1945 LETTER REVEALS HOW TEL AVIV SURVIVED A BRITISH SIEGE
An anonymous letter recently discovered in the Israel National Library sheds new light on the emotions and thoughts of the Jews at the time in British Mandate Palestine.
Weekly News Round-Up~Week of April 8-14
The weekly news round up of interesting stories from Israel encompassing Holocaust and different religions and peoples.
A Partisan Shabbat with a traditional Cholent!
Lest you think that all the Jewish people just walked to their death in WWII, we want to remind you about the Jewish fighters, called Partisan Fighters, that fled to the forests, remote towns or hid anywhere they could and organized themselves to fight back and save as many fellow Jews as possible. The picture […]
The Holocaust~An Overview
A brief and chilling summary of the Holocaust. A downloadable PDF for sharing is available.
The Valley of Death and Faith’s Message
This week as we remember the Holocaust, we also remember the faith that sustains us even in the darkest of times.
The Jewish Problem – “Let My People Go”
Every year at Passover, Jewish people all over the world celebrate the liberation of the Children of Israel from their bondage in Egypt. The story of the Exodus encompasses 430 years of history. God promises He will make a great nation out of Israel and will bless whoever blesses Israel and curse whoever curses Israel. What a promise! Or was it? It’s all good until we get to the part about whoever curses you.
News from Israel~Week of March 18
A sampling of news stories reported in Israel and South Africa for the week of March 18, 2018. From Nuclear to Passover to Pianists, it is an eclectic but always interesting mix.
Under the Shadow of the Shoah
After the horrors of the Holocaust, the shadow of this terrible event follow Jews around the world and into their lives today. They aim to better the world.
The 614th Commandment
A Perspective from under the shadow of Table Mountain By Belinda Silbert “Where the respect to us cannot be won by entreaty, it may be commanded and where it cannot be commanded, it may be enforced.” Emma Lazarus. The task of nation-building is never without sacrifices and the transformation of the ‘Walking Wounded’ who survived […]
The Why and The What of Anti-Semitism
by Peter Bailey Any attempt to define antiSemitism must fail. The phrase itself derives from the German word Judenhass, translated to English means Jew Hatred, while the term anti-Semitism was introduced as a quasi scientific explanation of the dislike of Jews in 1879. And has stuck since that time. There are a number of truisms […]
Holocaust and Hodes
by Tessa Chelouche M.D It all started with an outrageous tweet by an outrageous individual. How more outrageous can it get than the leader of the Black First Land First (BLF) Andile Mngxitama tweeting: “For those claiming the legacy of the holocaust is ONLY negative, think about the lampshades and Jewish soap.” WOW! I do […]
The Ship That Launched A State
The events of the ‘Exodus’ that celebrates its 70th anniversary in July 2017 – and the South African connection The Jerusalem Post reported on July 18, 2017 – seventy years to the day that the unarmed ship was rammed by two British destroyers – that “Of all the illegal immigrant ships carrying Holocaust survivors to […]
The Killer Within
Book Review Reading Solly Kaplinski’s ‘A WORLD OF PAINS’ on the Holocaust, two images of a personal nature came to mind. The first goes back to 2001, when I stood alongside Solly who was Director of the International Relations English Desk at Yad Vashem at the time and laid a wreath on behalf of the […]
The Mutation of Antisemitism
Yom HaShoah – the day in the Jewish calendar set aside for Holocaust remembrance – takes place on 27th Nisan which this year corresponds to the evening of Sunday 23rd and Monday 24th April 2017. But how has antisemitism mutated over time? And why does its return today present a danger not just for Jews, […]