Menorah in the Window

At the beginning of WW2 my family tried to flee Europe. My grandfather’s parents were killed when he was very young and he was taken to an orphanage by nuns. They changed his name in an effort to keep him safe. It didn’t seem to matter, people found out he […]

NY Transit Menorah

“Happy #Hanukkah from the New York Transit Museum! In this clever holiday card, created by local Brooklynite Cheryl Berkowitz, the heart of Downtown Brooklyn is transformed into the menorah.” Source: New York Transit Museum

Sukkot in NYC

SPOTTED: Sukkah on Fifth Avenue in front of the New York Public Library. The Jewish holiday ‘Sukkot’ begins this Sunday at sundown. #ShabbatShalom Source: Chabad of Midtown Manhattan

Tefillin at Entebbe

Putting Tefilin right in front of the Entebbe watch tower where the Jewish hostages were taken after an Air France plane was hijacked in 1976 and allowed into the country by the Ugandan president at the time, Idi Amin (Amin Dada).My grandmother’s cousin who was one of the hostages taken […]

8th Night of Chanukah from Russia

Today we lit the menorah in the valley of death. A few days ago, 95 year old Isaac Abramovich told me that when he was a child, his grandfather Solomon would kindle the Menorah with him. But then he was killed by the Nazis at Zmiyovskaya Balka. And there was […]

Andor Stern

An unspeakable emotion lighting Chanukah candles with beloved Holocaust survivor Andor Stern. When I came across that his arm that lit the candles was the same tattooed by Hitler, I realized that this is our revenge, we didn’t fight with tanks and guns, but rather, spreading light, love and kindness […]

Rescued Menorah

This Menorah was rescued from the flames of the Holocaust. Its original home was the Great Synagogue in Katowicz, Poland. Commissioned in the early 1800s, the eagles at the top of the Menorah are the “Habsburg Eagles”, in gratitude for the protection the Habsburg Empire granted the Jewish community.Crafted and […]

Menorah Map

Happy #Hanukkah from the New York Transit Museum! In this clever holiday card, created by local Brooklynite Cheryl Berkowitz, the heart of Downtown Brooklyn is transformed into the menorah.