Daily Archives: April 17, 2023
The Holocaust is not why they fought, say 1948 veterans of Israel’s War of...
Many see the creation of the modern-day State of Israel as part of a historical narrative, in which Israeli independence was a reaction to the Holocaust. “The catastrophe which recently befell the Jewish people—the...
How music led to a cantor’s survival story, and how it lives on in...
April tends to feature a flurry of Holocaust-related arts pieces—from new exhibits to books to webinars and movies. One of them this year offers a through-the-generations feel that brings the past right into viewers’...
Where Holocaust commemoration succeeded and where it failed
In the 1980s, as the generation of Holocaust survivors began to age, the Jewish world found itself pondering some relevant questions: What would happen after the last of the survivors were gone? Who would...
Excruciating But Indispensable: Calculating Probabilities of an Israel-Iran Nuclear War
Credo quia absurdum, “I believe because it is absurd.”-Tertullian
By definition, an Israel-Iran nuclear exchange is presently impossible. Though Iran is vigorously pursuing a military nuclear capability, it still has a substantial way to go before it can...
‘You chose life. You believed in good. You helped others,’ Netanyahu tells survivors
A Hungarian Jew, whose whole family was killed in the Holocaust, was sent to various concentration camps. At Mauthausen in Austria, an SS officer would wake him and other prisoners up every day. “‘You...
Herzog urges Israelis to set disputes aside in ‘sacred days’ honoring survivors
“I appeal to you, citizens of Israel, with a simple prayer: Let us leave these sacred days, which begin tonight and end on Independence Day, above all dispute,” said Israeli President Isaac Herzog. “Let...
White House, State Department release statements ahead of Yom Hashoah
Both U.S. President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken released statements this week marking days of remembrance of Holocaust victims.
“During Yom Hashoah and throughout these days of remembrance, we mourn the 6...
In Israel, Sen. Lindsey Graham discusses expansion of Abraham Accords
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) met with Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen on Monday in Jerusalem, where the two men discussed expanding the Abraham Accords and addressing the Iranian threat.
The congressman is visiting the Jewish state after...
Judicial reform talks resume in Jerusalem
Negotiations over the Israeli government’s judicial reform initiative resumed on Monday as coalition representatives met with counterparts from the Yesh Atid and National Unity parties at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem.
Israeli President Isaac Herzog,...
Antisemitism is alive and well in the United States
Antisemitism is on the rise throughout the Western world, particularly targeting haredi Jews and particularly in certain Diaspora urban centers, according to The Center for the Study of Contemporary European Jewry at Tel Aviv University.
The finding...