Poets of the Past Features Meaningful Introduction of Primo Levi by Dr. Andrew Viterbi
The memorable Poets of the Past program, featuring Italian-born Holocaust poet, Primo Levi (1919-1987) and Belarus-born Yiddish poet, Bertha Kling (1886-1978), was held last month in the Astor Judaica Library at the Lawrence Family...
August 12, 1862: Julius Rosenwald was born
Julius Rosenwald, the part-owner and head executive of Sears, Roebuck & Co. and one of the more progressive philanthropists of American capitalism, was born on this date in 1862 in Springfield, Illinois.
Rosenwald became a...
Animation may help teach youngsters about the Shoah
SAN DIEGO – What started as a family research project has developed into an intriguing way to tell the stories of Holocaust survivors that may ignite the interest of younger generations.
Sarah Kamaras, an independent...
Touchdown! NFL, Patriots, Kraft score friends and followers in Israel
As he was coaching young Israeli high school players during an American football in Israel (AFI) scrimmage game at the Kraft Family Sports Campus this past Friday morning in Jerusalem—and with six New England...
Jewish and pro-Israel groups applaud Trump recognizing Israeli sovereignty over Golan
Jewish and pro-Israel groups applauded U.S. President Donald Trump announcing on Thursday that the United States should recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights.
“After 52 years it is time for the United States to fully recognize...
San Diego-Based Holocaust Survivor, 93, Returns to Auschwitz on Exclusive Mission
“What kept me going was my belief in G-d and the hope to be able to be reunited with my family,” said Ben Midler as he recalls his harrowing experience as a child at...
Survivors to receive higher German payments
Julius Berman, President of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference), announced on Tuesday the outcomes from the organization’s negotiations on behalf of Jewish Holocaust survivors with the German government. “The...
Actress Natalie Portman remembers Polish-born Jewish writer
Ms Portman’s grandfather was also born in central Poland. She recorded the video for the animal rights organization PETA to show how Singer’s progressive ideas still apply after all those years.
Speaking of the writer’s...
Son of convicted US spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg has bar mitzvah at 71
Robert Meeropol was 6 when his parents, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, were executed in 1953 by the U.S. government as spies for the Soviet Union. On Aug. 2 at age 71, he took part...
A new kind of ambassador: The rise of Israel’s Shalva Band and Netta Barzilai
As the Shalva Band and 2018 Eurovision Song Contest winner Netta Barzilai redefine what it means to be beautiful and successful, perhaps they are, at the same time, redefining what it means to be...