proceed with a sale of the synagogue, 9768 Verree Road in Bustleton.
admin | April 11, 2024
On March 29 I watched with horror as Jonathan A.
admin | April 11, 2024
Our recent Solidarity Mission to Israel was truly an incredible and moving experience. From Kabbalat Shabbat with the warm community of Kehilat Veahavta to thought-provoking discussions on Jewish identity at ANU Museum, every moment was filled with connection to our Judaism and shaping Progressive Zionism. We visited the Gaza Envelope where we met remarkable individuals like Eli, whose courage in defending Kibbutz Mefalsim left a lasting impression on us
admin | April 11, 2024
By Alan Jay Gerber With the onset of Pesach, I find the study of the historical and philosophical side of our religious tradition to be of great inspiration in getting myself into the holiday mood.
admin | March 30, 2024
Rabbi Sheldon Rudoff Click herefor a PDF version of this edition of Heres My Story, or visit theMy Encounter Blog. The story I am about to tell happened in the early 1950s, not long after the Rebbe took over the leadership of Chabad Lubavitch. At the time, I was in high school and living in Crown Heights on Carroll Street, which is around the corner from President Street where the Rebbe lived.
admin | March 30, 2024
Everything you will hear today is true the events and the stories. Thats how Andie Weiner, the 2024 Holocaust Legacy Foundation Gideon Klein Scholar, prefaced her presentation at the kick off of Holocaust and Genocide Awareness Week at Northeastern University. The presentation, also her capstone project, was a solo biographical performance that told the story of how her grandfather, Jack or Joop Groothuis, escaped the Netherlands as it was under Nazi occupation and fled to the United States
admin | March 30, 2024
For her efforts to educate young people about the Holocaust, a Moorpark High School student won a prestigious award from the nonprofit David Labkovski Project. Based in West Hills, DLP seeks to combat antisemitism by teaching students about the Holocaust through art
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