Light Over Darkness
That was then, this is wow. Check out a view of Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate from Nazi Germany and today, on Chanukah. Photo: Jews of NY
Then and Now
Then and Now Chanukah begins Sunday at Sundown Source: Joseph Waks
Meet Berta and Lily.
Here is a picture of my daughter Lily with her great-grandmother Berta Moszkowicz. Berta was born in Berlin and survived the Holocaust after her parents put her on the Kindertransport. Berta was able to go on the Kindertransport to London thanks to the kindness of an older cousin Lily who […]
#WeRemember
International Holocaust Remembrance Day, January 27, 2018 #WeRemember — in Berlin, Germany
Germany: Then and Now
✡️ Then and Now Source: Joseph Waks — in Berlin, Germany.
Silent Heroes
THANK YOU: 94-year-old holocaust survivor, Walter Frankenstein, delivers a speech, during a ceremony at the memorial ‘Stille Helden’ (Silent Heroes) in Berlin. One of the most important tasks of Yad Vashem: World Holocaust Center, Jerusalem is to convey the gratitude of the state of Israel and the Jewish people to […]
Winner!
#MazalTov “Luna, you’re a real badass! You brought great respect to our country ” – Benjamin Netanyahu – בנימין נתניהו Last week, Luna Korlima Chemtai Salpeter made history by becoming the first Israeli to win a gold medal in the European Athletics Championships. Luna won the women’s 10,000-meter run, which […]
The New Synagogue in Berlin, Germany was built 1859–1866 as the main synagogue of the Berlin Jewish community.
Because of its splendid eastern Moorish style and resemblance to the Alhambra, it is an important architectural monument of the second half of the 19th century in Berlin. This synagogue was one of the few synagogues to survive Kristallnacht, it was badly damaged prior to and during World War II […]
What a difference 80 years makes.
THEN & NOW Tonight, the Brandenburg gate in Berlin stands in solidarity with Israel following yesterdays tragic terror attack. Thank you Germany.
Albert Einstein going for a walk on Haberlandstrasse, Berlin, 1920.
Source: History In Pictures
HAPPY CHANUKAH: Berlin
“From generation to generation, from parents to children, the light keeps being passed on. The flame of Hanukkah is more alive than ever! Hanukkah sameach!” #ShareTheLights #Chabad @chabadberlin