The truth may not set you free, but its the best weapon against the enslaving lie – The Altamont Enterprise
admin | March 18, 2022
Only those who were there will ever know, and those who were there can never tell, said Elie Wiesel of the Holocaust.
Two New Exhibits Explore the Legacy of Eva Kor and Holocaust History – Weekly View
admin | March 18, 2022
March 17, 2022 INDIANAPOLIS The Indiana Historical Society (IHS)s newest exhibits, Eva Kor from Auschwitz to Indiana and Dimensions in Testimony, opene March 12 at the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center, located at 450 W. Ohio St. in downtown Indianapolis.Eva Kor from Auschwitz to Indiana tells the remarkable story of Eva Mozes Kor, who survived Auschwitz as a child and the experiments of Dr
Guest Column: How Method Acting Elevated Five Films From The Godfather to The Lost Daughter – Yahoo Entertainment
admin | March 18, 2022
During the second half of the 20th Century, the Method an acting technique codified by Lee Strasberg that draws on the individual actors idiosyncrasies, psychology and emotion to help breathe life into their roles transitioned from insurgent movement to dominant establishment to an often-mocked and misunderstood long twilight in the popular consciousness. Along the way, it revolutionized acting, writing and directing, and became almost synonymous with American performance.
Ukraine, Russia and the unbearable lightness of never again – JTA News – Jewish Telegraphic Agency
admin | March 18, 2022
(JTA) After decades of fearing that we would forget the horrors of our recent past, I am starting to fear the opposite possibility: that we Jews remember our history all too well but feel powerless to act on its lessons. The Russian invasion of Ukraine invites analogies to our traumatic past. History begs us to learn from what came before.
Local delegation to go to Poland to help refugees – The Jewish Standard
admin | March 18, 2022
This Sunday, a delegation of eight prominent members of the Bergen County Jewish community, centered on the countys East Hill, will leave for Poland. The group, organized by Rabbi David-Seth Kirshner of Temple Emanu-El in Closter, will bring 50 duffel bags of supplies with them; theyll give those bags to refugees from Ukraine, whether or not theyre Jewish, depending simply on whether the refugees need them. The supplies, which were collected in a matter of days, are just a portion of what people have brought to Emanu-El, to Congregation Ahavath Torah in Englewood, Temple Sinai in Tenafly, the Kaplen JCC on the Palisades in Tenafly, and other collection points.
Ukraine crisis sharpens Israel’s existential need for conversion reform – The Times of Israel
admin | March 18, 2022
For more than two weeks now, a devastating crisis in Ukraine has forced many Jews eligible under the Law of Return to leave their homes and plan to immigrate to Israel. Israeli officials say they are preparing for an increase of 100,000 people from both Ukraine and Russia due to the economic and political situation in both countries.
Learning from the past to effectively fight anti-Semitism today – Al Jazeera English
admin | March 16, 2022
A recently published report into anti-Semitic incidents in Britain in 2021 made for alarming reading. A total of 2,255 incidents were recorded by the Community Security Trust (CST): the highest ever number reported to the organisation in a single year. Eight percent of the incidents involved violence, and a small number of these involved extreme violence.
Russia-Ukraine: Ugly truths in the time of war – Al Jazeera English
admin | March 16, 2022
As another war engulfs Europe, it was left to a squash player to remind the world of a few awkward truths. After winning a tournament in England late last week, Egyptian squash champion, Ali Farag, noted that since Putins invasion of Ukraine, all sorts of usually demure types including athletes trained by their agents to shut up for fear of censure or losing money have, remarkably, emerged from comfortable silence to condemn the oppression of Ukrainians by a larger and ruthless occupying power.
Ukraine’s Only Woman Rabbi Among the Many Jews Fleeing War – Voice of America – VOA News
admin | March 16, 2022
WARSAW, Poland On her first Shabbat away from the fighting in Ukraine, Rabbi Julia Gris twice led services to welcome the Jewish holy day.
The law-flouting, truth-denying, science-deriding Trumpian Republican extremists are the real RINOs – Ohio Capital Journal
admin | March 16, 2022
Its the MAGA battle cry heading into the primaries. Hes a grandstanding RINO.-Donald Trump about retiring Ohio Republican congressman Anthony Gonzalez who voted to impeach him for Jan 6. Mike DeWine is the biggest RINO in America today.-Jim Renacci, Ohio Republican gubernatorial candidate about the Republican incumbent
