Pizza Hut.
When Pizza Hut in Israel has an actual… Hut! #sukkot 🇮🇱 #OnlyInIsrael #OnlyOnSukkot Source: @elitoursisrael
Meet Rafi Niman.
13-year-old Rafi Niman from Borehamwood, England solved 13 Rubik’s cubes in 3 mins 40 sec at his bar mitzvah earlier this month in a bid for Jewish Child’s Day – JCD charity! All money raised will go towards helping an Israeli boy with special needs celebrate his own bar mitzvah. […]
Happy 100th Birthday Julius Eisenstein
This past Sunday, Holocaust survivor Julius Eisenstein celebrated his 100th birthday! Julius was born on October 13, 1919 in Tomoszów Mazowiecki, Poland. He and his family were forced to live in the Jewish ghetto of their town from 1940-1943. From there, Julius was transported to the Blizin Labor Camp and […]
Sukkoth
“It’s a myrtle branch, a willow branch, a palm branch, and an etrog. They symbolize the four different types of Jews.” “Can you hold them apart so I can see them better?” “They’re supposed to stay together.” Source: Humans of New York
Meet Daniel Gold.
Holocaust survivor Daniel Gold was born in Šiauliai, Lithuania in 1937. He was interned in the Šiauliai ghetto for three years with his parents. Just before all the children of the ghetto were rounded up and sent to their deaths in 1943, Daniel’s mother hid him and his cousins in […]
Human.
The only person you should be better than is the person you were yesterday. Wishing you all an easy fast and meaningful Yom Kippur. Gmar Chatima Tova
Israel Moment
“A beautiful, only in Israel moment. After checking out at a large supermarket, the cashier asked if we had heard about the special sale. “What special sale?” “I’m a kohen, and today I’m giving out blessings and Ahavat Chinum” He then proceeded to give Aryeh the priestly blessing, shake his […]
Who Knew!
🚫✈️🇮🇱 Who Knew! #Israel’s airspace is closed for Yom Kippur 🔜 #YomKippur begins Tuesday, October 8th at Sundown Source: StandWithUs
Torah Return 75 Years After Holocaust
“The Torah Scroll in this picture, belonged to a Northern European Jewish community that perished during the Holocaust and has been roaming through Europe ever since. Next week’s Rosh Hashana and Yom Kipur service will be the first time in 75 years that this Torah will be used. The scroll, […]
Reunited 75 Years After the Holocaust
After Nazis invaded Romania during the Holocaust, these cousins were forced to flee separately and both thought the other had been killed. Now, 75 years, they’re seeing each other again for the first time. ❤️ Source: People
Elias Feinzilberg.
Holocaust survivor Elias Feinzilberg was born in Łódź, Poland on October 22, 1917. When the war broke out, his entire family was forced into the Łódź Ghetto. Elias left to perform hard labor, as he was told that the Germans would pay his family for his work. But, they never […]
Israel Baseball Heading to 2020 Tokyo Olympics
#MazalTov! ⚾️ HISTORIC: Watch as history is made with the game winning play sending IAB – Israel Association of Baseball to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics! Source: Follow Team Israel
This is Marvelous!
#MazalTov! Alex Borstein wins the 2019 emmy for outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. Watch as Borstein thanks her grandmother who survived the Holocaust and is the reason she is standing here today. Video: Rachel Shnay
I ♥️ New York! Spotted at Manhattan’s Union Square subway station #AmYisraelChai
I ♥️ New York! Spotted at Manhattan’s Union Square subway station #AmYisraelChai
One Year Ago Today
The month before his passing, Ari Fuld posted this now chilling video and message ahead of the new year: “While taking a couple on my ‘Jerusalem Through Judea 3000 year experience, we stopped by the Kotel and figured this would be the appropriate thing to do during Elul. ״תקע בשופר […]
Mendel Glick.
Meet Mendel Glick, the Holocaust survivor who founded Australia’s largest and finest kosher bakery chain, Glick’s Cakes and Bagels. Born in 1924 in a Polish town near the Czech border, Glick was in 6 concentration camps, including Auschwitz and Buchenwald. He was the sole survivor of his family; his parents […]
Victory!
💙🇮🇱 This is what the ultimate victory looks like: A Holocaust survivor sits with his 5th grandchild currently serving in the Israel Defense Forces. Source: @hen_gal
September 11th
🕯🕯 🇺🇸 #September11 Source: Bentzi Sasson
Danny Lewin.
At just 31, American-Israeli Danny Lewin was the 1st victim of 9/11. His Israeli Special Forces training told him that something wasn’t right aboard American Airlines flight 11. Deciding to tackle the terrorists, Danny was fatally stabbed trying to save everyone on the plane. A true hero. We will never […]
Oskar Schindler at Pantirer Wedding Anniversary
Oskar Schindler being lifted on a chair at the 25th wedding anniversary of Murray and Louise Pantirer in 1972. Murray was one of the 1,200 Jews saved by Schindler during the Holocaust. Image: Justin Pines, grandson of Murray and Louise Source: American Society for Yad Vashem Young Leadership Associates
Jerusalem Highway
🇮🇱 Spotted on a Jerusalem highway Source: Laura Ben-David
Father Surprises Son at the Western Wall
💙 Proud father Harry Karten surprises his son Izzy, an IDF lone soldier who moved from New York City to Israel this year. Izzy was named after his grandfather Isidore Karten z’l who was a Partisan Fighter against the Nazis during World War II. Thank you for your service Izzy! […]
47 Years Ago Today
Today marks 47 years since the Munich Massacre. During the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, eleven Israeli Olympic team members were taken hostage and eventually killed, along with a German police officer, by a Palestinian terrorist group. The Olympic competition was suspended for 24 hours to hold memorial services for […]
Happy 100th Birthday Sam Weinreich
Happy 100th Birthday! Born September 3, 1919, Holocaust survivor Sam Weinreich, appealed to social media with the hope of receiving 100 birthday cards by his 100th birthday. Spoiler alert, there were more than 100 cards delivered. Social media sharing alone, yielded thousands of well wishes and action, various pages and […]
New Month
✡️ #shavuatov #chodeshtov Good Week, Good Month! #Elul Today is the first day of the Jewish month of Elul. This is the last month of the Jewish year, which leads us to Rosh Hashanah, the New Year. Wishing everyone a great month ahead of a wonderful year. Source: Power of […]
Golda Meir
“Don’t be so humble – you are not that great.” Israel’s first and only female prime minister, Golda Meir, was known for her incredible wit. To this day she is a towering figure of leadership and resolve. Rare photos taken during the later years of her life have now been […]
Shofar Away, Yet So Close
#Shofar away, yet so close 🔜 One month from today #RoshHashana begins at Sundown September 29th Source: Dovi Meyer
On This Day: August 30th
On this day, August 30, 1942, pastor André Trocmé urged the congregants in his overflowing church to “Do the will of God, not of men”. When the deportations began in France in summer 1942, he urged his congregation to give shelter to any Jew who should ask for it. “These […]