By Charles Gardner, Israel Today— Nearly three-quarters of a century has passed since the Red Army liberated the notorious Auschwitz death camp on January 27 1945, a date now marked by the annual Holocaust Memorial Day here in Britain and elsewhere. It is held with the intention of ensuring that it never happens again. But…
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz, Breaking Israel News— On Thursday, the head of the Iranian parliament’s national security and foreign-policy committee, Heshmatollah Falahat-Pisheh, expressed anger on Thursday at Russia for not using their advanced S-300 anti-air defense system to protect Iranian military assets in Syria from the Israeli airstrikes that devastated them earlier in the week.…
Please view and share this Free ebook of Poems by the Child Poet and Holocaust Survivor Alla Aizensharf. The artist Natalia Vorontosova commissioned young children to illustrate Alla’s poems. When Alla was approached about the project and asked for permission, she said it was the fulfillment of a dream. Alla passed away only a year ago…
Think on this: “For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, for Jerusalem’s sake I will not remain quiet, till her vindication shines out like the dawn, her salvation like a blazing torch… I have posted watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; They will never be silent day of night. You who call on Yahweh,…
By Charles Gardner, Israel Today— With the annual Holocaust Memorial Day in view, it is worth being reminded not only of how many perished, but also of those who escaped the jaws of Nazism – often miraculously. It is a little known fact that in spite of terrible persecution in Eastern Europe, thousands of Jewish…
DRAMA AMIDST BEAUTY RE-ADDRESSING THE HOLOCAUST TODAY By Inna Rogatchi It was a warm, sunny day in the beautiful part of France just a stone away from Spain, in Nouvelle-Acquitaine. Everything was relaxed around me: people, cars, even shadows. No pressure, no hussle, elegance all around. We were interested in many things around us walking…
By Sergey Kanovich The sky was bright blue. “So clear, almost as clear as the water in the yard of our house in Jonava,” thought Aizik and closed his eyes again. A few soft snowflakes fell from the blue sky. It seemed you could count them. Like family members–snowflake Sara, snowflake Rosette, snowflake Joseph, and…
By Michael Wilner, JPost— The Trump administration has begun laying the groundwork for talks between Israelis and Palestinians, sharing elements of the plan with partners in the region ahead of an anticipated rollout after Israel’s April 9 elections, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday. Speaking via video link to the World Economic…
BY JNS— The World Council of Churches (WCC) has sent nearly 2,000 participants to Israel, and Judea and Samaria, since 2002 to train them in anti-Israel narratives and assign them to communities worldwide, according to a report from NGO Monitor. With no similar program in other conflict zones, the WCC’s Ecumenical Accompaniment Program in Palestine…