Elena Bilyak created her first theater in her native Lviv in the late 80s. As a student of philology, she came to practice at the school where she studied herself. The reporting of that time required not only lessons, but also the so-called “test events”, in ...
Florida resident Peaches Stergo has been sentenced to 51 months in prison by the Southern District of New York for her years-long scheme to deceive an 87-year-old Holocaust survivor. The scammer defrauded the victim of $ 2,8 million. At least from May 2017 until about October ...
“You don't have to finish the work, but you don't have to stop trying,” says Jewish wisdom from the Mishnah. On April 19, 1943, an uprising broke out in the Warsaw Ghetto. Its inhabitants tried to stop the German army and police who entered the ghetto in order to…
Joe Biden declared the week from April 16 to 23 Holocaust Remembrance Days and called on people to remember the dead and survivors of the tragic events of history, Voice of America reports. This week, US President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Anthony Blinken delivered...
A 36-year-old Florida woman was arrested after federal authorities said she swindled $2,8 million from a Holocaust survivor in a "multi-year scheme" that began on a dating app. USA Today writes about it. U.S. Attorney's Office said Peaches...
On January 27, the whole world honors the memory of the victims of one of the greatest tragedies of mankind - the Holocaust. And although at that time the majority of Europeans reacted to the genocide with indifference, and some countries even took part in the extermination of the Jews, there were people everywhere ...
Many Holocaust survivors say that the war in Ukraine reminded them of the horrors they went through. On the eve of International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27, the Center for Survivors of the Jewish Federations of North America announced grants for…
What: Central Park Rollerdrome When: Friday-Sunday, July 15-17 Where: Wollman Rink, 830 5th Ave, New York, NY 10065 More: Visit Central Park's new immersive, musical and theater rollercoaster. Not only will you be able to roller skate…
The Holocaust: What Hate Can Do is a new exhibition at the Jewish Heritage Museum featuring over 750 original items and survivor testimonies from the cultural center's own collection. In an effort to educate people of all ages and walks of life about the horrific events that have led…
Pope Francis has ordered 170 volumes of Jewish files from the recently opened archives of Pope Pius XII to be published online. The Vatican made the announcement amid renewed debate over the Pope's World War II legacy. The Times Of…