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The Dream of Chachmei Lublin
1+ hour, 47+ min ago (1031+ words) Friday, July 10th | 25 Tammuz 5786 Earlier this week, together with a group from America and the UK brought together by'Project Mesorah, I stood inside the original building of Yeshivas Chachmei Lublin, in Lublin, Poland. Initiated in 1924, and opened in 1930, this magnificent structure…...
The Incredible Jewish History of Rome (PART TWO)
4+ day, 10+ hour ago (515+ words) Monday, July 6th | 21 Tammuz 5786 Part One of this article appeared here. Under the Reformation, any gains for the Jewish community from the Renaissance disappeared. In response to the'Protestant Reformation, the Pope would act harshly toward any non-Catholic, and the Roman Jewish…...
The Incredible and Tragic Jewish History of Rome (PART ONE)
1+ week, 2+ day ago (1121+ words) Wednesday, July 1st | 16 Tammuz 5786 Pope Benedict shakes hand with chief rabbi Riccardo Di Segni at Rome's main synagogue January 17, 2010. REUTERS/Osservatore Romano (ITALY " Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY) Rome is Europe's oldest Jewish community; Jews have lived there for over 2, 000 years, often suffering…...
Never Again" Requires More Than Remembering the Holocaust
2+ week, 1+ day ago (721+ words) Thursday, June 25th | 10 Tammuz 5786 This week, two seemingly unrelated stories unfolded hundreds of miles apart. Most Americans will see these as separate developments. They are not. Together, they expose a deeper failure in what Holocaust education was meant to achieve. But…...
Book About Oct. 7 Rescue Mission Wins Prestigious Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature
3+ week, 1+ day ago (334+ words) Wednesday, June 17th | 2 Tammuz 5786 A book by Haaretz journalist Amir Tibon about the true story of how his father, a retired IDF major general, helped rescue the author's family during the Hamas-led terrorist attack in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, was named…...
On Anne Frank's Birthday, New Social Media Initiative Aims to Bring Holocaust Education to Younger Generations
3+ week, 6+ day ago (300+ words) Friday, June 12th | 27 Sivan 5786 A social media initiative launched on Friday aims to make Holocaust education more accessible to younger generations on what would have been the 97th birthday of Holocaust victim and Jewish teenage diarist Anne Frank. Anne Frank Center USA…...
Why Did Only One Jewish Holocaust Survivor Testify at the Nuremberg Trials?
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (469+ words) Tuesday, June 9th | 24 Sivan 5786 The'Nuremberg Trials'were a series of trials organized by the four Allied powers (Britain, France, the US, and the Soviet Union) to hold senior Nazis accountable for waging war and committing war crimes and crimes against humanity during…...
Rome Pride Parade Bans Jewish LGBTQ Groups for Not Condemning "Genocide" in Gaza
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (497+ words) Tuesday, May 26th | 10 Sivan 5786 Organizers of the upcoming Rome Pride Parade announced on Monday that two Jewish LGBTQ groups will not be allowed to join the parade with a float because they did not "distance themselves" from what event organizers described…...
Quiet Courage: The Germans Who Choose to Show Up for Israel
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (696+ words) Tuesday, May 26th | 10 Sivan 5786 At a time when Israel is increasingly isolated, there is a story that is not being told loudly enough. It is not trending, because it does not come with hashtags or curated images of gala dinners. There…...
I Found an Elie Wiesel Speech From 30 Years Ago; You Must Read It
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (756+ words) Monday, April 27th | 11 Iyyar 5786 Last week, I went back and listened to a 1992 commencement address by Elie Wiesel. I had attended the ceremony as a reporter, and later aired the speech in full on a radio program I produced in New…...