Roddie Edmonds was a Master Sergeant in the United States Army. In late 1944, Edmonds was captured in the Battle of the Bulge and held at a German POW camp. In January 1945, the Nazis ordered all Jewish-American POWs to step forward. Edmonds, the highest-ranking noncommissioned officer at the camp, […]
Raoul Wallenberg’s death remains a mystery to this day. The Swedish diplomat is responsible for saving 100,000 Jewish lives during WWII. Here’s his story. Wallenberg was born on August 4, 1912, to a prominent well-respected family in Sweden. Following his Swedish military service, Wallenberg studied in Paris and in 1931 […]
You may remember Sacha Baron Cohen portrayed Eli Cohen in the Netflix series, The Spy. On May 18, 1965, Eli Cohen was executed by the Syrian regime. Born to to a Mizrahi Jewish family, Eliyahu Ben-Shaul Cohen was born on December 6, 1924 in Alexandria, Egypt. In 1949, his parents […]
How does a Rabbi use martial arts to help kids with cancer? Here’s the story. This is Rabbi Elimelech Goldberg, a first-degree black belt in Choi Kwang Do, former Rabbi to Young Israel of Southfield, Michigan and clinical assistant professor in pediatrics at the Wayne State University School of Medicine. […]
This is Miep Gies. She was the last remaining survivor who helped in hiding the Frank family during WWII. Miep was born to a Catholic family in Vienna on February 15, 1909. Following WWI, conditions in Austria worsened and food supplies were sparse, Miep’s parents sent her to the Netherlands […]
Erich Schwam died at 90 years old. In his Will, he left $2M+ to the French village of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon in thanks to the town for hiding and saving his family during WWII. Schwam arrived to the village with his parents in 1943. The family was saved by local residents […]
Before Marcel Marceau became a world-famous mime, he was responsible for saving the lives of Jewish children during WWII. Marceau was born Marcel Mangel on March 22, 1923. When he was 16 years old his family had to flee their home in France. Soon after, he joined the French Resistance […]
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 […]
Did you know that legendary American jazz singer Tony Bennett captured Nazis and liberated a concentration camp!? Drafted into the Army in 1944, Cpl. Bennett was assigned to the 255th Infantry Regiment of the 63rd Division. His team moved through France into Germany, where they fought on the front lines. […]
CONDOLENCES: Leonid Bernstein Bernstein was born in Ukraine in 1921. He was a real hero, a highly decorated anti-Nazi fighter; known for when he sabotaged Nazi train transports and located the German V2 rocket production facility enabling its precise bombing by the Soviets. Bernstein also took part in the liberation […]
This is incredible, check out the close up detail of this artwork. ‘“The Lion Of Zion” is dedicated in honor and remembrance of one of Israel’s biggest advocates, Ari Fuld HYD, brother of my good friend Hillel Fuld. 3D composition of 2500 Oil Painted Plastic Toy Soldiers on 3f X […]
Livestream from the funeral of Ari Fuld Ari Fuld, 45 year old husband and father of 4, is the victim of today’s terror attack in Israel. He was stabbed by a Palestinian terrorist at the entrance of a local mall and later died from his injuries. Ari was someone who […]
CONDOLENCES: Ari Fuld, 45 year old husband and father of 4, is the victim of today’s terror attack in Israel. He was stabbed by a Palestinian terrorist at the entrance of a local mall and later died from his injuries. Ari was someone who lived and breathed for the land […]
“… Just as I was waiting to get on Manhattan bound express train, from the Kings Highway station , the platform was filling up with more and more passengers.. The train took longer and everyone was getting antsy (NewYorkers – tough crowd))) Finally far away there were lights indicating that […]
When Bar Mizrahi was on watch outside of Jerusalem she saw 2 Palestinian terrorists approaching — and leapt into action. Thwarting the attack before it began. But Bar refuses to take credit for her heroism. “I was just doing my job” Source: The Israel Project
Earlier today, while working at the Panorama hotel in Tel Aviv, Ron Blisa heard screams from outside. A terrorist had begun stabbing civilians. Ron rushed out of the hotel and ran after the terrorist. Ron was able to disarm the terrorist — ensuring he wouldn’t be able to hurt any […]
This morning near a checkpoint in Ma’ale Adumim, police officer Moshe Hen noticed a car driving erratically. He listened to his instincts and pulled the car over. He asked the driver to step out of the car. At that moment the driver detonated a bomb in an attempted suicide bombing. […]
Lassana Bathily receives official city proclamation from Mayor Bill de Blasio for heroic action that saved 15 French Jews. Source: haaretz.com
When he found out he was a match for a young girl with Leukemia, he didn’t think twice and immediately volunteered to donate bone marrow. We thank him for his life-saving work both in uniform and out. Source: Israel Defense Forces
