Shlomo Perel, Holocaust survivor, film subject, dies at 98
Shlomo Perel, who survived the Holocaust through surreal subterfuge and an extraordinary odyssey that inspired his own writing and an internationally renowned film, died on Thursday in central Israel. Perel was born in 1925 to a Jewish family in Brunswick, Germany, just several years before the Nazis came to power. Landing in the Soviet Union, Perel and Isaac took refuge at children's home in what is now Belarus.
news.yahoo.com78 years on, Jewish Holocaust rescuers want their story told
Just before Nazi Germany invaded Hungary in March 1944, Jewish youth leaders in the eastern European country jumped into action: They formed an underground network that would save tens of thousands of fellow Jews from the gas chambers
washingtonpost.com78 years on, Jewish Holocaust rescuers want their story told
Just before Nazi Germany invaded Hungary in March 1944, Jewish youth leaders in the eastern European country jumped into action: They formed an underground network that in the coming months would save tens of thousands of fellow Jews from the gas chambers. This chapter of the Holocaust heroism is scarcely remembered in Israel.
news.yahoo.comBible verse of the day: Old Testament prophet foreshadows eternal impact of 'insignificant' Bethlehem
Micah 5:2 in the Old Testament foretells Christ's birth, and the fact that Bethlehem would play a significant and eternal role in the Christian story. Two North Carolina faith leaders weigh in.
foxnews.com'We are appalled': U.S. officials condemn U.N. human rights official accused of making antisemitic posts
The offending posts were made in 2014 by Francesca Albanese, an unabashed critic of Israel who now serves as the United Nations human rights special rapporteur in the Palestinian territories. The Times of Israel first reported on her posts earlier this week. American officials sharply criticized the messages, which seemed to validate charges of anti-Israel bias in the U.N.’s Human Rights Council, where Albanese’s office is located. "It severely undermines the credibility of the UN Human Rights Special Rapporteur to deal with the issue of human rights in the context of Israel & the Palestinian territories." "Thank you to those who have expressed their solidarity after yet another politically-motivated attack against my mandate," she wrote.
wftv.comEstonia changes tack, won't side against Israel in UN votes
Instead, the European country is looking from now on to align its U.N. voting position in such matters with Washington, its closest security policy ally. Previously, Estonia has usually voted for resolutions condemning Israel at the U.N. together with several other countries. Reinsalu said his country’s foreign policy has changed in this matter. However, should the 27 EU countries have differences of opinion, Reinsalu said Estonia would now as a rule align its voting position with Washington. Estonia, a nation of 1.3 million, held a non-permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council in 2020-2021.
wftv.comEstonia changes tack, won't side against Israel in UN votes
Estonia’s foreign minister says the Baltic country has changed its policy toward Israel and will no longer vote for U.N. resolutions condemning Tel Aviv’s actions in the occupied Palestinian territories including the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Instead, the European country is looking from now on to align its U.N. voting position in such matters with Washington, its closest security policy ally. According to a report published Monday by the Estonian public broadcaster ERR, Foreign Minister Urmas Reinsalu said Estonia — an European Union and NATO member — recently voted together with the United States against the condemnation of Israel at the U.N.
news.yahoo.comHolocaust memorial: Kristallnacht photos were already seen
JERUSALEM — (AP) — Israel’s Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial acknowledged Sunday that a series of photos from Nazi Germany’s 1938 pogroms against Jews have been seen and published before, revising a claim it made when releasing the photos last week. The photos, which were recently donated by a former U.S. serviceman's family to Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, show rare close-up images of Nazi officials carrying out looting and destruction of Jewish property in Nuremberg and a nearby town. Yad Vashem said the photos were “never-before-seen," but many in the collection had in fact been published on Twitter, in a research publication, and a recent PBS documentary. The violence is widely considered a starting point for the Holocaust, in which Nazi Germany murdered 6 million Jews. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.
wftv.comHolocaust memorial: Kristallnacht photos were already seen
Israel’s Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial acknowledged Sunday that a series of photos from Nazi Germany’s 1938 pogroms against Jews have been seen and published before, revising a claim it made when releasing the photos last week. The photos, which were recently donated by a former U.S. serviceman’s family to Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, show rare close-up images of Nazi officials carrying out looting and destruction of Jewish property in Nuremberg and a nearby town. Yad Vashem said the photos were “never-before-seen," but many in the collection had in fact been published on Twitter, in a research publication, and a recent PBS documentary.
