admin | October 13, 2021
A British-born Holocaust educator has announced he is stepping down as head of the USC Shoah Foundation. Stephen Smith penned a heartfelt letter to To survivors of the Shoah and genocides the world over in announcing he is leaving his role as Chief Executive
admin | October 13, 2021
At the memorial service for Sir Martin Gilbert in November 2015, the late former Chief Rabbi, Lord Jonathan Sacks, zl told the following anecdote: It must have been 15 years ago, just before the (original) Holocaust Exhibition was opened in the Imperial War Museum. The organisers of that wonderful exhibition had decided in their thoughtfulness and kindness to invite the Holocaust survivors to a dinner just a couple of weeks before the Exhibition was opened, so that they could see it first.
admin | October 13, 2021
Neo-Nazis burial in Jewish gravesite causes stir in Germany The burial of a Holocaust denier in the gravesite of a Jewish music professor has caused an uproar in Germany. The top German government official tasked with combating antisemitism, Commissioner for Jewish Life Felix Klein, criticizes the action, joining expressions of disbelief from some of the countrys leading Jews.
admin | October 11, 2021
MADRID (JTA) In an unprecedented effort to find their relatives and raise awareness about their stories, Spanish authorities are releasing a list of the Hungarian Jews protected from the Nazis by a diplomat nicknamed the Spanish Schindler. ngel Sanz Briz was recognized as a Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem, the Israeli Holocaust memorial and museum, in 1966 for using an ingenious legal maneuver to save more than 5,200 Jews from being deported to Auschwitz in 1944. But even though his efforts saved five times as many Jews as those of Oskar Schindler, his story is far less well known in part because the staunchly anti-Israel Franco regime, which ruled Spain from 1939 to 1975, barred him from accepting Yad Vashems honor.
admin | October 11, 2021
Even before the two of us set off on our latest trip to Poland, we discussed how we would portray our visit in our Travel Edition of The Jerusalem Post Podcast. Our biweekly show is usually fun-filled, so the thought of portraying Jewish history both glorious and tragic in our broadcast was somewhat daunting. Our destination: southeastern Poland, close to the borders with Slovakia and Ukraine.
admin | October 11, 2021
JERUSALEM, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel stood on Sunday in Jerusalem with her head bowed over the buried ashes of Jews killed in Nazi death camps, and pledged Germany would preserve a post-Holocaust commitment to Israel's security.
admin | October 11, 2021
i24 News Aliyah (Jewish immigration to Israel) increased by 31% so far this year compared to last year, with 20,360 olim (new immigrants) landing at Ben Gurion Airport to make a new life in the Jewish state, data shows. The Ministry of Aliyah and Integration and the Jewish Agency for Israel released the report on Sunday ahead of Yom HaAliyah, or Aliyah Day, on October 13 a national holiday celebrating the contribution of Jewish immigration to Israeli society.
admin | October 11, 2021
Secretary of State Antony Blinken will hold a trilateral meeting at the State Department on Wednesday with the foreign ministers of Israel and the United Arab Emirates. Why it matters: This is the first such meeting since the signing in 2020 of the Abraham Accords, normalization agreements Israel struck with Bahrain and the UAE. It is a substantial step by the Biden administration to strengthen the treaty between the countries
admin | October 11, 2021
Last Tuesday, tech giant Microsoft announced massive expansion plans for its operations in Israel, doubling the number of employees over the next four years and opening new development centers in Beer Sheva and Jerusalem. The company has set a goal of hiring 2,500 new workers over this time frame, adding to the 2,000 workers already employed by Microsoft in Israel. In fact, the plan is part of ongoing expansion efforts with the company having doubled its Israeli payroll in the past three years.
admin | October 11, 2021
A good Jew doesnt pronounce Gods sacred name, the tetragrammaton, out of fear and awe. And similarly, there is a word that due to a taboo, a good Zionist refrains from uttering.
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