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Congregation Brothers of Israel Remembers Late B’nai Mitzvah Teacher
9+ hour, 33+ min ago (561+ words) For 18 years, the late Sid Moszer taught the b'nai mitzvah students at Congregation Brothers of Israel in Newtown, passing down a love of Judaism to future generations with passion derived in part from Moszer's experiences in Germany during Nazi rule....
Sidney Snyder, Family-Focused World War II Veteran, Dies at 100
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (729+ words) For a full century, Sidney Snyder lived with a steady mix of independence, humor and devotion to the people closest to him. A World War II veteran who built his life around family bonds and a genuine interest in others,…...
Opinion: What the US Ambassador to Poland Left Out When He Absolved Poland of Holocaust Complicity
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (261+ words) Lost in the recent kerfuffle over whether the U.S. Coast Guard would no longer consider the swastika as a symbol of hate was a far more troubling development in antisemitism. The new U.S. ambassador to Poland, Thomas Rose, delivered a speech in…...
Belgian Museum to Keep Art It Says Was Stolen From Jews
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (531+ words) Canaan Lidor | JNS Jewish organizations in Belgium on Monday demanded restitution from a city-run museum in Ghent that has acknowledged that it was in possession of a looted painting, yet declined to offer compensation for it. The call by the…...
A Collection Worth Saving: Passing On Holocaust Materials to the Next Generation
3+ mon, 5+ day ago (659+ words) Arlene Hanauer needs someone to take her books. She's shopped her collection around to the Center for Jewish History in New York, as well as the Holocaust Awareness Museum and Education Center here in Elkins Park, among six or seven…...
David Schaecter, ‘Dedicated Advocate for Survivors,’ Dies at 96
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (1024+ words) Mike Wagenheim | JNS In David Schaecter's final hours on Sept. 4, seven rabbis and a cantor came to his bedside, and Yossi Harlig, a Miami-area Chabad rabbi, told the 96-year-old with tears in his eyes, "David, you can rest." Sydney Carpel,…...
Different Perspectives on Holocaust Legacy at Survivors’ Brunch
4+ mon, 3+ day ago (585+ words) The Children of Jewish Holocaust Survivors Association kicked off the opening season with a brunch at Tiffany's Diner in Philadelphia on Sunday, Sept. 7, featuring keynote speaker Rona Kaufman, a law professor at Duquesne University and granddaughter of four Holocaust survivors....
Spotted in a Nazi’s Daughter’s Real Estate Ad: A Painting Looted From a Famed Jewish Art Dealer
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (686+ words) Toby Axelrod | JTA An investigation by Dutch journalists has led tantalizingly close to the recovery of a painting looted from a Jewish art dealer 85 years ago. But no sooner was the work by the Italian painter Giuseppe Ghislandi glimpsed in…...
Margate Man Searches for Grandfather’s Paintings Lost in the Holocaust
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (370+ words) As you approach Ari Goldberger's Margate home, you're greeted by skeletons and spooky decorations in progress. Preparations for his annual over-the-top lawn display, which he has dubbed Margate Mischief Night " and his epic, invite-only, erev-Halloween party (this year's theme is…...
Delaware Federation to Host Event Featuring Holocaust Survivor
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (556+ words) Andrew Guckes | Staff Writer Dr. Al Munzer, a Holocaust survivor, will speak in Wilmington, Delaware, on Sept. 14 at a free event at the Siegel Jewish Community Center, sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Delaware. His story is one of heroism…...