Jewish Star Flower
Check out this flower in the shape of a Star of David. Wishing you a Happy Shavuot.
Jack Pomeranc
Jack Pomeranc was born in Vlodowa, Poland and his life was defined by incredible resilience and bravery. As a Holocaust survivor, he witnessed unspeakable horrors, including the loss of his parents, Eliezer and Bellaita, and two sisters, Channa and Mateleh in a mass execution at the Adampol labor camp in […]
Incredible.
A 101-year-old man, identified as ‘Mr. P’ has been released from isolation after recovering from COVID-19 in the Italian city if Rimini. Mr. P., a WWII and Spanish Flu survivor, was admitted last week to a hospital in northeast Italy after he was tested positive for the Coronavirus. According to […]
Happy Birthday Ester Wienrib
#MazalTov to Holocaust survivor Ester Wienrib who celebrated her 97th birthday via video call this week! Please note the birthday cake says 98, which is for 97 years + 1 for good luck. Wienrib, who is originally from Poland, currently lives in Tel Aviv and has been mostly confined to her […]
Place of Burial is Unknown
Today is Memorial Day for Israel’s fallen soldiers whose place of burial is unknown. This day was fixed by the Military Chief Rabbinate on the seventh on the Hebrew month Adar, the same day as the birth and death of the biblical leader Moses, who’s place of burial is unknown […]
Happy 100th Birthday: Malka Zajc
Happy 100th birthday to Holocaust survivor Malka Zajc! Born on February 28, 1920 in Ciechanów, Poland, Malka survived the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising as well as the Majdanek, Auschwitz, Ravensbrück, and Malchow concentration camps. After the war, she made a life for herself in New York City, where she still lives […]
Chocolate & Peanut Butter Hamantaschen
Make this hamantaschen recipe with your kids. It’s that fun and easy. Chocolate and peanut butter is a classic combination that is perfect for hamantaschen. Click here for the complete recipe and video! Click here for more great recipe’s by Jamie Geller!
Mazal Tov Ruben Golran
#MazalTov to Ruben Golran on his Bar Mitzvah! Ruben is in Milan, Italy. All the Synagogues in Milan are closed due to the Coronavirus outbreak. With 500 guests invited from around the world, Ruben’s Bar Mitzvah party had to be cancelled, while the Torah reading portion proceeded as scheduled. Let’s all […]
CONDOLENCES: Steve Ross
Steve Ross (né Szmulek Rozental) was born in 1931 near Łódź, Poland. He spent 5 years in 10 different concentration camps, including Budzyń, Auschwitz, and Dachau. He survived medical experiments, starvation, sexual abuse, and brutal beatings on a daily basis. When Ross was liberated from Dachau, he was 14 years […]
Good Morning from St. Kitts
Good Morning from St. Kitts Beautiful poolside view in St. Kitts, Talis and Tefillin make for the perfect Telfie! Source: @foot_doctor_of_new_york
Mazal Tov on the engagement of Gilad Shalit to Nitzan Shabbat
#MazalTov on the engagement of Gilad Shalit to Nitzan Shabbat. Shalit is a former IDF soldier who was captured by Hamas terrorists in 2006 and was held captive for over five years until his release in 2011.
Facts.
Facts. Source: UberFacts
Music and Rain
Sometimes we just need to take a moment to stop & listen to the music, the rain, and the vibrant city sounds around us. Source: @sephardicsoul
Happy Tu B’Shvat
Happy Tu B’Shvat from Israel #TuBshvat is the Jewish “New Year of the trees”. On Tu B’Shvat we plant trees for future generations. Tu is the number 15 in the biblical numbering system (which uses the letters of the Hebrew Alphabet). B’ is Hebrew for “in”. Shvat is the current […]
Tu Beshvat
Source: Dry Bones
Meet Zelda Birken.
Holocaust survivor Zelda Birken looking into the eyes of her great-granddaughter. ❤️ Born in Poland, Zelda immigrated to the US with her husband Natan, also a Holocaust survivor, in 1951. The two met in Sweden after the war. Their granddaughter Jen recalls asking her Zaydie once why he didn’t just […]
CONDOLENCES: Kirk Douglas
CONDOLENCES: Kirk Douglas, born Issur Danielovitch, on December 9, 1916 in Amsterdam, New York. His parents were Jewish immigrants from Chavusy, Mogilev Region, in the Russian Empire (present-day Belarus), and the family spoke Yiddish at home. His father’s brother, who immigrated earlier, used the surname Demsky, which Douglas’s family adopted […]
Meet Eden Alene.
#MazalTov Eden Alene – עדן אלנה! The 19 year old Israel Defense Forcessoldier, will represent Israel at the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 this coming May in Rotterdam.
Good Morning from China
Enrique Eichner, United pilot on a layover in Chengdu, China
My kind of Souper Bowl
My kind of Souper Bowl What Jew Wanna Eat#superbowl #souperbowl
Good Morning from Aconcagua
I wanted to send this picture of my father. He’s at the summit of Aconcagua, one of the tallest mountains in the world. The chabad of Argentina told him that he’s the first and only Orthodox Jew to complete the entire hike to the top! He also completed Kilimanjaro in […]
We Remember.
“International Holocaust Remembrance Day. I usually speak of my dad when I talk of the Holocaust, but today I’d also like to let everyone know that my dad was part of a large thriving family in Poland. This picture is just that of his mother’s side before the war. Out […]
This.
Source: Uri Pilichowski
Holocaust Survivor Watches IDF Grandson Fly Over Home in Israel
The unbelievable moment Holocaust survivor Lila sees her grandson flying over her home in Israel. Source: Israel Defense Forces
Meet Lois (Weiss) Flamholz.
“75 years after leaving the gates of Auschwitz, our grandmother, Lois (Weiss) Flamholz #therealWeiss, is heading back to the very place that she entered with her mother and father, three siblings, grandparents, cousins and friends. Forced from their home to a Ghetto, they then endured an agonizing train ride to […]
Shavua Tov from Jerusalem
#shavuatov #goodweek from Jerusalem Source: @daniyyel_n
Historic!
Watch this unprecedented event, Thursday January 23, 2020. Over 45 world leaders and Heads of State gather at Yad Vashem: World Holocaust Center, Jerusalem for the 5th World Holocaust Forum, under the banner: “Remembering the Holocaust, Fighting Antisemitism.” The forum includes addresses from a number of world leaders, short video […]
We Remember.
Commemorating the Holocaust from outer space. Astronauts hold up a #WeRemember sign for International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Source: World Jewish Congress Российский еврейский конгресс
Just in Case
Just in case. @kendraelwa