Shoshana Ovitz

CONDOLENCES: Shoshana Ovitz Shoshana Ovitz was born in 1915 and she miraculously survived Auschwitz. After the war, she...

Lockdown Ends in Israel

It’s a beautiful day in Jerusalem Source: Noam Chen – Photographer | נועם חן – צלם

Lili and Leon Levy

“They were just teenagers when they met. Through the barbed wire. In the concentration camp. They had nothing...

Happy 95th Birthday

Happy Birthday to my beautiful grandma who is 95 years young today! When she was 18 years old she...

Liam David Rochman

Just put tefilin for the first time with my youngest brother Liam David Rochman. As he turns 13...

Renewal of Life

Today is Tu Bishvat, the Jewish “New Year of the Trees.” Trees, symbolic of the renewal of life,...

Survivors

Children Holocaust survivors, arriving at the Haifa port in Israel. Source: Kluger Zoltan, Government Press Office

Nat Ross

“My Poppy was born in Pultusk, Poland in 1922. He survived Nazi ghettos, forced labor camps and 2+...

Steve Ross

Holocaust survivor Steve Ross (né Szmulek Rozental) was born in 1931 near Łódź, Poland. He spent five years...

Rafael

Meet my friend, Rafael.Rafael and his mother made Aliyah (moved to live in Israel) in September 2020, from...

David “Dugo” Leitner

Every year on January 18th, Holocaust survivor David “Dugo” Leitner invites everyone to eat falafel with him and...

Yosef Kleinman

On December 31st, United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Linor Attias was given the honor of vaccinating a very special...

The Bluefelds

#MazalTov to Edith and Lou Bluefeld! The Boca Raton residents and Baltimore natives, met when they were 16...

Baruch HaShem

When I lived in Israel I met a girl who responded to “how are you?” with “Baruch Hashem...

Agnes Keleti

Happy 102nd Birthday to Ágnes Keleti, Holocaust survivor and world champion gymnast! Born in Budapest on January 9,...

Happy 105th Birthday!

Lt. Col. (Res.) Alex Ziloni, one of the founders of the Israeli Air Force in 1948 and the Tel-Nof Airbase’s...

Seinfeld 2018.

Jerry Seinfeld, Jessica Seinfeld and family at the Western Wall, January 3, 2018. Source: Jessica Seinfeld

Einstein 1930

Albert Einstein wearing a kippah; playing violin at a charity concert in the New Synagogue in Berlin, January...

2021

#shabbatshalom #2021 Jerusalem, Israel Source: Noam Chen – Photographer | נועם חן – צלם

Yehudit Lev

“My grandma is 100 today!” #MazalTov! Please help wish Yehudit Lev née Steinberg a happy 100th birthday! Born...

Pola Israelski Kligerman

Mazel tov to Holocaust survivor Pola Israelski Kligerman who celebrated her 100th birthday this week! Pola (née Koper)...

Israel Vaccine

Almost 500,000 Israelis have been vaccinated over the last ten days. Israel now reports that the number of...

Sarah Kaplan

Sarah Kaplan was a 2nd Lieutenant in the Army Medical Corps who served under General Patton in the...

Papa

This is Gerald, affectionately known as Papa. Papa was born in 1916, in the East End, where he...

#dad

Good Morning from Montreal Source: Eliran Mazor

Samuel Beller

Holocaust survivor Samuel Beller was born in 1927 in the Polish town of Oświęcim, also known as the...

Andor Stern

An unspeakable emotion lighting Chanukah candles with beloved Holocaust survivor Andor Stern. When I came across his arm...

Remembering Golda Meir

Remembering Israel’s 4th Prime Minister; Golda Meir passed away on December 8, 1978, 42 years ago today. Golda...

Chanukah 1942, Cairo

Jewish volunteers of the British auxiliary territorial service celebrating Hanukkah in Cairo, Egypt, 1942. Source: Kluger Zoltan, Government...

Rosa Schwartz

“It was a bitter cold day in Brooklyn, NY just a few years back – 2012. I saw...

David Ben-Gurion

David Ben-Gurion. • October 16, 1886, born David Grün in Płońsk • 1906, moved to Jerusalem • 1907,...

Gold Medal Winner!

From the Israel Defense Forces to gymnast, #MazalTov Linoy Ashram! The 21 year old Israeli rhythmic gymnast won...

#ShabbatShalom

#ShabbatShalom Source: Noam Chen – Photographer | נועם חן – צלם

MAZAL TOV: Deni Avdija

The Washington Wizards selected 19-year-old forward Deni Avdija; making history with the first top ten NBA draft pick from Israel.

November 16, 1940

80 years ago today: November 16th, 1940 Germans closed off the Warsaw Ghetto to the outside world. The...

Shabbat Shalom

#ShabbatShalom from Jerusalem Source: @rami_cohen_ إسرائيل تتكلم بالعربية

CONDOLENCES: Rabbi Sacks

CONDOLENCES: Rabbi SacksBaruch Dayan Ha’Emet. It with the deepest sadness that we regret to inform you that Rabbi Lord...

Best Day of The Week

There is no other moment in a week like this moment. #shabbatshalom Source: Sarit Hadad

Army Telfie

Years ago, I enlisted in the US Army. Day 1 of basic training consists of getting your head...

Odessa Massacre

The Odessa massacre took place on October 23, 1941. Mikhail Zaslavsky, who is pictured here by the monument...

Flag of Israel

The flag of Israel was adopted on this day October 28, 1948, five months after the establishment of...

Joseph Yushka Miller

Joseph ‘Yushka’ Miller celebrated his 100th birthday this past week! Miller is a Holocaust survivor who is recognized...

Always Facing Jerusalem.

שמע ישראלישראל בן יקוב X ישראל בן מאיר הלוי Keeping the traditions alive with my grandfather. Always facing...

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