(Courtesy of Jewish Family & Children’s Services of Northern NJ) After World War II, Survivors in Stockholm, Sweden, would meet to find family and friends
On Purim, I had a call from Fred, a 95-year-old Holocaust survivor. “I’m on cloud nine,” he said, his voice even more exuberant than usual.
“וְתַגִּיעֵנוּ לִמְחוֹז חֶפְצֵנוּ לְחַיִּים וּלְשִׂמְחָה וּלְשָׁלוֹם” “And [God, may you] cause us to reach our destination in life, joy, and peace.” –Tefilat HaDerech We recited
This has been a particularly challenging year for the Jewish people, as we watched the horrors of October 7 perpetrated against our brothers and sisters
Beit Knesset Hanassi at 24 Rechov Ussishkin in Rechavia, Jerusalem, is host to a series of movies every three weeks catering to its Anglo population.
On May 6, the Westchester Jewish Council presented their annual Westchester County Yom HaShoah Holocaust commemoration. County Executive George Latimer recapped the rise of the
Honoring the past, defending the future and standing in support of Jewish students, numerous organizations joined together for a Holocaust Memorial Day Ceremony near Columbia
The annual Teaneck Holocaust Commemoration, held at Bergenfield High School, was attended by over 800 people who came to hear Holocaust survivor, and author of
“I am trying to write down anything that I remember from the Shoah.” With these words, my mother unknowingly authored her final Holocaust testimony, a
The extremely dangerous efforts of thousands of individuals from all walks of life that hid, helped or rescued Jews from Nazi persecution during World War
On May 5, Westchester communities commemorated Yom HaShoah at the Young Israel of Scarsdale (YIS) in New York. The program was entitled “Stories of Survival
I drafted to the IDF as a lone soldier on April 7. Speaking recently to my madricha from Mechina (pre-army preparation program) she said “מיכאל,
