Killed on Oct. 7, a modern-day Israeli Romeo and Juliet unite their families — and nation
The new Niv Nirel Center realizes the vision of Nirel Zini and Niv Raviv, who came from families on the opposite sides of the religious spectrum and together wanted to help society
Descendants retrace Holocaust survivors’ treacherous, covert journey to pre-state Israel
Children of Jews who secretly traveled to the Jewish homeland with the ‘Bricha’ movement, some of whom were born along the way, revisit the long route and uncover buried histories
Hamas killed 6 of them on Oct. 7. Why these Israelis still drive Palestinians to hospitals
Displaced by war, Israeli artists are given a seaside studio refuge following Oct. 7
Providing living quarters and studios near the beach, the Old Jaffa Artists Residency sought to reignite smoldering creativity; the work that emerged has surprised even its makers
Send In The Clown
A clown dressed as a police officer may appear to be a buffoon. But both the demonstrators who know her and the police officers who occasionally arrest her will tell you otherwise.
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Foreign Students Keep Gaza Border Farms Afloat
Agricultural students from Africa and Asia plant themselves on mostly-evacuated kibbutzim, helping to tend to the herds during a labor shortage
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Resurrected exhibit provides insight into Jewish artists during, after the Holocaust
‘Munich Displaced,’ at the Munich Jewish Museum through March 17, portrays the city when it was a hub for 200,000 displaced Jews who survived the war
Hostage Families March to Jerusalem
Daring the government to look them in the eyes
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In Tel Aviv, diverse mix of artists shines spotlight on Israeli hostages
From around the country, artists come to city’s museum square to paint victims held in Gaza, in the hopes of drumming up support — and one day gifting portraits to their subjects
Shoshan Haran Has Devoted Her Life to Helping African Farmers
Shoshan Haran, presumed captive, has dedicated her life to helping African farmers Read More
At former DP camps, children of survivors and Germans work through complicated pasts: Jews born in ashes of Holocaust visit picturesque towns where their parents saw postwar denazification of their persecutors’ society, find common bonds with Germans’ descendants Read More
Why a Year after the Holocaust My Parents Look Happy in DP Photos Read More
Double tragedy: Survivor’s nephew uncovers fate of Polish Jews who fled to USSR: Dramatic new information with implications for descendants of the largest Polish survivor group — including the family of this writer Read More
What made an anti-Semitic Spanish diplomat rescue 150 Macedonian Jews? Read More
Rabbi of 8,000 Ethiopians Fights to Complete Their Exodus Read More
Greeks Honor Crete Jewish Community …75 years ago the entire Jewish community of Crete was placed on a boat headed for Auschwitz Read More
Ukrainian youth and townsfolk band together to restore neglected Jewish cemetery – Residents of Kalush, one-third of whose population were Jews prior to WWII, take off work and school to give a piece of their shared history a much-needed facelift Read More
A Place of Hope – A visit to the present-day sites of DP Camps in Germany where Holocaust Survivors lived after the war, reveals interesting memories. Read more
The Power of Soccer — In the InterCampus soccer program, Israelis, Palestinians and Africans are all teammates. Read More
A School for Migrants — The Schoolhouse in South Tel Aviv provides migrants with skills they can take anywhere in the world Read More
Yidlife Crisis: Not Just A Laughing Matter — Two Montreal comedians have a serious agenda Read Article
Era of Distortion / Macedonia Cemetery Renovation/ — “Whenever somebody wants to indicate something evil they use the word ‘holocaust’ / In Bitola the oldest and largest cemetery in the Balkans is being restored Read Article
Avraham’s Miracle – After a long hard-fought battle, Ethiopian families will be re-united. Read Article
Building Health in Rwanda – Josh Ruxin is bringing massive changes to African healthcare through private-sector management principles Read article
Letter from Destiny – The discovery of mysterious documents leads Ricardo to revisit how he was saved at the last minute from being sent to Treblinka Read article
The Doctor Who Stayed – For nearly 30 years, Rick Hodes has helped children walk again and helped treat some of Ethiopia’s neediest patients. Read Article
The Israelis of Uganda – Grassroots Israelis rescue South Sudanese refugee children and bring them to Uganda Read Article
The 28 Envelopes – A Macedonian researcher sheds light on a little known episode of the Holocaust Read Article
Empowering Bedouin Women – The idea that women could become more independent was not easily accepted by many of the men. Read Article
Sound of Torture Documentary reveals Bedouin torture houses in the Sinai where Eritrean refugees are held for ransom Read Article…
Notebook for the developing world
A surge of Israeli initiated projects is leveraging the economic potential of women in Africa and Asia
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Thousands of Jewish refugees were denied refuge in Newfoundland during the 1930s. Could the territory have become a Jewish hub and would that have stopped it from joining Canada? Bernard Dichek Corner Brook, Newfoundland
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The Town I Thought I Knew
I came to Kalusz, looking for the town where I felt like I had grown up, even though I had never been there before.
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Lithuanian Deceit
April 11, 2013 Read Article….
Development Nation
Israel’s involvement in the developing world is enjoying a renaissance.
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The Refuseniks of Addis Ababa
The African Jews that Israel Doesn’t want
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A Tale of Two Refugees
A Darfur refugee in Israel describes his ordeal.
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Pearly’s Point
Fighting the government to let my mother’s Filipino caregiver stay in the country.
Oct. 15, 2007 Read Article….
In the Genes
A conference in Portugal leads me to discover conversos, descendants of Jews forcibly converted to Christianity. Read Article
Signs of Life
Historians are exploring former Jewish communities in Eastern Europe’s by chronicling long- neglected cemeteries Read Article….
Kalusz Table for Seven Read Article