Jewish History

June 28 play, lecture to augment ‘The Unfinished Diary’

SAN DIEGO — Feivel Wolgelernter, whose father Chaim Yitzchok Wolgelernter wrote the The Unfinished Diary: A Chronicle of Tears, which detailed his experiences hiding in Dzialoszyce, Poland from the German Nazis, will speak at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, June 28, at Congregation Adat Yeshurun, 8625 La Jolla Scenic Drive North. Feivel’s talk will be followed by a […]

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International, Jewish History, San Diego Calendar, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

German lawmaker to let party membership lapse over anti-Semitic works

Stuttgart, Germany (dpa) – A lawmaker with the nationalist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party whose membership was under dispute said Tuesday that he will no longer be active in the group. Wolfgang Gedeon, a physician-turned-AfD-lawmaker in the wealthy southern state of Baden-Wuerttemberg, made the announcement after a party meeting that was originally supposed to decide

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International, Jewish History

Google permitted Auschwitz game to be distributed as an app

JERUSALEM (WJC) — Colette Avital, the head of the Center of Holocaust Survivor Organizations in Israel and a member of the Executive of the World Jewish Congress-Israel, expressed indignation and outrage over a program available on Google Play which invited users to “live like a real Jew in Auschwitz.” “We cannot understand how the top management of Google

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International, Jewish History, Middle East, USA

30-minute clip of lost Jerry Lewis Holocaust film surfaces

A 30-minute cut of Jewish comedian Jerry Lewis’s lost Holocaust movie has surfaced online, months after the BBC aired a documentary about the film the comedian had vowed no one would ever see. The rough clip was put together using YouTube videos made from footage grabbed from a German documentary on the film Lewis once

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Jewish History, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Amsterdam’s Anne Frank House: A place where ‘silence is golden’

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, June 18, 2016 – It happens to everyone the moment they enter. It’s a natural phenomenon. Quiet footsteps. Whispered voices. Reverent solemnity. They are now in the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam. Here, silence just naturally seems to be the appropriate thing to do. Amsterdam’s skyline from above. (Wikipedia) For more than two

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International, Jewish History

Raising alpacas in a place of rest

-61st in a series- Exit 40, SR 79 North, Descanso, California ~ Alpaca Ranching By Donald H. Harrison DESCANSO, California – While operating his DaMar Plastics business in San Diego, and later El Cajon, David Kabbai often dreamed of living a quieter, simpler life, somewhere  where the air is clear, the nights are starry, and where

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, San Diego County, Travel and Food

Bill: Jailed get-refusers to be banned from studying Torah

The Ministerial Legislative Committee – that which determines whether the government will support or reject new legislation – has approved a bill designed to help “chained” women: If the recalcitrant husband is jailed for not giving a get (religious divorce), he will be prohibited from being served kosher l’mehadrin food, he will not be incarcerated

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Jewish History, Middle East

Modigliani owner denies canvas taken by Nazis from Jewish dealer

The owner of a Modigliani painting allegedly looted by the Nazis has insisted there is no proof it was taken from a Jewish art dealer, after the Panama Papers leak led to it being briefly seized. Authorities in Geneva sequestered the painting in April after the release of millions of documents from law firm Mossack

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International, Jewish History, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USA

Berlusconi-owned paper under fire for giving out Hitler’s Mein Kampf

Rome (dpa) – Il Giornale, a conservative newspaper owned by the family of former premier Silvio Berlusconi, was under fire Saturday over a decision to give out copies of Mein Kampf, Adolf Hitler’s anti-Semitic diatribe. For 11.90 euros (13.40 dollars), on top of the regular newsstand price of 1.50 euros, readers were offered the option

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International, Jewish History

Italian parliament approves law against Holocaust denial

Rome (dpa) – Anyone spreading Holocaust denial propaganda in Italy could face prison sentences ranging from two to six years, according to a bill adopted in parliament. The bill, modifying an existing law that already punished propaganda and incitement to violence on racist, ethnic or religious grounds, also targets those who negate genocide or crimes

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International, Jewish History