by Lydia Aisenberg
The amazing heroic tale of the Portugese diplomat Aristedes
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de Sousa Mendes who was punished for saving the lives of thousands of Jews and others in occupied France during World War II. He has since been named as a "Righteous Among the Nations" and has received posthumous awards for his bravery
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by Annette Keen
A computer doesn’t break down, it crashes. And when
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it crashes, it does so because it has been corrupted. Annette Keen tells of her experience with her crashed computer.
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by Annette Keen
Annette Keen remembers her childhood in a Displaced
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Person Camp. “I am Joshua, Defender of Israel,” are the words spoken by a five-year old boy who helped her overcome monsters, and defend her against them, soothing away her nightmares as a child in a horrific situation. The article speaks of a childhood stolen and of affection found despite their surroundings.
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by Heather Gelb
What’s a nice Jewish girl doing in place like this..far
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off Rwanda? Heather Gelb writes a compelling tale as an American Peace Corps Volunteer in “Detour Through Rwanda. ” Her Jewish tradition empowered her, giving her strength to encourage, teach and help her Rwanda friends while providing them with exposure to Judaism and the Bible.
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by Lydia Aisenberg
What do Karl Marx, Herbert Spencer, George Eliot and
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many other famous people, including Jews, Muslims and Christians have in common? They are all buried in Highgate Cemetary in London. How this all came about and other interesting tales from the crypt are unfolded by Lydia Aisenberg who tells all in her fascinating article on Highgate Cemetary.
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by Mordecai Hahn-Markowitz
Genealogy and tracing roots and journeying back to
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where families came from is becoming more and more popular. Mordecai Hahn-Markowitz tells us how he set out and found the grave of his great grandfather in the small village of Batyu in the Ukraine. Through the internet, contact and connections can be organised, and even from the smaller communities information is now available on-line.
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by Beryl Ratzer
Holocaust, Holocaust Denial, Anti-Semitism and Anti-Zionism
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- how do these terms relate to each other and to the modern free world? Is too much written about the Holocaust – Beryl Ratzner believes that apathy, indifference and lack of concern are leading the free world towards another great catastrophe.
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by ESRA MAGAZINE
Since the late 1950's Israel Air Force has been hosting
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air cadets from overseas within the International Air Cadet Exchange. ESRA members in Raanana, Herzliya and Ramat Hasharon have been hosts for the cadets for the last 10 years.
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by Roy Runds
Roy Runds was born in Australia where he grew up feeling
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safe in a country that suffered very little anti-Semitism. But now with the great number of Arabs and Muslims living in the country he fears for the safety of the Jews there and feels that there is only one safe place to live and that is here in Israel.
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by Judy Shapiro
It is amazing that so many people who came to live
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in Israel find contemporaries from their former lives who now also live here. Judy Shapiro writes about the reunion of 15 ladies who had been students together at the Shulamith School for Girls in Brooklyn 50 years ago. Established nearly 100 years ago the school was the first Jewish day school for girls in North America.
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by Pamela Peled
There are many stories of people who in adult life
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discover that they have Jewish ancestors and are in fact Jewish. One such person is Joanne Caras who’s book “The Holocaust Survivors Cookbook” is being sold worldwide to raise money for charity. Her story and the stories told in her book are well documented in this article by Pamel Peled.
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by Alan Webber
IBCA was established in 1949 to maintain contacts and
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develop trade relations between Israel, Britain and the Commonwealth. Meetings involving politicians, academics and the diplomatic corps take place regularly, and an annual dinner is held with a distinguished speaker.
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by Jeremy I. Pfeffer
Jeremy Pfeffer was the guest lecturer at the ESRA in
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Tel Aviv monthly meeting. His subject was the history of the London Beth Din in the 19th century where a complete record of their activities – cases and verdicts - were kept.
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by Pamela Peled
The Bielski brothers fled to the woods when their small
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village in Beylorussia was overrun by the Germans in WW11. Defiance is a film that is a worthy tribute to them. Pamela Peled updates us on what happened to them after the war. From over a thousand people who hid with them over 30,000 descendants now live scattered throughout the world.
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by Lydia Aisenberg
The fascinating history of the picturesque Venice Beach
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Shul tucked in amongst the tattoo parlors and zany centers on this beach promenade highlight the Jewish involvement in development of this unique area.
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