By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — The sight of officials of United Airlines dragging a helpless passenger down the aisle of an airplane as other passengers scream in shock and protest is not one that I will easily forget. Physical violence of any kind is shocking, and any time the TV news shows a violent […]
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, Jewish History, Middle EastDavid P. Goldman Jews are sadly accustomed to becoming collateral damage in disputes in other peoples’ civil wars. Dr. Sebastian Gorka, a senior White House official, is one of the few gentile victims of a Jewish civil war. Dr. Gorka, long a Fox News commentator on counter-terrorism, will speak at the Jerusalem Post’s annual New
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Jewish History, Middle East, USAFleeing anti-Semitism in Hungary, Shobha Nehru, nee Magdolna Friedmann, wound up marrying into the family of India’s first PM By Times of Israel staff Shobha Nehru. (Screen capture: YouTube) A Jewish-Hungarian woman who escaped European anti-Semitism and married into India’s most prominent political dynasty died last week at age 108. Shobha Nehru, born Magdolna Friedmann
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International, Jewish History, USAKing Mohammed V stopped the Nazis short of eradicating his Jewish community — but not of imposing anti-Semitic laws. Now Germany pays reparations, even as scholars fill in gaps By Julie Masis MONTREAL — Montreal engineer Sam Edery has a special copper menorah at home, passed down to him from his grandfather, who was the
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International, Jewish HistoryBerlin (dpa) – The registered number of Jews in Germany declined slightly in 2016 for the 10th time in a row. According to statistics from the Central Office of Jews in Germany, there were 98,594 members of the Jewish community in Germany at the end of last year compared with 99,695 in 2015. The number
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International, Jewish HistoryEditor’s Note: Following is a speech delivered by President Trump in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday about Holocaust remembrance By President Donald Trump WASHINGTON, D.C. — Friends, members of Congress, ambassadors, veterans, and, most especially, to the survivors here with us today, it’s an honor to join you on this very, very solemn occasion. I
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Jewish History, USAADL applauds President Trump’s stand against anti-Semitism NEW YORK (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Tuesday welcomed President Trump’s pledge to confront anti-Semitism and his recognition of the need to honor both the survivors and the victims of the Holocaust. In Mr. Trump’s remarks to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Days of Remembrance
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Jewish History, USASAN DIEGO (Press Release) –Prof. Lawrence Baron will be guest speaker at the Beth Israel Men’s Club dinner forum on May 17. Baron’s topic is “The Wandering View: The Jewish Immigrant in World Cinema.” Baron is Professor Emeritus of Modern Jewish History at San Diego State University. He taught Modern Jewish History at San Diego State
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Jewish History, Lawrence Baron, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Monday, April 24, issued the following statement concerning Yom HaShoah: “Today on Yom HaShoah – Holocaust Remembrance Day, marking the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising – we honor the six million Jews systematically murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators. We also
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International, Jewish History, USAHAIFA, Israel (Press Release) — A new study held at the University of Haifa among Holocaust survivors has revealed a specific population group with a high suicide rate. The study found that people who immigrated to Israel from countries where most of the Jewish population was murdered in the Holocaust, such as Germany, Austria, Poland, and
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Jewish History, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationNEW YORK (Press Release)– Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect, the independent U.S. national organization among Anne Frank organizations worldwide, has obtained commitments from 26 state legislators across 20 states, including Republicans and Democrats, to introduce legislation that would require education in public schools on the Holocaust, the Armenian Genocide and other genocides. Those 20 states are
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CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND (Press Release)– Treasures from the world’s largest and most important collection of medieval Jewish manuscripts – chronicling 1,000 years of history in Old Cairo – will go on display in Cambridge this week for a six-month-long exhibition at Cambridge University Library. Discarded History: The Genizah of Medieval Cairo opens to the public on
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Middle EastBy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel LA JOLLA, California — This year’s San Diego Yom HaShoah presented one of the finest programs I have experienced in many years since arriving in San Diego almost eight years ago. The musical selections were excellent; the theme of the program was “Memory and Morality” and featured Roberta Grossman, who is
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International, Jewish History, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, San Diego CountyBy Barry Shaw NETANYA, Israel — Nothing has changed in attitudes against the Jews in the last century. From the pogroms of a hundred years ago to the strain inflicted on Israel today there is an eerie similarity. Jews confined to their Russian shtetls suffered the murders and horrors of Jew haters. Polish Jews were
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