Tag: Holocaust Survivors
Holocaust survivor, 93, who fled Berlin at 7 gets German Order of Merit
A now 93-year-old Holocaust survivor who was shuttled out of Nazi Germany to the United Kingdom when he was a boy, just before the outbreak of World War II and without his family, was...
Jewish Olympic legend Ágnes Keleti dies at 103
Ágnes Keleti, a Holocaust survivor who became the world's oldest living Olympic champion and later shaped Israel's gymnastics program, died Thursday in Budapest at age 103.
The legendary Jewish athlete, who captured 10 Olympic medals—the...
The origins of antisemitism in Canada and why it has spiked
For many long years, there were no Jews in senior leadership roles in the Canadian government, save for Louis Rasminsky, who was appointed the governor of the Bank of Canada in the 1950s.
That changed...
Still learning of liberators, all these years later
Like many children of survivors, Bernice Lerner has spent most of her life ruminating on the Holocaust and writing about big questions. How was the Holocaust allowed to occur? What is the connection between...
Swastikas painted on Paris home where Holocaust survivor murdered in 2018
A troubling wave of antisemitism has surfaced in France, where a Jewish resident is enduring persistent threats in a building already marked by tragedy. Nancy is facing relentless antisemitic harassment, including death threats and Nazi symbols,...
The great escape
Pushed into a train car by the SS after getting separated from his parents during the Nazi liquidation of the Warsaw Ghetto, the skinny Jewish teenager noticed a small unsecured window high up and...
Shoah survivor and psychologist Ruth Westheimer, ‘Dr. Ruth,’ 96
With her German accent, wit and warmth, therapist Ruth Westheimer—known affectionately as “Dr. Ruth”—helped romantic couples better understand their intimate relationships for more than 40 years.
She died in Manhattan on Friday at about 11:30...
Holocaust survivor band member’s 99th birthday with Miami day-school kids
Saul Dreier has lived many lives in his 99 years in this world. The Holocaust survivor was born in Poland in 1925 to a secular Jewish family in Krakow and lived a normal life...
At JPAC California summit, state leaders vow support for Jewish community
Some 500 Jewish leaders, community members and college students from across the state of California turned out to the Jewish Public Affairs Committee of California (JPAC) Capitol Summit, held at the Sheraton Grand Hotel...
‘Antisemitism has no place in society,’ says Prince William
Prince William, the heir to the British throne, said Thursday that antisemitism has no place in society and that he and his wife, Catherine, are worried about its rise in the United Kingdom.
William, 41,...