Holocaust survivors gather at Jerusalem Theater, salute Israel

Notwithstanding the raw deal so many of them have received in Israel, Holocaust survivors by and large are happy to have a country to call home, and hundreds from all over the nation, speaking myriad languages, gathered at the Jerusalem Theater this week in a salute to Israel. Some had

UK rabbi meets family murdered in the Holocaust through cache of WWII letters

Inside a particularly large trunk left on the Jerusalem balcony of Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg’s deceased aunt’s apartment was another smaller case containing an off-white linen bag. In it lay a bundle of papers. The dates on the delicate pages jumped out at Wittenberg — 1937, 1938, 1947 — and their

Amsterdam to Give Back $11m in Taxes Paid by Holocaust Survivors Upon Return

The Amsterdam municipality will donate 10 million euros ($11.3 million) to the city’s Jewish community to compensate for back taxes that Amsterdam’s Jews who survived the Holocaust were forced to pay on their return to the city. As reported by the DutchNews.nl website, the announcement of the donation, which is

Vandals deface Holocaust monuments in Poland and Italy

Newly-erected Holocaust monuments in Poland and Italy were vandalized by individuals who wrote on them far-right and far-left slogans, respectively. The Polish monument, which was unveiled in 2014 in the country’s northeast, was hit for the second time in a little over a year by unidentified culprits who broke off

Green Journey – Cycling on the Trails of the Living

Teens on the March of the Living participated in Masa Yarok (Green Journey), an initiative of the KKL-JNF Education Division that had 800 teens cycling around Israel Green Journey (Masa Yarok) 2016, a project initiated and led by the International Department of the KKL-JNF Education and Youth Division, concluded on

Japanese Diplomat’s Act of Mercy Is Enduring Legacy for Holocaust Descendants

Amid preparations for the end of a semester at Northwestern University – where Arielle Salomon is pursuing a master’s degree in business administration – the 28-year-old is taking time out of her busy schedule to pause and appreciate what she says has been her fortunate life. “Everyone has their story

An 88-Yr Old Holocaust Survivor Recalls Hearing — “We Are Americans and You are All Free.”

“We are Americans, and all of you are free.” That phrase is etched in 88-year-old Henry Greenbaum’s memory as part of the best day of his life. It was told to him by an American soldier during World War II when he was 17, weighed 75 pounds and had lived

‘Living Room Memories’ allows Holocaust survivors to tell their stories at home

Earlier this week a crowd gathered in a chic apartment up four flights of stairs on Ben Yehuda street in Tel Aviv. The hosts laid drinks and snacks out on a table as the sun set over the Mediterranean behind them. The crowd of 37 packed into the living room

March of the Living involves youth from around the world

More than 10,000 young adults from 42 countries participated in the 28th Annual March of the Living through Auschwitz-Birkenau, the world’s largest Holocaust commemoration. The March brings together both Jews and non-Jews (40-percent of participants) to mark the annual Yom Hashoah-Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day. Included this year were several UCF

Polish museum shows pre-Holocaust life in color

A new museum opened in Krakow, Poland this week showcasing artwork from the pre-Holocaust Polish Jewish community. The “I Remember” museum includes hundreds of paintings by Haim Goldberg and many other Jewish artists. Goldberg, who was born in 1917 and grew up in the Jewish shtetl of Kazimierz Dolny in