Jewish History

Google slammed for directing ‘Holocaust’ search to neo-Nazi website

(Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Google announced it is adjusting its algorithms after users who entered the question “Did the Holocaust happen?” in online searches were directed to a neo-Nazi website. Until recently, the top result the search engine provided to that question was a link to Stormfront, a white supremacist online forum, and an article […]

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Jewish History

Argentine court reopens bombing cover-up case against ex-president

Buenos Aires (dpa) – An Argentine court on Thursday reopened a case against former president Christina Fernandez de Kirchner that was filed by a prosecutor four days before he was found dead in suspicious circumstances in January 2015. The Federal Criminal Court of Cassations ruled that the case filed by Alberto Nisman, which alleged that

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International, Jewish History

Letters show one American Jew ‘saved multiple worlds’ during Shoa

Benjamin Buchsbaum rescued Jews from the Holocaust by offering to sponsor them, including housing some in his home. Photos courtesy Regie Roth U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum acquisitions curator Fred Wasserman came to New Jersey to retrieve letters for an upcoming exhibit on the American response to the Holocaust. During World War II, Benjamin Buchsbaum saved

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International, Jewish History, USA

Biblical-era Tel Dan wall collapses as storms hit northern Israel

Part of stone structure dating from time of First Temple was reduced to mud due to heavy rainfall, burying five ancient gravestones By Times of Israel staff Collapsed wall in Tel Dan dating to First Temple era, 27 December, 2016 (Zvika Tzuk, Israel Parks and Nature Authority) Part of a Biblical-era wall in the Tel

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Jewish History, Middle East

Ethnic cleansing? That’s what Arabs did to the Jews!

By Barry Shaw HERZLIYA, Israel — One of the false mantras of the so-called Palestinian leadership and their BDS supporters is that they are being ethnically cleansed by the brutal Zionist occupiers. This despite that the Arab population is increasing by leaps and bounds and thanks to Israel their health and medical care has improved

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Barry Shaw, Jewish History, Middle East

What third generation Holocaust survivors might learn

The Conversations We Never Had by Jeffrey H. Konis; Outskirts Press; © 2016; ISBN 9781478-767299; 197 pages; $13.95. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – On the back cover of this book is the listing “Fiction: Historical” and that, perhaps, constitutes the author’s greatest regret. If he could have gone back in time, the listing

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History

Anne Frank’s diary inspired some victims of Guatemala’s civil war to tell their stories

Guatemala’s civil war ended 20 years ago, on Dec. 29, 1996. The conflict between rebel groups and state security forces lasted nearly four decades and took an estimated 200,000 lives — the great majority of them indigenous Mayans. It was especially hard on Mayan women, who lost loved ones, suffered sexual abuse and other atrocities,

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International, Jewish History

Genetic mutations, Shoah affect coming generations

Aftermath by Allison Nazarian, Allie Girl Publishing, 2016, ISBN 978-0-9828922-2-0, pgs. $9.99 Kindle, $14.99 paperback. By Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, California — In general most of us shy away from ultimatums or at least prefer not to be tested by a “now or never” choice. This was how Allison Nazarian explained her decision to write

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Eva Trieger, Jewish History

Taiwanese school principal resigns over Nazi-themed parade

After students photographed wearing swastikas, Cheng Hsiao-ming says he’ll leave post early, devote career to educating about important historical events By Stuart Winer High school students in Taiwan dressed as Nazi soldiers during a celebration on December 24, 2016. Pictures from the event were posted online by Facebook user Pixar Lu. (Facebook) The principal of

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International, Jewish History

Charleston, S.C. has a long and rich Jewish history

By Susan L. Rosenbluth TheJewishVoiceAndOpinion.com CHARLESTON, South Carolina — Imagine a magnificently charming city, repeatedly recognized as a top tourist must-visit in the United States, whose cobblestone streets weave between pastel-colored antebellum residences and numerous historic sites, including many of specific Jewish interest. Now imagine this magical city swathed for 17 days in a plethora

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Jewish History, Travel and Food, USA

Jewish pilgrims attacked at Ukraine tomb of Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav

Worshipers at grave of Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav in Uman tear gassed by assailants described as neo-Nazis, fake blood and pig’s head left at site By Stuart Winer Jewish worshipers in Ukraine were tear gassed and the grave of Hasidic Rabbi Nachman of Bratlsav was smeared with fake blood and a pigs head in a

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International, Jewish History, Jewish Religion

Pollution is destroying probably the oldest Jewish cemetery in the Western Hemisphere

Among the thousands of people buried in a centuries-old Jewish cemetery in the Caribbean are men and women whose relatives would go on to establish some of the first synagogues in the US — in Rhode Island, New York and the US Virgin Islands. But their names may soon be lost to history. Just over

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International, Jewish History

British Admiral Rodney’s persecution of St. Eustatius Jews led to America’s victory at Yorktown

By Jerry Klinger The most important synagogue in America is not located in the United States. Thirteen hundred miles, East-South-East from Miami, Honen Dolim (She who is Merciful to the Poor) stands on the tiny former Dutch Caribbean Island of St. Eustatius. Statia (St. Eustatius) is remote, difficult to get to and central to the

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Jerry Klinger, Jewish History, USA