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The 80th anniversary of the Holocaust, Yom Hashoah, was on April 24. There are approximately 245,000 Holocaust survivors still alive today. While there will soon be no living Holocaust survivors, it’s ...
On July 7, the Municipality of Jerusalem renamed a small square adjacent to Damascus Gate in honor of Elia Kahvedjian, an ...
David (Djago) Schaffer was born in the village of Vama, Bukovina in northern Romania on Feb. 27, 1931. His parents, Arnold ...
Track and record elected officials' attendance at key Jewish events: Yom Hashoah, Israel Day Parade, synagogues under threat, Holocaust memorials. Make this data public.
Paul Goldenberg knows a thing or two about law enforcement, locally and internationally, and works to bring such expertise to the Jewish community.The post ‘Operationalizing Never Again’: Seasoned sec ...
Rosh Hashanah in 2025 will begin at sundown on Monday, Sept. 22, and continue through nightfall on Wednesday, Sept. 24.
Despite a semi-somber religious calendar, American Jews have much to celebrate.
More than 400 people remembered victims and survivors of the Holocaust on Sunday at an interfaith service in Fairfax at the Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia.
Our new animated historical documentary will cover the Yom Kippur war of 1973 also known as the Ramadan War or October War, specifically the Sinai Front where Egypt and Israel fought. Previously ...
Iran’s nuclear program and missile arsenal—particularly reports of a growing enriched uranium stockpile—garnered increased international scrutiny before becoming the primary targets of an ...
Dr. Alex Grobman is the senior resident scholar at the John C. Danforth Society and a member of the Council of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East. He has an MA and PhD in contemporary Jewish ...