By Oliver B. Pollak RICHMOND, California — I am helping in the preparation of an exhibit at the Richmond Museum of History — “Pioneer Jews to the Present: Jews of Richmond and Contra Costa County.” I am reaching out to San Diego Jewish World readers who may have memories, photographs, artifacts or stories about Richmond and […]
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Jewish History, Oliver Pollak, USABy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – HBO and the Museum of Jewish Heritage plan to air on January 27th a 19-minute short film, The Number on Great-Grandpa’s Arm. It builds on a touching conversation between an inquisitive 10-year-old, Elliot Saiontz, and his 90-year-old great-grandfather, Jack Feldman of Rochester, New York. Elliot narrates the film.
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International, Jewish History, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USACoins, pottery, and ritual baths recently uncovered revealed a Hasmonean-era Jewish town at the Susya in Mount Hevron. The findings are surprising in light of historical reports about Hasmonean activity to convert the Edomites who lived in the region, in year 112 BCE. The discovery a settlement site from the time of the Hasmonean Kingdom
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Jewish History, Middle East7 years of research yields trove of material about wartime experience A new book was launched on Dec 12 in Shanghai that gives a new Chinese perspective on Jewish refugees in China during World War II. Publication of Jewish Refugees in China (1933-1945): History, Perspective and Chinese Model marked the conclusion of a project sponsored
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International, Jewish HistoryBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The annual fun is upon us. But for those interested in such things, there’s lots of fuzzy history to contemplate. It’s probably best to ignore all that comes next, to enjoy with the kids and grandchildren, the parties, in Israel the long vacation from school, as well as the gifts
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Ira Sharkansky, Jewish History, Jewish ReligionWhen you step inside artist Kalman Aron’s modest apartment in Beverly Hills, a lifetime of creation surrounds you. The walls are covered in paintings and finished canvases are stacked on the floors, a dozen deep. The paintings range from portraits to landscapes to abstract works. They’re just a fraction of the roughly 2,000 pieces Aron
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International, Jewish History, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USABy Matt Lebovic An unprecedented world tour of artifacts from Auschwitz-Birkenau premiered in Madrid on December 1, the first stop in a “roving exhibition” about the Nazi death camp where one million Jews were murdered during the Holocaust. With the tagline, “Not long ago. Not far away,” the tour will appear in 14 cities during
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International, Jewish History, USAClose Edgar Feuchtwanger was 5 years old when Adolf Hitler looked at him for the first time. It was 1929. The child peered out of his window in Munich and watched the future chancellor of Germany step out of a black automobile. Hitler glanced up and made eye contact with the boy. That was when
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Jewish HistoryBy Moshe Dann JERUSALEM — President Trump’s offer of the “ultimate deal,” a “peace plan” to end the Arab-Israeli conflict, has been rejected by the Arabs many times before, and it will be rejected again. The process is the same: as former Foreign Minister Abba Eban observed, “the Palestinians never miss an opportunity to miss
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By Beth Sarafraz The Jewish Voice, November 20, 2017 BROOKLYN, New York — Racing thru the pages of R’ Yosef Mendelevich’s autobiography, “Unbroken Spirit: A Heroic Story of Faith, Courage, and Survival,” Rabbi Heshy Ceitlin kept having the same thought. “Chani,” he said to his wife, “We have got to bring this man to
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International, Jewish History, Middle East, USABy Matt Lebovic OSWIECIM, Poland — Although its name later became synonymous with the Holocaust, the Polish town Oswiecim — or Auschwitz, in German — once brimmed with Jewish culture. The rise and fall of the community’s buildings left behind evocative relics, a few dozen photographs, and many tales of the town’s special place in
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International, Jewish HistoryA monument to a group of Jews slaughtered for baking bread in Nazi-occupied Poland might soon be removed, according to local media reports. The owner of the property where the monument currently stands has asked local officials in the town of Chrzanow for permission to remove it, allegedly because he would like to sell the
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International, Jewish HistoryArchaeologists are finally uncovering the purpose of a massive cellar in Marseille, France, more than 20 years after its discovery. Following two weeks of intensive analysis, the local research team from the National Institute for Preventative Archeological Studies told a French news channel it’s likely a mikve, a ritual Jewish bath. “Every time I went
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International, Jewish History, Jewish ReligionBy Barry Shaw On December 11, 1917, General Edmund Allenby’s forces officially liberated Jerusalem. Actually, a Jerusalem delegation, led by the mayor, surrendered the city to a pair of British army cooks on December 8. Thus began a comical farce of who received the surrender of the Holy City. The Turkish army and their German
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