HBO acquires rights to biopic about boxer forced to fight fellow prisoners in Auschwitz
HBO Films has bought the North American rights to a biographical movie about a boxer who survived Auschwitz after being forced to fight fellow prisoners.
“The Survivor” was directed by Jewish Academy Award-winning director Barry Levinson with...
House to vote on awarding medal to late rabbi who saved Slovakian Jews during...
The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote this week on whether to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal—one of the nation’s highest civilian honors—to a rabbi who tried to save Slovakian Jews...
Jewish Cultural Center to be built in Azerbaijan
A Jewish Cultural Center will be constructed in the Azerbaijani capital of Baku near the city's main synagogue, Azerbaijani officials announced on Thursday.
The center will include Jewish and Bible classes, a Sunday School for...
Remembering via a virtual March of the Living
Residents throughout our county are joining a unique, worldwide virtual memorial to remember the victims of the Holocaust. Sidelined by the coronavirus pandemic from attending this year’s “March of the Living” which brings thousands...
In his latest documentary, Ken Burns puts America under the microscope
Ken Burns can’t recall ever learning about the Holocaust in school.
America’s most decorated documentarian, who boasts epic films like “Baseball,” “The Civil War,” “Jazz” and “The Roosevelts,” was asked by the United States Holocaust...
Life-size Noah’s Ark may be heading to Israel
A Dutch man who spent four years and $1.6 million to build an exact replica of Noah’s Ark says he will sail the 2,500-ton seafaring vessel to Israel.
Johan Huibers, 60, a devout Christian from...
January 26, 1980: Israel & Egypt establish diplomatic relations
Egypt and Israel normalized their relations on January 26, 1980, opening the borders of land, sea and air. One day after handing over the El-Arish line (Sinai) to the Government of Cairo.
The Israeli Embassy...
Congress doubles funding request for assistance to Holocaust survivors
The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education recommended a $10 million funding increase on Tuesday for the Holocaust Survivor Assistance Program (HASP) for the fiscal year 2022.
According to a...
Ancient coin to take to the stars with Israeli astronaut
When Eytan Stibbe heads off to the International Space Station at the end of the year, becoming only the second Israeli ever to go into space, he’ll take with him a 1,900-year-old coin recently...
Memorabilia collector to display items from Jewish athletes during the Holocaust
The Adolph & Rose Levis Jewish Community Center in Boca Raton, Florida, is hosting an exhibit on Jewish athletes during the Holocaust from Jan. 5 to Feb. 28, 2023. The exhibit’s curator, Neil Keller,...