By Melanie Phillips— A profound and bitter battle between Israel and Poland has been brought to crisis point by the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, which is being commemorated by world leaders this week at Jerusalem’s Yad Vashem and next week at Auschwitz itself. The roots of the row lay in remarks made…
DetailsBy Arlene Bridges Samuels, Times of Israel—- The Presidents, Prime Ministers, and Princes have flown out of Ben Gurion Airport after attending Israel’s 5th World Holocaust Forum. The events were impressive and the speakers eloquent. I wait with hope to measure the success of Israel’s massive effort to steer the ship of peace into a…
DetailsBy Inna Rogatchi, Times of Israel—- It was a sunny March day in Washington D.C., busy, promising and energetic. My husband Michael and I were at the office of the legendary organisation in the down-town. NCSEJ, National Council for Soviet Jewry has earned its name by standing for the Soviet refuseniks during the decades, doing…
DetailsBy Arlene Bridges Samuels, Times of Israel— While fifty heads of state are gathered in Jerusalem, Israel on the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, it’s also an opportune time for Christian citizens of the world to make decisions about the evil encore of antisemitism. The time for Christian apathy, inaction, fear, and denial…
DetailsBy Raphael Poch, Israelrescue.org Jamal Veraki is 29-years-old and works as a security guard in a hotel in the southern city of Eilat. Jamal recently graduated from his EMT training course and was one of a handful of Muslims in that did so in Eilat. He has been a volunteer with United Hatzalah for just…
DetailsBy Gershon Hacohen, Jewish News Syndicate— Three fundamental questions crystallize the distinctions between the various positions on the matter of Israeli annexation of the Jordan Valley. The first question: How wide a swath of the Jordan Valley must Israel keep to meet its security needs—merely the area between the border crossings and Highway 90, or…
DetailsBy Alan Rosenbaum, Jpost— “International Holocaust Remembrance Day is special, because it was established by a resolution of the United Nations. Not by the Jewish people but by the world as a whole.” Yaakov Hagoel, vice chairman of the World Zionist Organization and the head of the Department for Israel and Countering Antisemitism, says on…
DetailsBy Israel Hayom— The central event of the Fifth World Holocaust Forum in Jerusalem took place on Thursday, with dozens of world leaders in attendance to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp. Israeli President Reuven Rivlin was the first dignitaries to speak, saying he was going to speak in…
DetailsToday on InGrace, Jim Scudder, Jr. and Holocaust Survivor, Steen Metz, visit the Illinois Holocaust Museum.
By Inna Rogatchi, Times of Israel—- I do not like ceremonies. The officialdom in them obscures, in my understanding, the essence. I also doubt a sincerity in measured events which is always individual. Those who are sincere at ceremonies are sincere in general, many others are on duty. Among the speeches, there are so many…
DetailsBy Israel Hayom— The new commander of Iran’s Quds Force threatened on Monday that “freedom-seekers” all over the world who are inspired by the Iranian ideology will avenge the death of his predecessor, Gen. Qassem Soleimani, adding that Tehran’s enemies only understand the “language of force.” Soleimani, who was killed in a US drone strike…
DetailsBy Jordan Salama, NY Times— Growing up, my brothers and I often teased my mom for having what we thought was an irrational fear of being identified as a Jew. She painted over the Star of David on a duffle bag because when we were traveling, she didn’t want people “to know.” She warned my…
DetailsBy Soeren Kern, Gatestone Institute— Britain, France and Germany, the three European signatories of the Iran nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), have activated the agreement’s dispute mechanism in an effort to force Tehran into compliance with its commitment to curb its nuclear program. The three European countries —…
DetailsBy Earl Cox, JPost—- Many reading this article will recall being taught to understand America as a “melting pot” – a blending of cultures, faiths, hopes and aspirations which, when fully combined, resulted in a delicious American pie where the sum total was more desirable than its individual parts. This was during a time when…
DetailsBy Moshe Phillips, Israel National News— The “both sides are to blame” line is often heard in contemporary policy debates. Israelis and Palestinian Arabs are both to blame for the absence of peace, argue the pundits and politicians. When there’s a terrorist attack on Israeli “settlers,” journalists say both sides are to blame because the…
DetailsBy Sarah Stern, Emet— There are certain moments in history where we as a civilization are put to the test. Such a moment occurred during the Soviet Jewry movement, when thousands of American Jews did everything in their power to support brave dissidents. They struggled for the right to emigrate so that they could live…
DetailsBy Caroline Glick— Next Thursday is supposed to mark another diplomatic triumph for Israeli diplomacy. On January 23, the Fifth World Holocaust Forum will convene at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz death camp. According to Yad Vashem and the World Holocaust…
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