Happy 100th Birthday to Holocaust survivor Gene Meisner! Born in Poland on July 21, 1920, Gene Sadorkiewicz Meisner survived the Łódź Ghetto and multiple concentration camps, including Ravensbrück. After the war, she was miraculously reunited with her husband Sam and the two made their way to the United States. Gene […]
#shavuatov #goodweek from Times Square Source: Rudy Rochman רודי רושמן
#nohate #nofear #standtogether UJA-Federation of New York Source: Elizabeth Savetsky
Happy 1st Night of Chanukah from NYC’s Empire State Building: “Lighting up the sky as NYC’s largest Menorah, with blue & white lights topped by a flickering candle in the mast in honor of #Chanukah! Photo: @captiv_8” Source: Empire State Building
Two million people gathered in Times Square to celebrate the end of World War II, 1945. Source: History In Pictures
“It’s a myrtle branch, a willow branch, a palm branch, and an etrog. They symbolize the four different types of Jews.” “Can you hold them apart so I can see them better?” “They’re supposed to stay together.” Source: Humans of New York
I ♥️ New York! Spotted at Manhattan’s Union Square subway station #AmYisraelChai
#September11 Source: Bentzi Sasson
Proud father Harry Karten surprises his son Izzy, an IDF lone soldier who moved from New York City to Israel this year. Izzy was named after his grandfather Isidore Karten z’l who was a Partisan Fighter against the Nazis during World War II. Thank you for your service Izzy! Source: […]
At 92 years old, he was one of the few remaining Holocaust survivors who was living life to the fullest despite the hardships he’s endured. Born on August 9th, 1927 in Romania, Yidel as he was known, was just a young boy when the war broke out. He managed to […]
96 year old WWII veteran receives salute and applause at a recent New York Yankees game. Watch until the end
“I would not normally show my prayers at the Lubavitcher Rebbe (Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson)’s resting place, but since I was snapped I decided to put it out myself. In honor of #TheRebbe and his vital teachings 25 years after his passing. by Simon azulay” – Naomi Campbell Naomi Campbell […]
Jewish barber shop, Lower East Side, New York, 1940 Source: Andreas Feininger
Today is 6/13, there are 613 mitzvot in the Torah #DoAMitzvah #613
#Purim in NYC with the NYPD
Spotted at a New York City market with love from Israel #madeinisrael thanks Morton Williams Supermarket, located on 49th and 2nd in Manhattan. #Buy #Support #Israel Source: Joseph Scutts
Click here to read: Yad Vashem’s Young Leadership Takes Holocaust Education to a New Audience by Cindy Grosz The Young Leadership Associates Chairpersons are Rachel Shnay and Josh Gelnick. Many young “celebrity bloggers” like Humans Of Judaism and Jewish Chick attended. Reality star, best-selling author and Jewish activist, Siggy Flicker, was […]
✡️ Last Night in Times Square over 2,500 teens from over 400 cities celebrate their Jewish pride at the CTeen Havdalah ceremony and Concert in Times Square, featuring a tribute to the Lubavitcher Rebbe on jumbo screens, as well as musical performance by יעקב שוואקי Yaakov Shwekey. #shavuatov #AmYisraelChai Source: […]
Ralph Lauren (born Ralph Lifshitz) is an iconic American fashion designer, philanthropist and best known for the Ralph Lauren Corporation, a global multibillion-dollar enterprise. Lauren was born in the Bronx (New York City) on October 14, 1939, to Frieda and Frank Lifshitz. His parents were Ashkenazi Jewish immigrants from Pinsk, […]
Good Morning from the Airport. Source: @temima.macklin — in John F. Kennedy International Airport
#Chanukah SPOTTED: Outside a Brooklyn window Source: @hasidiminusa — in Brooklyn, New York
”We’re turning into NYC’s largest menorah by glowing in blue & white with a flickering candle in our mast for the next 5 nights in honor of #Chanukah!” – Empire State Building — in New York, New York Chanukah State of Mind
“Happy #Hanukkah from the New York Transit Museum! In this clever holiday card, created by local Brooklynite Cheryl Berkowitz, the heart of Downtown Brooklyn is transformed into the menorah.” Chanukah begins Sunday, December 2nd at sundown. Source: @nytransitmuseum — in Brooklyn, New York.
SPOTTED: Street Sign in New York City – Sholom Aleichem is a Yiddish writer and also a greeting, Shalom Aleichem: Hebrew: שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם shālôm ʻalêḵem; Yiddish: שלום־עליכם sholem aleykhem) is a greeting version in Hebrew, meaning “peace be upon you”. The appropriate response is “aleikhem shalom”, “upon you be peace”. […]
Mazal Tov and Happy 104th Birthday Elma! Last week Boro Park rehabilitation Center in Brooklyn celebrated Holocaust survivor Elma Slater’s 104th Birthday. Source: Vos Iz Neias
Meet Gertrude Berg, born Tillie Edelstein on October 3, 1899 in East Harlem, New York. Her work on radio and TV became a voice for hundreds of thousands of Jewish immigrants to America. Berg is remembered by her on-air persona as Yiddish-accented Jewish matriarch Molly Goldberg on the “The Goldbergs,” […]
“It’s a myrtle branch, a willow branch, a palm branch, and an etrog. They symbolize the four different types of Jews.” “Can you hold them apart so I can see them better?” “They’re supposed to stay together.” #Sukkot begins Sunday at Sundown Source: Humans of New York
#September11
I New York! Check out this 2016 cover of The New Yorker: “Take the L Train,” by Tomer Hanuka
Photographer Richard Renaldi put together this collection of photos, ‘Touching Strangers’. Rinaldi had perfect strangers come together and pose for the intimate pictures, the result is simply beautiful. Source: Jessica Seinfeld, Will Smith, Diddy
