Yom HaShoah: The Holocaust – Moving from Grief to Action

April 27, 2022 Yom HaShoah, a national day of mourning for the genocide of the Jewish People in Europe and the resistance fighters who stood up to the Nazis.

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International Holocaust Remembrance Day: When Silence Isn’t Golden

January 26, 2022 On January 27, 1945, Soviet troops liberated Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi death camp. It is estimated that at least 1.3 million people were deported to Auschwitz between 1940 and 1945. Of those, approximately 1.1 million were murdered.

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Constantine and the Foundations of Anti-Semitism

August 4, 2021 Constantine made persecution of Christians illegal while legalizing a growing division between Jews and Christians that laid the foundation of anti-Semitism today.

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King David’s Shield, the Israeli Flag, and the Origins of the Star of David

February 1, 2021 The six-pointed Star or Shield of David is everywhere in Israel, but what does it mean for Jews and Christians today?

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Hannah Szenes, Hungarian Jewish Paratrooper, Poet, Heroine of Israel

December 14, 2020 Hannah Szenes - streets and public squares are named after her. In her poetry and diary, we see the makings of the heroic idealism of a young Zionist martyr. Who was she?

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Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) and the Planning of the Holocaust

May 1, 2019 The final preparations for the systematic murder of millions of Jews happened in a beautiful German villa in 1942 attended by highly educated government leaders. Similar plans are being made today in public and behind closed doors.

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Superheroes, Messiah and Salvation

February 21, 2018 While Holocaust gas chambers were murdering millions, American Jews were producing superheroes that save millions.

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Why We Remember on International Holocaust Remembrance Day

January 28, 2018 We will never forget the millions who lost their lives at Auschwitz Concentration Camp.

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Two International Anniversaries of Events That Helped Shape Israel

January 25, 2017 This week, we remember the planning and perishing of six million Jews on International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the anniversary of the Wannsee Conference.

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50 Holocaust Survivors Celebrate Their Bar Mitzvahs

May 9, 2016 During the Holocaust, many Jewish children were deprived of a normal, happy childhood and celebrating their coming of age ceremonies — their Bar and Bat Mitzvahs. this past Monday, 50 Holocaust survivors participated in this Jewish “coming of age” ceremony at the Western Wall. Just two days before Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day), Reznik and a dozen other men danced with the Torah scroll at the end of the day’s Torah readings.

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