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Daily Archives: May 3, 2019

An illustrative photo of a patient receiving a measles vaccine in Israel. Credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90.

As the measles outbreak continues, Jewish community steps up education and vaccination efforts

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Tzali Freedman, 55, isn’t sure if he ever physically crossed paths with a visitor to his community of Oak Park, Mich., who was infected with the measles. But with a disease a virulent as...

Book Review: ‘Asylum’

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Written at the time of the actual events, this powerful book starts by describing the atmosphere in Vienna before the Anschluss by Nazi Germany, followed by the author’s flight, together with his wife and non-Jewish housekeeper,...
Blue and White Party chairman and Knesset member Benny Gantz lights a memorial candle with his sons during a Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony at the Knesset in Jerusalem, May 2, 2019. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

Knesset holds ‘Every Person Has a Name’ Holocaust remembrance ceremony

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The annual “Every Person Has a Name” ceremony was held at the Knesset on Thursday, the Knesset members reading off the names of Jews who perished at the hands of the Nazis during the...