Nathan Straus: Shtadlan Extraordinaire, Zionist, And The ‘American Pasteur’ – The Jewish Press – JewishPress.com
admin | April 11, 2024
Rare postcard, Hanadiv [philanthropist] Natan Straus.
Brooklyn synagogue fire leaves rabbi, 4 others hospitalized day after daughter’s wedding – New York Daily News
admin | March 30, 2024
A joyous weekend for a Brooklyn rabbis family turned into tragedy early Friday when a fire broke athis synagogue, leaving them trapped by a third-floor window ledge, fighting for their lives, FDNY officials and congregants said. Rabbi Avrhom Horowitz, his wife, and son were among the five people hospitalized, two critically, as the fire broke out about 6:15 a.m. on the second floor of the 60th St.
Winchester rabbi takes part in Ghost Army ceremony – The Winchester Star
admin | March 30, 2024
A Winchester rabbi made the trek to Washington, D.C., last week to contribute to a ceremony when a secret World War II unit, known as the Ghost Army, was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal. On March 21, Rabbi Aaron Stucker-Rosovsky of Beth El Congregation gave the parting benediction after surviving members of the Ghost Army received Congress highest honor at the U.S. Capitol.
He Gave Shiurim From His Hospital Bed Until the Very End – Anash.org – Good News
admin | March 30, 2024
The passing of young Rabbi Mendel Landa left us all devastated.He was trulya chassidishe powerhouse until his very last moments. Now, his family needs our support.
Rebbetzin Leah Althaus, Daughter Of Kfar Chabad’s Rabbi, Dies Of Pregnancy Complications At 29 – VINNews
admin | March 30, 2024
JERUSALEM (VINnews) BDE: Some 1500 people attended the levaya of Rebbetzin Leah Althaus, the wife of the Chabad emissary to Dnieper in Ukraine, who passed away Tuesday at the age of 29 from a rare complication in pregnancy. Subscribe to our Daily Roundup Email Rebbetzin Althaus is the daughter of Rabbi Meir Ashkenazi, who has served as Rabbi of Kfar Chabad since the 2015 passing of his father Rabbi Mordechai Ashkenazi. Rebbetzin Althaus ah Rebbetzin Althaus AH and her family She had started her shlichus [Jewish community service] in Dnieper together with her husband Rabbi Zelig who serves as one of the rabbis at the Tomchei Temimim yeshiva in Dnieper
Hulu’s ‘We Were the Lucky Ones’ Introduces American Viewers to Israeli Legend Lior Ashkenazi Kveller – Kveller.com
admin | March 30, 2024
I may be biased because we have the same first name, but I think Lior Ashkenazi is one of the finest male Israeli actors alive.
Jewish comedian Lena Dunham discovers her family’s Holocaust story on PBS’ ‘Finding Your Roots’ – JTA News – Jewish Telegraphic Agency
admin | March 30, 2024
(JTA) Jewish actress and writer Lena Dunham is the latest Hollywood star to discover that her family has ties to the Holocaust on the PBS celebrity genealogy series Finding Your Roots. Dunham, the sometimes controversial comedian who was born to a Protestant father and a Jewish mother, has previously described herself as very culturally Jewish, and she stars in a forthcoming film, Treasure, that features a family grappling with its Holocaust history.
The Real Family in Hulu’s We Were The Lucky Ones | TIME – TIME
admin | March 30, 2024
The author Georgia Hunter grew up hearing that her granduncle kept a fake penis foreskin on hand in case he had to show proof that he wasnt Jewish in Warsaw during the Holocaust. As the story was told to Hunter, her relative, an architect named Adam, was so desperate not to be discovered as Jewish that he stuck a bandage on his member with an egg white and water mixture
99-year-old Holocaust survivor tends graves of soldiers killed on Oct. 7 – JNS.org
admin | March 30, 2024
(March 27, 2024 / JNS) KADIMA-ZORAN, IsraelWalking cane in hand, the small elderly man hovers over the two fresh graves, gingerly watering the potted plants adorning them. He straightens the pictures of the young men, arranges the stones and mementos, and cleans off the tombstones. I know what pain is, Yaakov Lubinewski, 99, whose entire family was murdered by the Nazis eight decades ago, told a freshly bereaved Israeli father nearly six months ago in the aftermath of Hamass Oct
‘We Were the Lucky Ones’ is a heartening story of Holocaust survival – Entertainment Weekly News
admin | March 30, 2024
Its always daunting to press play on a TV show, movie, or documentary about the Holocaust. As necessary and important as these stories are, theyre also agonizing. And Hulus new limited series We Were the Lucky Ones about a Polish family forced to scatter across multiple continents during World War II is a tough watch
