by Sonia Lowman
AIS (American International Schools) Israel student
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project won the International Discovery Award Competition. Their project – based on young Holocaust hero Pavel Weiner – models how young people can be responsible global citizens.
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by Ilan Shachar
Reports of the horrors of the Holocaust were met with
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denial. How could such a thing be happening? Israeli composer, Lior Navok, after intensive research, wrote the third piece in the “Slavery Documents” series of the Cantata Singers. His music serves to commemorate the unbearable conflict between those needing help and those who turned the other cheek.
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by Annette Keen
The story of the the "Matriarch's" life and death embodies
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the history of so many Jewish American families who struggled to set themselves up in their new country and then achieved the American dream of wealth and success. But at what cost? And who will know how to say kaddish for them when they die?
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by Helen Schary Motro
Paul Kohn spoke about his life to an ESRA group in
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Herzliya. Born in Austria, Paul was eight years old when he left his parents – one of the Kindertransport children sent to Britain. With another Kindertransport boy, Paul was adopted by a Pastor and his wife and spent five happy years in the east of England. The boys were treated with great kindness and respect for their religion. In 1949 Paul was reunited with his parents in Israel.
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by Anthony Green
Anthony describes his moment of fame with famous interviewer
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David Frost and the iconic Beatle, John Lennon. Read on to see how Anthony participated in the show, which was taped and can now be seen on YouTube!
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by Reina Nuernberger
A detailed description of the Melton Poland-Israel
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Study Seminar that visited all the important Jewish sites in Poland as well as the places in Israel connected with the Polish Aliyah. This was not JUST a Holocaust tour but explored the past present and future of Jewish life in Poland, and the survivors of the Polish Jewish community in Israel.
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by Luba Zuk
Berlin—a city creating conflicting emotions and ambivalence.
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An emotion wrenching past with memorials, gold colored squares, home to a madman’s regime, and a multicultural present with concerts, designer shops, Dunkin’ Donuts, and Starbucks. Neighboring towns loaded with menacing histories.
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by Michael Tuchfeld
Jews in Portugal were forced to convert to Christianity
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but many found ways to secretly maintain their faith. Descendants of the Marranos/conversos or hidden Jews are merging to reclaim their religion in Portugal albeit not without challenges.
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by JANE KLAPPER
Members of the Israeli Guide Dog association together
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with 6 guide dogs, a guide and group leader joined the “March of the Living” for an unforgettable trip to Poland and comprehensive tours to the relics of a Jewish past now fading into history.
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by Carl Hoffman
Secret Jews are scattered throughout the world. These
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families who outwardly do not claim to be Jews but continue to follow Jewish customs, though their families may have converted from Judaism many generations ago. Carl Hoffman gives us a short history of Ireland’s crypto Jews, some who arrived there in the 11th century.
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by Millie Rosenblatt
Millie descirbes how she and her husband helped Grace,
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a Sri Lankan caregiver to find a new profession. She is "a human bridge that unites two countries".
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by Linda Lovitch
Introducing Summer Camps Plus, a company which provides
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a one-stop service to Israeli teens looking for the ultimate experience in Jewish camping in North America.
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by Annette Keen
Through the anecdote of the death of her first pet
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the author pays tribute to her late father Cantor Irving Schock. He was a Holocaust survivor who never lost his faith and taught less by what he said and more by what he did.
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by Judith Harris
Traumatic memories of life in Holland under the German
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occupation which she connects to white bags she once owned.
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