80 years ago, Aristides de Sousa Mendes, a middle-aged and not very high-ranking Portuguese diplomat, turned gray in a matter of days. He was faced with a choice: obey his superiors or conscience? Mendes lost his career and pension, but the descendants of the people he saved remember him ...
Ukrainian police are investigating a request by a high-ranking official for a list of Jews living in a city in Western Ukraine, following accusations of anti-Semitism, writes Fox News. Mass media of many countries of the world wrote about this incident, and the Israeli Ambassador to Ukraine condemned it as an act of anti-Semitism. ...
2019 was the worst year in terms of anti-Semitic attacks, according to the Anti-Defamation League's record. Statistics showed a huge surge in violent attacks, writes DW. According to the latest report by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), one of the oldest and largest Jewish non-governmental organizations in the United States, anti-Semitic incidents in ...
Today is the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II. With deep gratitude to every soldier and officer who gave their life, health and peaceful sleep for the sake of a peaceful sky and the salvation of people, we decided on this day to remember those for whom this war became...
Anne Frank, a Jewish girl who wrote a diary that became a symbol of the horrors of the Holocaust, died in a concentration camp in 1945. Her half-sister Eva Schloss survived, but was able to talk about her experience only forty years later, according to Voice of America. Eva Schloss's childhood ...
Yehuda Yosef Adler, Jenny Adler and their then 19-month-old daughter were disembarked on January 23, 2019 on a flight from Miami, Florida to Detroit, Michigan by an American Airlines representative. He argued that people of their race and religion, ...
For the Jewish people, Hanukkah is actually not that religious, although due to its proximity to Christmas, it is often considered the most important Jewish holiday. This is not true. Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and Passover, for example, are considered more religious, although Hanukkah is definitely ...
The decree on the fight against anti-Semitism, signed by US President Donald Trump, criticized some of the American Jews from among the opponents of the president. Some fear that the decree infringes upon freedom of speech and assembly, while others worry that they will now be associated with the policies of the Israeli government. About it…
A Swiss real estate magnate from Lebanon said he bought Adolf Hitler's top hat and other Nazi memorabilia from a German auction to keep them out of the hands of neo-Nazis, and agreed to donate them to a Jewish group. Writes about this ABC News. Abdullah ...
A 92-year-old Greek woman could not hold back her tears when she met the group of brothers and sisters she saved during the Holocaust - the family brought with them dozens of descendants. After an emotional Sunday meeting in Jerusalem, where she was introduced to the younger generation...