admin | February 1, 2021
It has been 76 years since the liberation of Auschwitz. ODESSA, Texas This week is Holocaust Remembrance Week. It marks 76 years since the liberation of Auschwitz
admin | February 1, 2021
On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Elly Gotz draws a parallel between the lockups of his past and the lockdowns currently in effect in the City of Toronto and elsewhere in Canada to help curb the spread of COVID-19.
admin | February 1, 2021
The government will provide free entry, in perpetuity, to everyone visiting the proposed new Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre, Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick announced today (28 January 2021). Giving universal free access to the memorial puts the UK on the same footing as the most important monuments and museums and will reassure Holocaust survivors their testimony will be freely available to all when they are no longer able to tell the story themselves, forever.
admin | February 1, 2021
MONTREAL -- At 99-years-old, Cote St. Lucs Saul Bruck still loves to show off to his grandchildren by dancing, and he still goes to work almost every day. To sit in the house and look at the walls and watch TV is not the best thing, he says.
admin | February 1, 2021
Family is at the core of our food, and our story, Rabiyah wrote on Instagram.
admin | February 1, 2021
Albert Bourla, Chairman and CEO of US pharmaceuticals company Pfizer, shared the story of his parents, Jews from Thessaloniki, and how they managed to be among the 2,000 survivors from a community of 50,000 nearly eradicated by the Holocaust.
admin | February 1, 2021
In recent years, Jewish communal leaders and philanthropists have come to recognize that the American Jewish communitywidely presumed to be white-skinned and Ashkenazi (from Central and Eastern Europe)is far more diverse than they imagined. With the help of philanthropic partners, the Jews of Color Initiative, a Berkeley, California-based fund led by Executive Director Ilana Kaufman, is raising consciousness about underserved Jews of color and working to create a more inclusive and welcoming ecosystem in the organized American Jewish community. Though Jews of color have been undercounted in Jewish population studies for decades, data from several reputable studies point to the fact that Jews of color represent at least 12 to 15% of the American Jewish population
admin | February 1, 2021
Three weeks after the deadly storm of the Capitol, a terrorism bulletin from the Department of Homeland Security shows the country remains on high alert.
admin | February 1, 2021
The United Nations designated 27 January as the annual International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust. The date marks the anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau by the allied powers in 1945. This day is also designated in Greece as Remembrance Day of the Greek Jewish Martyrs and Heroes of the Holocaust
admin | February 1, 2021
MONTREAL -- Members of Quebecs Hasidic and Orthodox Jewish communities have filed an injunction request over the provinces restrictions on religious gatherings. The communities are turning to the courts after exhausting all other means to get government authorities to make adjustments to enable members of our communities to be able to pray in a safe environment, Max Lieberman of the Council of Hasidic Jews of Quebec said in a statement, in order to have their fundamental rights respected. This comes after several incidents on the weekend where police descended on synagogues where over 10 people were in attendance.
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