Oskar Schindler was born on April 28, 1908. Pictured here are Holocaust survivors saved by Schindler along with individuals from the “Schindler’s List” movie, standing next to his grave in Jerusalem. Oskar Schindler was responsible for saving the lives of 1,200 Jews and in 1993 he was recognized as Righteous […]
Spotted in NYC: The Empire State Building shining Blue + White in celebration of Israel’s 75th Independence Day #YomHaatzmaut
Happy Birthday Israel! #YomHaatzmaut Thousands of years old, 75 years young. Photo: Noam Chen – Photographer | נועם חן – צלם
Today, on this day of remembrance for the Fallen of our Israel, my mother turns 96. Born in Beeregsasz in Hungary/Czechia/Romania/Ukraine, half-orphaned in her teens, she moved to Budapest with her father and brother, just in time to face removal to the Ghetto. At 17, wearing the yellow star, she […]
They may not be with us, but they are always in our hearts. #YomHaZikaron Israel Remembrance Day Source: Eyal Mass Photographer
Happy Birthday to Barbra Streisand! Born in Brooklyn, New York on April 24, 1942, Streisand is one of the best-selling artists of all time. Good voices run in her family, Barbra’s mother was a soprano, and her grandfather was a cantor from the Russian Empire. In 1956, she attended a […]
Holocaust survivors arrive at the Haifa Port, 1945. Photo: Zoltan Kluger, Government Press Office
The unbelievable moment Holocaust survivor Lila sees her grandson flying over her home in Israel. #YomHashoah #NeverForget
“My grandfather came to America as a very poor immigrant during WWI. His father, a German Jew went AWOL from the the German army during the war in 1914. When WWII broke out, my grandfather voluntarily enlisted in the US army to help fight the Nazis. He flew over 40 […]
My grandfather’s prayer book provided by the United States for “Jews in the Armed Forces” during WWll. My father then used it during his time in the services during Vietnam. Source: @rachhatesyou
Approximately 1.5 million children were murdered during the Holocaust. Chaim Rafael Gertel z”l was one of those children. Chaim Rafael was born in Hrubieszów, Poland. When the Germans declared that the town was to be Judenrein (“clean of Jews”) in October 1942, Chaim and his mother went into hiding along […]
Meet Holocaust survivors Matilda and Samuel Gertel. Born in Uściług, Poland (now Ukraine), Matilda (née Topole) was just a teenager when the war broke out. When the Nazis invaded, she immediately ran home only to find that her father had been killed as an example to others. Matilda, along with […]
Eli Stern was born in 1930 in Petrova, Romania. In 1944, his family was forced into the ghetto and then deported by cattle car to Auschwitz, where everyone but Eli’s father was sent marching towards the gas chamber. When an SS guard spotted Eli, an able-bodied young boy, he swung […]
Savta Eva is my living proof of the Holocaust. Celebrating life Every Single Day for the last 93 years. Savta thinks it’s funny that I come to her home every year on yom hashoa (Holocaust Memorial Day). You should come more often she says. Or just pretend that once a […]
Anne Frank’s father Otto, revisiting the attic where the Frank family once hid. He was the only survivor, 1960. Photo: Arnold Newman
This image is one of the most famous photographs of the Holocaust, captured during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising which began on April 19, 1943. It was the largest act of resistance carried out by the Jews during the Holocaust. #YomHashoah #NeverForget #NeverAgain
During WWII Jews in Budapest were brought to the edge of the Danube River. They were ordered to remove their shoes and were then shot and killed, falling into the water below. ‘Shoes on the Danube Promenade’ by Can Togay and Gyula Pauer was created on April 16, 2005, displaying […]
Holocaust Remembrance Day#YomHashoah #NeverForget #NeverAgain Source: Guy Morad
Moment of liberation, April, 1945. This is a train of Jewish prisoners that had been intercepted by Allied Forces. It is the moment they learned that the train was no longer headed for a concentration camp and instead, they had finally been liberated. #YomHashoah #NeverForget #NeverAgain
“It’s a long way from Auschwitz to this stage.” Branko Lustig was born on June 10, 1932, in Yugoslavia to Croatian Jewish parents. Most of his family was later murdered in the Holocaust. Branko was imprisoned in Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen concentration camps and weighed only 66 lbs. when he was […]
Shortly before midnight on April 14, 1912, 1,500+ passengers died on the Titanic, among them was Macy’s co-owner Isador Straus and his wife Ida. As the Titanic began to sink, women and children were first to board the lifeboats. Ida refused her seat and stayed with her husband. “We have […]
“Our family of seven is now a family of four” – Rabbi Leo Dee. Lucy Dee and her two daughters Maia and Rena, were on their way to Tiberias over the Passover holiday weekend in Israel when they were tragically killed by terrorists. May their memories be a blessing.
78 years ago today, April 11, 1945, the Buchenwald concentration camp was liberated by American forces. Pictured are survivors from Buchenwald at the Haifa Port on the way to the Atlit Detention Camp (July, 1945). The little boy holding the flag is Rabbi Israel Meir Lau, former Chief Rabbi of […]
Condolences: Al Jaffee, comedic genius and American cartoonist best known for his work in Mad Magazine. Born Abraham Jaffee on March 13, 1921, in Savannah, Georgia to Lithuanian immigrants, Mildred and Morris. In 1955, Jaffee first appeared in ‘Mad’, one issue after its switch from comic book format to magazine. […]
3 brothers, Holocaust survivors, and their 80+ descendants together for Passover (missing a few of the newest additions who couldn’t stay awake for the picture).
CONDOLENCES: Sgt. Benjamin Ferencz was the last surviving prosecutor of the Nuremberg Trials. Born in 1920 to a Jewish family in Transylvania, Ferencz was 10 months old when his family arrived in the US. After graduating Harvard Law School in 1943, he enlisted in the U.S. Army, landing in Normandy […]
“Both of my parents were Jewish. But as a child we never celebrated Passover at home. My father was an officer in the Red Army and fought bravely against the Nazis. After the war, he continued serving, and was scared the neighbors would see us celebrating Jewish holidays. But my […]
Many of you will recognize the late Estelle Harris. Those who don’t would surely recognize her iconic high-pitched voice. Estelle is best known for her role on ‘Seinfeld’ as Estelle Costanza, George Costanza’s overbearing and melodramatic mother. She is also the voice behind Mrs. Potato Head in Toy Story, another […]
Holocaust survivor and founder of Kleinfeld Bridal, Hedda Kleinfeld Schachter passed away at the age of 99. Hedda Kleinfeld was born in Vienna Austria in 1924. Hedda’s family settled in Brooklyn in the early 1940’s. Her father opened a Fur Store named Kleinfeld’s, which is where Hedda met Jack Schachter. […]
This photo is from a social event in Israel for Holocaust survivors. One of the greatest challenges facing the elderly is social isolation and loneliness. The good news is that these gatherings bring together a group of survivors and members of their community who volunteer for לתת Latet, the event organizer […]
This week, Diane Neal moved from the US to Israel. Neal is best known for her role as Assistant District Attorney Casey Novak on Law and Order SVU. After reconnecting with her Jewish roots a few years back, she decided to leave Hollywood behind to pursue a more meaningful Jewish […]
