Israel Bonds proudly invites you to a “Spectacular International Celebration of Heritage and Unity”
Israel Bonds proudly invites you to a
Spectacular International Celebration of Heritage and Unity
Featuring
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
Ambassador Ron Dermer
With Renowned Israeli Performers David De'Or and Gil Shohet
Global Blessings for the New Year
Tuesday, August 18
New York:...
A Holocaust survivor’s visit to her childhood home transports her to the past
Standing in the foyer of her childhood home at Reilstraße 18 in Halle, Germany, nonagenarian Eve Kugler recalled fleeing her hometown soon after Kristallnacht when she was a young girl. Now, 83 years later,...
The dark legacy of Babi Yar
The English word “holocaust” is borrowed from the Latin word holocaustum, used in the Latin translation of the Bible. This word is based in turn on a Greek word that means “burned whole” or “burnt...
13 de noviembre de 1969: Activist Lori Berenson was born
Lori Berenson, who was arrested at age 26 and served fifteen years of a twenty-year sentence in Peruvian prisons for, as the New York Times reported March 2, 2011, “abetting a terrorist plot that never took place,”...
September 4, 1894 : The Great Tailors’ Strike
Twelve thousand New York tailors went out on strike on this date in 1894 to protest the sweatshop system that exploited their labor for half a year and then gave them no work off...
New York Jewish museum reveals hidden shofar from Auschwitz ahead of holidays
The Museum of Jewish Heritage: A Living Memorial to the Holocaust in New York City revealed on Monday a shofar that was hidden and blown in the Auschwitz concentration camp 75 years ago and...
Cape Town synagogue set ablaze, valuable Torah scrolls completely burnt
Torah scrolls worth more than half a million dollars were burned and damaged in a fire on Tuesday night at the Arthurs Road synagogue in Cape Town, South Africa, the congregation’s rabbi, Sam Thurgood,...
Olympic gold-medalist Linoy Ashram to retire from rhythmic gymnastics
Israeli rhythmic gymnast and Olympic gold-medalist Linoy Ashram is expected to announce her retirement from competitive sports in the coming days, according to Ynet.
The 22-year-old native of Rishon Letzion has won 123 medals throughout her...
Tashlich is more than a spiritual, Marie Kondo purge, experts say
Earlier this month, Royal Auction House in Toms River, N.J., sold an 1806 illustrated, handwritten Tashlich guide for $5,000. Last month, Appel Auction in New York offered but didn’t sell a 19th-century painting depicting the rite. Years prior,...
January 31: Sofya Yanovskaya And Marxist Mathematics
A mathematician and avid communist in the Soviet Union, Sofya Yanovskaya was born in Bessarabia on this date in 1896. She became a Bolshevik during the Russian revolution and served as an officer in...