Tag: Holocaust Survivors

The article discusses a recent reunion of former campers and staff from Camp Hemshekh, a Jewish socialist summer camp in the Catskills that operated from 1959 to 1978.
Steven Fulop, the three-term mayor of Jersey City, is running to become the first Jewish governor of New Jersey.
A battle has erupted between Congregation Beth Jacob, an Orthodox synagogue in Atlanta, and Crestlawn Cemetery over a new rule that bars families from installing temporary grave markers while they wait for headstones to be made.
Plans to repurpose Adolf Hitler's birth house in Braunau, Austria, into a police station have caused controversy.
"A Castle in Brooklyn" is a novel by Shirley Russak Wachtel that tells the story of three characters - Jacob, Zalman, and Esther - who survive the Holocaust and navigate the challenges of rebuilding their lives in America.
Leslie Sussan, the daughter of Herbert Sussan, a filmmaker who documented the aftermath of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, is considered an honorary second-generation survivor of the bombings.
The article discusses the parallels between Jewish refugees seeking shelter in New York City after World War II and the current influx of asylum seekers in the city.
Rare video footage of Jewish Holocaust survivors being liberated from a train leaving Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1945 has been found in the U.S. National Archives.
The article discusses a traveling Holocaust museum called We Are White Plains, which utilizes interactive displays to teach students about the Holocaust.
The period of austerity in Israel, lasting from 1949 to 1959, was a time of limited resources and rationing due to the influx of Jewish immigrants to the newly formed state.
Kyla Kupferstein Torres has won first prize at the Simon Rockower Awards for her essay on Black-Jewish relationships.
The CJN Daily's "Honourable Menschen" segment pays tribute to notable members of Canada's Jewish community who have passed away, featuring figures like Mira Koschitzky and Gladys Rose as well as Holocaust educators Alex Buckman, Sidney Cyngiser, and Cantor Moshe Kraus.
The Holocaust Stamps Project is a permanent exhibition at the American Philatelic Center in Pennsylvania that displays 11 million postage stamps, one for each victim of the Holocaust.
The new Toronto Holocaust Museum, which cost $30 million, opened on June 9 with Holocaust survivors present, including Nate Leipciger, who dedicated the museum to his family deported to Auschwitz.
The recent Bathurst Manor reunion and exhibit highlighted the postwar mostly-Jewish neighborhood in north Toronto, showcasing its roots as a home for Holocaust survivors and Canadian-born Jewish families seeking space, greenery, and safety.
Music of Remembrance (MOR), a Seattle-based musical organization, is celebrating its 25th anniversary.
Senator Jon Ossoff, the first Jewish member of the Senate from Georgia and a survivor of antisemitism within his own family, discusses his efforts to combat antisemitism through his work on the Senate Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Antisemitism.
"Without Precedent: The Supreme Life of Rosalie Abella" is a new documentary highlighting the remarkable career of Hon.
Daniel Herszberg, a native of Melbourne, Australia, became the fourth Australian and one of fewer than 300 people in the world to visit every country by the age of 30.
In this essay, Etgar Keret reflects on the influence of his parents on his writing.
In Times Square, a 27-foot wooden replica cattle car, similar to those used during the Holocaust, is being displayed as part of Southern NCSY's Hate Ends Now tour.
This article discusses ways to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Remembrance Center, has inaugurated an installation called The Book of Names, which contains the names of 4.8 million Jews murdered in the Holocaust.
"Invited to Life: Finding Hope After the Holocaust" by B.A. Van Sise is a book that shares the stories and portraits of 90 Holocaust survivors.
The author reflects on her love for gefilte fish, a traditional Jewish dish, and fears its extinction as the older generation that made it passes away.