Holocaust

‘Always Sunshine in the Sky:’ Remembering Holocaust Survivor Harry Rosen

By Sandra Scheller CHULA VISTA, California — Holocaust survivor Harry Rosen passed on April 7, 2022. Born on August 9, 1923, he is now next to his wife, Zipporah Rosen, in Israel. He is survived by his son, Amnon who lives in Israel. This video shows his final days and now burial in Israel: For […]

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Holocaust, Obituaries & memorials, San Diego County, Sandra Scheller

Orange County #6MillionSteps Event to Spotlight Rising US Antisemitism, Remember the Holocaust

IRVINE, California (Press Release) — Orange County Israeli-American and Jewish communities will mobilize this month to spotlight rising U.S. antisemitism and to remember the Holocaust as part of a nationwide campaign called #6MillionSteps. Orange County residents can join a #6MillionSteps walk-run starting at 5:30 p.m. on April 28 at North Lake in Irvine. For details,

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California, Holocaust, USA

Full Text: Volodomyr Zelensky Addresses Israel’s Knesset

(JNS) Dear Mr. Speaker, members of the Knesset; Dear Prime Minister Bennett, thank you very much for your support; Dear members of the Government of the State of Israel, all attendees, guests, people of Israel. The Ukrainian and Jewish communities have always been and, I am sure, will always be intertwined, very close. They will

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Holocaust, International, Middle East

There’s More Than One Kind of Mikvah for Conversion Ceremonies

However, there are other ways that the process of conversion can be completed, much closer to home, as Dr. Mark Scheller, an anesthesiologist, learned in 2015 when he waded from the shore of Chula Vista’s Bayside Park into the cold waters of San Diego Bay. [Donald H. Harrison]

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California, Donald H. Harrison, Holocaust, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Lifestyles, San Diego County, Travel and Food, USA

After Russia Bombs Babi Yar, Revisiting a Letter on Auschwitz

By Karen Yaffe Lottes WASHINGTON GROVE, Maryland — Last week, the Russians bombed Babi Yar in Ukraine, a monument to the victims of the Holocaust. This seems the right moment to share portions of a letter my grandfather, Richard Yaffe, wrote in 1949 after visiting Auschwitz. My grandfather was a journalist and in 1949, between

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Holocaust, International, Opinion

Cantor’s Archive Led to Book on Philippine Rescue of European Jews

Enthralled by the stories Cysner told, Harris immediately asked the UC Santa Barbara History Department if she could change her dissertation subject so that it could be based upon Cysner’s experiences, both in Poland, where he was a prisoner of the Nazis, and in the Philippines, where he later became a prisoner of the Japanese. The department agreed, even though this meant changing Harris’ academic advisor and the schedule of courses to which she would commute from her home in San Diego. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, California, Donald H. Harrison, Holocaust, International, Jewish History, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and Food

Ukraine: Can We Detach the Present From the Past?

By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — One’s heart goes out to the Ukrainian men, women, and children caught up in the devastating and unprovoked attack on their country by their powerful and greedy neighbor, Russia. The sight of women carrying children as they tramp along frozen roads and fields in an attempt to find

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Holocaust, International, Opinion

Moral Resolve Needed in Justin Trudeau Swastika Controversy

By Rabbi Dr. Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has demonstrated a talent for adding fuel to an already combustive situation. He accused conservative Jewish members of the Canadian Parliament of supporting the swastika. One Jewish member happened to be Conservative MP Melissa Lantsman, who became the first Jewish

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Holocaust, International, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Opinion