3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (1316+ words) Rūdninkai, LITHUANIA — Deep in the trees and swampy thickets of Lithuania’s Rūdninkai Forest, a series of makeshift forts is sinking into the earth. These represent the remains of underground bunkers where Jewish partisans resisted their annihilation in the Holocaust. Under…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (190+ words) Sun Sentinel Helen Daniel, a Delray Beach resident who was born in Germany on Aug. 6, 1925, survived unimaginable horrors as a child, hiding in an attic for 10 months during the Holocaust. Thanks to the kindness of Peter Starch — the family’s chauffeur,…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (389+ words) A memorial stone is to remain in place outside the house in Braunau am Inn near the German border with the inscription, “For freedom, democracy and liberty. Never again fascism. Millions of dead remind us.” Hitler was born in the…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (270+ words) I was recently asked by a Holocaust survivor a question I could not answer with certainty. “Will anyone still care about my story when I am gone?” What I can say is this: what gets built in the next few…...

3+ mon, 2+ day ago   (245+ words) Alpert JFS was one of the many local organizations who hosted an event to recognize the survivors living in South Florida at Temple Beth Tikvah in Greenacres. Holocaust Survivor Day, which was established in 2021, is now celebrated internationally on June…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (695+ words) Organizers of Rome’s annual Pride parade have barred Italy’s only Jewish LGBTQIA+ organization from marching with a float at this year’s June 20 parade, although they are still allowed to participate in the march itself. “Roma Pride has dropped the mask,…...

4+ mon, 4+ hour ago   (765+ words) Boca Raton officials are moving forward with a plan to determine what should be built in the downtown area near the city’s Brightline station. The city intends to hire an independent consultant to create a “downtown civic area master plan…...

4+ mon, 1+ day ago   (90+ words) Sun Sentinel Seated at a desk, the girl smiles, then looks down and begins to write in a notebook. It’s unmistakably Anne Frank. But wait — there is only one known film of Anne and her sister Margot. And this isn’t…...