Jewish History

Memories of Mickey Marcus and the Exodus

By Jerry Klinger WEST POINT, New York —  American Veterans of Israel Legacy Corporation organized and commemorated on May 7 the life of Mickey Marcus. It is an annual event at West Point, the last number of years held at the Jewish Chapel overlooking the Hudson. This year was the 51st commemoration. The commemoration honors an extraordinary […]

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International, Jerry Klinger, Jewish History, Middle East, USA

Exhibit tracks lives of Child Holocaust Survivors

  By Garry Fabian MELBOURNE, Australia — There are Child Holocaust Survivor Groups around the world to provide forums and support for Child survivors, now most of them aged in their 80’s and 90s. In Australia they are loosely affiliated with their local Holocaust Museums and Educational Centers. The Melbourne Child Survivors Group has created

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International, Jewish History

Jakiw Palij, accused Nazi guard living in New York, facing requests for deportation

Rep. Joseph Crowley of New York asked Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson on Tuesday to deport a former concentration camp jailer deemed persona non grata over a decade ago. The Democratic congressman outlined his request concerning longtime Queens resident Jakiw Palij, 92, in a letter sent to Mr. Tillerson, in the wake of addressing

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International, Jewish History

30 years after his release from Soviet prison, Knesset speaker to address Russian parliament

In historic first, Yuli Edelstein will return to Moscow to speak at the legislature and visit the jail where he was held as a Prisoner of Zion By Raoul Wootliff Speaker of the Knesset Yuli Edelstein on May 19 announces that elections for presidency will take place on June 10. (Hadas Parush/Flash90) In May 1987,

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International, Jewish History, Middle East

Exhibit celebrates Newark’s historic synagogues

Displaying an exhibit panel on Ahavas Sholom, Newark’s oldest functioning synagogue, are, from left, Max Herman, Linda Forgosh, and Phil Yourish. Photos by Robert Wiener Harold Kravis surfs the Internet in pursuit of local Jewish history. The first location of Congregation B’nai Jeshurun, on Washington Street in Newark. Photo courtesy Jewish Historical Society of New

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Jewish History, USA

Yiddish Book Center video features U.S. venues

AMHERST, Massachusetts (Press Release) – The Yiddish Book Center’s Wexler Oral History Project is celebrating Jewish American Heritage Month with a special video series that looks at the culture and customs of Jewish communities across the United States. Throughout the month of May, the project is featuring excerpts from oral history interviews highlighting the history, culture,

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Jewish History, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

San Diegan Sol Lizerbram to head national JNF

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — To considerable applause, Russell Robinson, the chief executive officer of the Jewish National Fund, announced Thursday, May 11, that the next national president of JNF will be San Diegan Dr. Sol Lizerbram. Lizerbram, active with his wife Lauren for 35 years in JNF, will begin his two-year term

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Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, Middle East, USA

Hitler’s Reich and Trump’s America

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — In a review in a recent issue of The New York Review of Books of Hitler: Ascent 1889-1939 by Volker Ullrich – the book has recently appeared in English – the distinguished Holocaust historian Christopher Browning writes: “There are sufficient areas of similarity in some regards to make the book

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International, Jewish History, Middle East, USA

‘About the Dybbuks’ tells problems of immigrants

By Pamela Pollack-Fremd  SPOKANE, Washington — Immigration has never been easy–moving to a new country, learning a new language, and adapting to new cultural norms can be the most difficult thing a person ever does. Immigrating is not easy today nor has it been easy in the past. About the Dybbuks, a collection of short stories

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Jewish History, USA

Reiss writes book on the Jewish calendar

WINCHESTER, California (Press Release)–The story of the Jewish calendar, which begins with the Exodus from Egypt, is more than 3,500 years old. Over the millennia, the twelve individual Jewish tribes coalesced into the nation of Israel, adopting, adapting, and ultimately developing their own religious calendar, which has withstood the vagaries of the ages. At one

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Fred Reiss, EdD, Jewish History, Jewish Religion

Book teaches children about the Holocaust

Somewhere There Is Still a Sun by Michael Gruenbaum with Todd Hasak-Lowy; Aladdin Books of Simon & Schuster Publishing; (c) 2015; ISBN 9781442-484870; 356 pages plus afterword and appendices; $8.99 By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — This is a Holocaust memoir written for children of perhaps middle school age. It is narrated in present

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