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Yom Hashoah 5779 – 2019
Yom Hashoah began at sundown this evening with the annual ceremony at Yad Vashem with torches lit in memory of the 6 million Jewish victims of the Shoah. The ceremony began with the lowering of the national flag to half-mast. … Continue reading
Good News Friday – Choose Life
This week’s Good News Friday post comes in the shadow of Yom Hashoah and in the build-up to Israel’s Memorial Day next week – which will be followed by Israel’s 70th Independence Day. In the bittersweet atmosphere of the day … Continue reading
Posted in History, Israel news, Slice of Israeli life, support Israel
Tagged Chai, Good News Friday, Hatikva, Holocaust, Koolulam, music, songs, survivors, Yom Hashoah
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Yom Hashoah 5778 – 2018
Yom Hashoah began at sundown this evening with the annual ceremony at Yad Vashem with torches lit in memory of the 6 million Jewish victims of the Shoah. You can read the torchlighters life stories here. In his speech at … Continue reading
Posted in Antisemitism, History, Israel news
Tagged antisemitism, chemical weapons, France, Hamas, Holocaust Memorial Day, Iran, Jewish people, Labour Party, Mireille Knoll, Sarah Halimi, Syria, Yom Hashoah
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An officer and a gentleman – and a historian
My cousin’s son Noam Corb is something of a legend in our family. This young man, only 21 years old, and a combat officer in the IDF, has become a not-so-amateur historian and researcher of the Shoah. He got the … Continue reading
Posted in Family, History
Tagged history, Holocaust, Noam Corb, Shoah, Strauss family, Yad Vashem, Yom Hashoah
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Yom Hashoah 5777 – 2017: the denial of history
Yom Hashoah began at sundown this evening with the annual ceremony at Yad Vashem. where President Reuven Rivlin reminded the world that: “The gas chambers were not built ‘as a crime against humanity’, they were built for the purpose of … Continue reading
Posted in Antisemitism, Family, History, Israel news
Tagged Holocaust, Holocaust denial, Holocaust Memorial Day, Yom Hashoah
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Yom Hashoah 5776 – 2016: the resurgence of antisemitism
Yom Hashoah began at sundown this evening with the annual ceremony at Yad Vashem. This year’s torch-lighters were all survivors who reflected “the struggle to retain the human spirit” under terrible torture and deprivation. You can read the life-story of … Continue reading
Posted in Antisemitism, History, Israel news
Tagged antisemitism, Holocaust, Holocaust Memorial Day, Israel, Jews, Shoah, Yom Hashoah
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