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Widow of Lt. Col. Dor Gedalya Ben Shimchon eulogizes him in letter: 'Kodkod my love, here is Kodkod my beloved"
11+ hour, 34+ min ago (279+ words) Ariel, the wife of Lt. Col. Dor Gedalya Ben Shimchon, commander of the 52nd Armored Battalion who fell Thursday night to Friday in southern Lebanon, eulogized him in a moving letter she posted on Facebook, weaving together the story of how…...
I hide my Star of David: Jewish gay activist leaves Italy amid rising antisemitism
1+ week, 3+ day ago (71+ words) Ynetnews I hide my Star of David: Jewish gay activist leaves Italy amid rising antisemitism After years of activism in Rome, Meir Brauner says anti-Israel hostility has left him feeling isolated as both a Jew and a member of the…...
She discovered her Nazi grandfather helped kill Jews at Aucshwitz, then came to help strengthen Israel
1+ week, 6+ day ago (96+ words) About 500 grandchildren and great-grandchildren of Nazi officers and soldiers came to Israel for solidarity marches, including Anna Suzette Pfeffermann, whose grandfather electrified the death camp's fences; 'It is important to me that Israelis know they are not alone' She discovered…...
One of the Holocaust's greatest escape sites may become a paid 'immersive experience"
2+ week, 3+ day ago (72+ words) One of the Holocaust's greatest escape sites may become a paid 'immersive experience' Ynetnews One of the Holocaust's greatest escape sites may become a paid 'immersive experience' Descendants of survivors are outraged after the sale of Belarus' Novogrudok labor camp,…...
Replica of Auschwitz gate, swastikas placed outside German tax office
3+ week, 1+ day ago (58+ words) ynetnews Replica of Auschwitz gate, swastikas placed outside German tax office Germany arrested a man after he erected a replica of Auschwitz's 'Arbeit macht frei' gate, swastikas and a mock crematorium marked 'Zyklon B' outside a Bavarian tax office. His…...
Jewish LGBTQ groups barred from Rome Pride float over refusal to condemn Gaza 'genocide"
3+ week, 2+ day ago (26+ words) Keshet Italia accuses organizers of antisemitism and double standards, says members faced attacks at last year's march and urges Rome officials to boycott the parade...
We are all Jews: the American POW who defied the Nazis to save his Jewish comrades
3+ week, 5+ day ago (82+ words) Captured in the Battle of the Bulge, Master Sgt. Roderick 'Roddie' Edmonds risked execution to protect Jewish POWs, later becoming the only American serviceman recognized by Yad Vashem as Righteous Among the Nations "We are all Jews: the American POW…...
The Nazi ghosts who followed France into Vietnam's jungles
4+ week, 1+ day ago (181+ words) ynetnews The Nazi ghosts who followed France into Vietnam's jungles After World War II, thousands of German veterans entered French service in Indochina, but claims of a secret SS army in Vietnam blur fact, myth and France's desperate need for…...
Jerusalem is ours: Six-Day War diaries tell stories of heroism under fire
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (153+ words) Marking 59 years since Jerusalem's reunification, the Six-Day War Heritage Center unveils wartime diaries offering a rare glimpse into soldiers' most personal moments; 'There is a war and you do not know if you will return - write' "Jerusalem is ours': Six-Day…...
Albrecht Weinberg, a Holocaust survivor who returned to Germany in his 80s, dies at 101
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (51+ words) Weinberg spent his final years recounting his survival of Auschwitz, Mittelbau-Dora, Bergen-Belsen and three death marches Albrecht Weinberg, a Holocaust survivor who returned to Germany in his 80s, dies at 101 Weinberg spent his final years recounting his survival of Auschwitz, Mittelbau-Dora,…...