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The planting of the first saplings in the Martyrs Children Forest, 1953. Credit: Avraham Melaski, KKL-JNF Photo Archive.

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Following World War II and the Holocaust, Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael-Jewish National Fund (KKL-JNF) was inundated with requests from Jews worldwide who wished to honor loved ones who died in the Holocaust. This led to...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a Holocaust Memorial Day ceremony at the Knesset in Jerusalem, May 5, 2024. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Netanyahu: ‘Hamas are the new Nazis’

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday called on the "civilized" world to up its effort to combat Jew-hatred, while labeling the Hamas terror group the "new Nazis." "On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, I call...
Foreign Minister Israel Katz arrives for the weekly Cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Jan. 22, 2023. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Katz: Jerusalem to ‘firmly’ enforce Lebanon, Gaza ceasefires

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Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz on Monday warned the Hezbollah and Hamas terror organizations in Southern Lebanon and the Gaza Strip, respectively, not to test Jerusalem's resolve. Israel "will continue to enforce the ceasefires in...

A tale of two survivors on International Holocaust Remembrance Day

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Ceremonies are being held around the world on Monday, Jan. 27, to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The date for the annual commemoration was proclaimed by the United Nations in November 2005, marking the...
An image of a 1934 Nazi Party rally in Nuremburg, Germany. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain.

A day of non-remembrance and a call to reclaim ‘Never Again’

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The sentiment “Never Again,” once a solemn vow against repeating the horrors of the Holocaust, has eroded in the face of rising global antisemitism and the ideological tides that now threaten the Jewish people...
Arbel Yehud was kidnapped from her home in Kibbutz Nir Oz during the Hamas attack on Oct. 7, 2023. Credit: Courtesy.

Conflicting reports on possible release of hostage Arbel Yehud

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Arbel Yehud, 29, an Israeli civilian held in the Gaza Strip who was expected to be freed on Sunday according to the ceasefire agreement with Hamas, may be released later this week. Various Arab media...

Yiddish songs in 4-part harmony IHO International Holocaust Remembrance Day

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The Yiddish Philharmonic Chorus דער ייִדישער פֿילהאַרמאָנישער כאָר Binyumen Schaechter, Conductor Seth Weinstein, Pianist IN HONOR OF International Holocaust Remembrance Day Three songs in Yiddish performed in four-part harmony with English subtitles Partizaner-himen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBdTnthBw2o ‮פּאַרטיזאַנער־הימען (Partisans' Hymn) also known as Zog nit keyn mol ‮זאָג ניט קיין מאָל (Never Say) Unter di...

The region’s true enemy is a sordid mix of criminal jihadist forces

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‘A boy had been given money to buy things at the grocery store. On the way, he lost the money. Someone saw him looking for the money: “Did you lose it here?” the man...
Elon Musk at the Ira C. Eaker Distinguished Speaker Presentation at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., on April 7, 2022. Photo by Trevor Cokley via Wikimedia Commons.

Germans have ‘too much focus on guilt,’ Elon Musk says

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Elon Musk praised the right-wing Alternative for Germany party and suggested there’s “too much focus on past guilt” of Germans, during an address he gave on Saturday using a remote video stream at an...

Ash and Soot

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The ash has stopped falling. During the conflagration, I swept My patio repeatedly, pushing Ash and soot to the side, Only to have the winds rise And deposit another layer. The local fires have abated, And the ash no longer drifts...