news.yahoo.comNewly discovered photos show Nazi Kristallnacht up close
JERUSALEM — (AP) — Harrowing, previously unseen images from 1938's Kristallnacht pogrom against German and Austrian Jews have surfaced in a photograph collection donated to Israel's Yad Vashem memorial, the organization said Wednesday. Another image shows a Nazi officer splashing gasoline on the pews of a synagogue before it’s set alight. Yad Vashem — The World Holocaust Remembrance Center released the photographs on the 84th anniversary of the November pogrom also known as Kristallnacht, or “The Night of Broken Glass." Firefighters, SS special police officers and members of the general public are all seen in the photos participating in the Kristallnacht. His descendants, who declined to give his name, donated the album to Yad Vashem as part of the institution's effort to collect Holocaust-era objects kept by survivors and their families.
wftv.comArchaeologists discover full Canaanite sentence on ancient comb
Archaeologists from Israel have discovered an ancient comb that has what they believe is the oldest complete sentence written in Canaanite alphabetical script. >> Read more trending newsThe 3,700-year-old comb’s inscription tells people to comb their hair and beards to get rid of lice, The Associated Press reported. The sentence shows how the Canaanite alphabet was used, a system that eventually evolved into other languages that use alphabets such as Hebrew, Arabic, Greek, Latin and Cyrillic, the AP reported. Hebrew University archaeologist Yosef Garfinkel, one of the comb’s researchers and study authors, said that there have been many artifacts that have Canaanite script but the comb is the first with a complete sentence. The inscription dates to approximately 1700 B.C., but the comb was found in an area with a later archaeological context.
wftv.comNewly discovered photos show Nazi Kristallnacht up close
JERUSALEM — (AP) — Harrowing, previously unseen images from 1938's Kristallnacht pogrom against German and Austrian Jews have surfaced in a photograph collection donated to Israel's Yad Vashem memorial, the organization said Wednesday. One shows a crowd of smiling, well-dressed middle-aged German men and women standing casually as a Nazi officer smashes a storefront window. Yad Vashem — The World Holocaust Remembrance Center released the photographs on the 84th anniversary of the November pogrom also known as Kristallnacht, or “The Night of Broken Glass." Firefighters, SS special police officers and members of the general public are all seen in the photos participating in the Kristallnacht. His descendants, who declined to give his name, donated the album to Yad Vashem as part of the institution's effort to collect Holocaust-era objects kept by survivors and their families.
wftv.comNewly discovered photos show Nazi Kristallnacht up close
Harrowing, previously unseen images from 1938's Kristallnacht pogrom against German and Austrian Jews have surfaced in a photograph collection donated to Israel's Yad Vashem memorial, the organization said Wednesday. One shows a crowd of smiling, well-dressed middle-aged German men and women standing casually as a Nazi officer smashes a storefront window. Another image shows a Nazi officer splashing gasoline on the pews of a synagogue before it’s set alight.
news.yahoo.comLokedi of Kenya wins NYC Marathon women's race in her debut
NEW YORK — (AP) — Sharon Lokedi of Kenya won the New York City Marathon women’s race in her debut in the event Sunday. It was Lokedi's first-ever marathon and she finished in 2 hours, 23 minutes and 23 seconds — just ahead of Lonah Chemtai Salpeter of Israel. Hug, who also won the race last year, earned $50,000 for besting the course record. Susannah Scaroni also broke the course record in the women's wheelchair race, finishing in 1:42.43. Scaroni, a 31-year-old from Illinois, pulled away from the field early and also earned the bonus money for topping the course record.
wftv.comIsraeli election hopefuls: A look at the main contenders
JERUSALEM — (AP) — Israel's election on Tuesday, the country's fifth since 2019, largely pits familiar faces against one another in a tight race. Former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, now the opposition leader, is hoping to return to power and replace his main rival, interim Prime Minister Yair Lapid. Here’s a look at the main players:BENJAMIN NETANYAHUAfter more than a year in the opposition, Israel's longest-serving prime minister seeks a return to power while on trial on charges of fraud, breach of trust and accepting bribes. Election polls project that his Likud party and its presumed allies are hovering close to the 61-seat parliamentary majority required to form a governing coalition. YAIR LAPIDIsrael's caretaker prime minister took office in June after the ruling coalition he cobbled together disintegrated.
wftv.comCorrection: Australia-Israel story
In a story published October 18, 2022, about Australia dropping its former recognition of west Jerusalem as Israel's capital, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Foreign Minister Penny Wong said the government would again recognize Tel Aviv as the capital.
Iran claims missile barrage near US consulate in Iraq
Iran has claimed responsibility for a missile barrage that struck near a sprawling U.S. consulate complex in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil, saying it was retaliation for an Israeli strike in Syria that killed two members of its Revolutionary Guard.