Story by Beth Sarafraz; Photos courtesy of the Lieber family BROOKLYN, New York — When Lola Lieber’s husband, Mechel, was arrested by the Nazis during the Holocaust, she did the unthinkable. Posing as a Gentile, she walked into the Gestapo headquarters and asked to speak to whoever was in charge. She told the receptionist that […]
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International, Jewish History, USAFirst the Jews: Combating the World’s Longest-Running Hate Campaign by Rabbi Evan Moffic, Abingdon Press, Nashville © 2019, ISBN 978-1-5018-7083-5, p. 228 plus notes, $22. By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California – Singer-songwriter Bob Dylan assured us we “Don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind is blowing.” In the same vein, we don’t need
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By Oliver B. Pollak RICHMOND, California — CODEX, the Latin word associated with books and paper, meets every two years in Craneway Pavilion, which was the old 1931 Ford Plant in Richmond and the center of war production for the Kaiser Shipyards. It is next to the National Park Service Rosie the Riveter WWII Homefront
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –Among the 40 portraits of “Groundbreaking Girls” on exhibit through April 28 at the Women’s Museum of California are six people who self-identified as Jews or were of Jewish descent. A seventh portrait of particular Jewish interest is of Irena Sendler (1910-2008), who estimated she saved the lives
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Travel and FoodBy Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — “[The Jews] feel protective and [feel they have] a degree of [ownership] over the Holocaust story. I totally ‘get’ that, but maybe there’s room for both of us?” That’s controversial Holocaust romance writer Heather Morris defending her two novels in a recent interview. Her statement is tone deaf
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California awards $3.6 million for support of impoverished Holocaust survivors in state The California Department of Social Services awarded $3.6 million in grants to six Jewish Family Service agencies across California to provide support for elderly Holocaust Survivors struggling to live out their days in dignity. Last year, the California Legislative Jewish Caucus, led by
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People is soon to be released in theaters around the country, starting with March premieres in New York City and Los Angeles. The 85-minute documentary traces Pulitzer’s life as a Jewish immigrant from Hungary to his rise as the powerful publisher of both
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAStandWithUs condemns disruptors at Creating Change; Malaysia’s decision to ban Israeli athletes StandWithUs condemns the hijacking of the Creating Change plenary session by a group of anti-Israel activists who stormed the stage and took over the microphone for fifteen minutes at the opening plenary on January 24. During this time, they made anti-Semitic allusions about American Jewish
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SAN DIEGO — Guri Stark, chief executive officer of the brain imaging company CorTech Labs, will present a program on the art of the Holocaust at a 6:30 p.m. buffet dinner Wednesday, Feb. 20, sponsored by the Beth Israel Men’s Club at Congregation Beth Israel, 9001 Towne Centre Drive. Stark for the last 15 years
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International, Jewish History, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego CalendarJewish Federation joins in International Holocaust Remembrance Day commemoration The Jewish Federation of San Diego County joins communities around the world on January 27th in commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day. “On this somber day, we remember the six million precious men, women, and children who were murdered simply because they were Jewish,” said Michael
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NEW YORK (Press Release) — The Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust has announced plans to present the most comprehensive Holocaust exhibition about Auschwitz ever exhibited in North America. Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away. is produced in partnership with the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in Poland and the international
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International, Jewish History, Travel and Food, USABy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Sandy Scheller and filmmaker Olena Zernychenko have been collaborating on a movie about Scheller’s mother, Ruth Goldshmiedova Sax, a Holocaust survivor who died at age 90 at the end of last year. “Ruthie” Sax had been a popular speaker throughout San Diego County, whose willingness to share her
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – The New York Times columnist Bari Weiss on Sunday, Jan. 20, previewed for 450 supporters of the Jewish National Fund a book she is currently writing, The New Seven Dirty Words, about important yet controversial terms that often are used in discussions about Jews and Israel. Featured
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Death March Escape: The Remarkable Story of a Man Who Twice Escaped the Nazi Holocaust by Jack J. Hersch; © 2019; ISBN 9781526-740229; 274 pages plus author’s note and index. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Released for publication on Jan. 19, this book is a combination memoir and biography; a memoir by son
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