By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO-The exquisite black and white cinematography of Pawel Pawlikowski’s Ida mesmerizes audiences. Each meticulously composed and highly textured frame enhances the film’s acting, dialogue, and moments of silence. They capture the bleakness of communist Poland in the 1960s and the psychological turmoil gnawing at the souls of the novitiate nun Anna […]
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Jewish History, Lawrence Baron
ROME (WJC) — Returning to Rome from his visit to the Holy Land, Pope Francis told reporters that he won’t allow the beatification of his wartime predecessor Pius XII, who stands accused of not speaking out enough against the Holocaust. Francis told reporters on the plane that without a confirmed miracle on his record, the
Steven L. Richards, Sitting on Top of the World, © 2014 Create Space Independent Publishing, ISBN 978-1-49492-541-3, 516 large print pages. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Holocaust memoirs and titles like Sitting on Top of the World seem to contradict each other until one remembers that they are written about people who survived the Shoah.
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish HistoryBy Sheila Orysiek SAN DIEGO — In the Ukraine outside of Kiev, my great grandfather and great grandmother had a very large home (not Downton Abbey – but large) serviced by a domestic staff, to accommodate their growing family. In the mid 1800’s Leopold de Rothschild and Ferdinand de Rothschild were traveling through Russia and
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International, Jewish History
BERLIN (eturbonews.com) — Since its opening nine years ago, 44 of the 2,711 columns in the €27-million Berlin landmark have needed steel reinforcement, and the Süddeutsche Zeitung reported that another 380 steel collars have been ordered to keep the landmark safe for visitors. More than 80 percent of the 2,711 concrete blocks in Berlin’s Memorial
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International, Jewish HistoryWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Maryland) and Senator Mark Kirk (R-Illinois) announced passage by the Senate of a bipartisan resolution (S. Res. 458 ) recognizing May as Jewish American Heritage Month and honoring Holocaust survivors for their contributions to the United States of America. The resolution, which was cosponsored by Majority
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Jewish History, USA
FARMINGTON HILLS, Michigan (Press Release) – The late Dr. Maria Holecek was presented the award and title of “Righteous Among the Nations” in a ceremony hosted at the Holocaust Memorial Center Zekelman Family Campus (www.holocaustcenter.org) in Farmington Hills, Mich. on May 18. “Righteous Among the Nations” is presented by the State of Israel to honor
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Jewish History, USA
NEW YORK (Press Release) — Local Jewish veterans of the Soviet Red Army, representatives of the Israeli government, and Jewish community dignitaries convened at the United Nations on Wednesday, May 21, to usher in a new Jewish holiday celebrating the rescue of European Jewry in 1945. Israel’s UN Ambassador Ron Prosor; Deputy Minister of Internal
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International, Jewish HistoryBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Those tempted to think that Judaism is the most spiritual of the three religions that developed from Abraham should think again. True, Judaism does not have a man-god with lots of paintings and statues at its center, and it does not seek to conquer the world in order to advanced
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Ira Sharkansky, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Middle EastBy David Brin ENCINITAS, California — A lot of efforts have been made to appraise the Bible in terms of science and vice versa. For example, I’ve had fun showing (to a conference of transhumanists, no less!) that the Book of Genesis clearly states we were meant to be scientists and co-creators and that “nothing
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Jewish History, Science, Medicine, & Education
TEL AVIV (Press Release) — In a grand ceremony on May 18, during Tel Aviv University’s 2014 Board of Governors annual meeting, prestigious Dan David Prizes were awarded to seven scientists and intellectuals before an audience of prominent political, business, philanthropic, and academic figures from around the world. Among this years’ laureates were Prof. Saul
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International, Jewish History, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
LONDON (WJC) — Sir Nicholas Winton, a Briton who at the outbreak of World War II organized mass evacuations of children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia and saved them from being deported to the death camps, has turned 105. Czech President Milos Zeman announced that he would award Winton with the highest Czech state decoration. Zeman said
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International, Jewish History
SIGHET, Romania (Press Release)– The first public Holocaust education center in Romania opened Sunday, May 18, in the pre-war childhood home of Nobel Prize-winning author Elie Wiesel, with special events in his hometown of Sighet. The “Holocaust Cellar” became a new feature of the existing Holocaust museum, in the old Jewish Ghetto of Sighet in Maramures
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International, Jewish History
JERUSALEM (Press Release) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met on Monday morning (19 May 2014), in his Jerusalem office, with Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong. Following are their remarks: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: I’m very pleased to welcome Vice Premier of China, Liu Yandong, to Jerusalem. Madam Liu, it’s a pleasure to see you here