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Jerry Klinger is the founding president of the Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation, which has placed monuments and plaques across the United States and in other countries detailing the history of Jewish individuals and communities.
Memory is an opportunity, a duty, an obligation. It can be denied only by deliberate erasure. Around the world and shockingly in the U.S., the denial of Holocaust memory is cancerously metastasizing. (Jerry Klinger)
Stolen Holocaust Memory – Raoul Wallenberg Read More »
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In 1905, she established the record for the longest drive achieved by a lady driver by driving a De Dion-Bouton from London to Liverpool and back over two days. The Press nicknamed her the Fastest Girl on Earth, and the Champion Lady Motorist of the World. (Jerry Klinger)
Dorothy Levitt – the “Fastest Girl in the world” Read More »
International, Jerry Klinger, Jewish History, News Media, Obituaries & memorials, Opinion, Sports & Competitions, Staff and Bylined ContributorsEach marker is Jewish in theme, and in an American way, universal, interreligious. Yet each tells the story of a unique world shaped by antisemitism that gave America and all Americans gifts that continue to enrich all today. [Jerry Klinger]
Roadside markers revive a piece of American Jewish history Read More »
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The Hezbollah missile killed 12 children and wounded 42 others. The children were 10-16 years old. [Jerry Klinger]
Monument pending to the 12 Druze children who just were playing soccer Read More »
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Jews were given a gross of hate-filled, antisemitic lemons. They took the lemons and made lemonade. They faced the challenge and gave back to America incredible gifts to the arts, culture, sports, economics, and more. The Jewish Borscht Belt gifts to America reflected the best of the ideals of America and what American life could be. [Jerry Klinger]
Historic marker dedicated in the ‘Borscht Belt’ Read More »
Antisemitism, Jerry Klinger, Jewish History, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USAWith the help of a remarkable West Haven, Connecticut, genealogist, John Doe’s unmarked burial site was identified. JASHP’s obligation was clear. The boy deserved a stone of memory. No longer, unintentionally, would feet stand on his grave. [Jerry Klinger]
Plaque donated for grave of mass murderer’s teenage Jewish victim Read More »
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Something happened… Schneider’s skull was laterally crushed by a heavy object. Though very near their port of destination, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Schneider was hurriedly buried at sea. The body could have been brought to Halifax, only a few days’ sail away. His remains could have been returned to his parents for Jewish burial in the United Kingdom. [Jerry Klinger]
Accident or murder on the Isle de France Read More »
Antisemitism, International, Jerry Klinger, Jewish History, Obituaries & memorials, Philanthropy & Volunteerism, Staff and Bylined ContributorsAt 10 a.m on the 11th, the Nazi commander ordered all 1,200 S.S. to retreat from the Camp. The Americans were coming. At 10:30 a.m,. the International Committee rose in revolt, captured 76 S.S. stragglers and their weapons. They took possession of Buchenwald. Throughout the day, heavy fighting continued as American armed forces secured the area. Not until late in the afternoon did advance units of the XX Corps enter Buchenwald. [Jerry Klinger]
Buchenwald liberation marks 81st anniversary amid controversy Read More »
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The giant Roaring Lion, about 24 feet in length, approximately 10 feet at the shoulder, stood on a 10-foot stone and sand platform. The powerful sculpted lion is the biggest in the Middle East. [Jerry Klinger]
The Roaring Lion of Ofakim Read More »
animals, Israel, Jerry Klinger, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Travel and FoodRecently, with the generous help of the Travancore Royal Family of Travancore, India, and the State of Travancore, a new Jewish Indian Heritage Trail marker was dedicated in a grand ceremony at the Puthenmalika Palace. [Jerry Klinger]
Celebrating the Jewish history of Travancore, India Read More »
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Edmonds was the highest-ranking non-commissioned officer in a German POW camp. Over 1275 American POWs, captured during the Battle of the Bulge, were held there. [Jerry Klinger]
In January 1945, the Nazi Commandant of the camp ordered Edmonds to have all of the Jewish POWs report to the assembly grounds the next morning at 6 a.m. The next morning, the Commandant was surprised and angered. [Jerry Klinger]
Roddy Edmonds to receive a Medal of Honor for protecting Jews in a POW camp Read More »
Holocaust, International, Jerry Klinger, Jewish History, Opinion, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USAThe gate opened. I chose to go in. Nathaniel Isaacs led me to Alan Barnett, the Chairman of the Canterbury Jewish Historical Society. The gate opened wider. I encountered Henry Hart, Jacob the Jew, and Isaac Nathan in political and social controversy. I encountered P.C. challenges, sadly not overcome, and opportunities to respond to antisemitism by doing what the Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation does best: creating and placing permanent Jewish historical markers that affirm Jewish presence, contributions, and commonality. [Jerry Klinger]
The Old Canterbury (U.K.) Jewish Cemetery Behind the gate – an entire world Read More »
International, Jerry Klinger, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Obituaries & memorials, Staff and Bylined ContributorsOctober 27, 2021, Rabbi Yonasan Abrams of Chabad Temecula and Baruch Bloom, of the Chesed Shel Emes Society of California, buried the remains of a Ploni Ben Abraham, in the Chabad Mt. of Olives Cemetery in Los Angeles. Ploni Ben Abraham means unknown but to God. [Jerry Klinger]
John Doe ‘Shoah: The unknown Holocaust survivor Read More »
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