Mordecai Kaplan's vision of a unified, reconstructed religion for American Jews was plagued by backlash but launched a new denomination. Now he's the subject of a new biographyRich Tenorio (The Times of Israel)
"Years after #YounesDardashti’s death, his granddaughter #Galeet is still singing with him in #NewYork.
Using #archival #recordings of her grandfather’s voice, #GaleetDardashti created her #album #Monajat — meaning an intimate conversation with God — layering her vocals over decades-old tapes of him #singing #Selihot, religious poetry chanted nightly before the #Jewish New Year.
Across the country in #LosAngeles, #JacquelineRafii — senior #cantor of Valley Beth Shalom, one of the largest Conservative #synagogues in the U.S. — is also working to preserve her #Iranian grandfather’s traditional #Persian Jewish #music.
While in #cantorial school, Rafii rediscovered cassette tapes made of her grandfather leading a #Passover seder in #Tehran. When her family was forced to flee the country following the #IslamicRevolution in 1979, they brought that cassette tape with them."
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Using tapes of their grandfathers singing in Iran, Galeet Dardashti and Jacqueline Rafii are transcribing and adapting songs that echo centuries of traditionThe Forward
"#Food has always been more than sustenance in #Jewish life. It’s our memory keeper, our cultural touchstone, and often the way we first connect with one another. Across platforms and continents, a new wave of Jewish food voices is carrying those traditions forward — sometimes with a modern twist, sometimes with unapologetic nostalgia, always with heart.
These bright young things are not only #cooking but also telling Jewish stories with every #recipe they share. Around every #Shabbat table, during every holiday, and on every digital feed, the story of Jewish food continues in the modern world."
Does anyone know where to get the movie "Hebrew hammer"? Can't find it anywhere, not even on DVD!
Today in Labor History March 25, 1919: Cossack troops murdered 4,000 Jews in the Tetiev pogrom in Ukraine, two-thirds of the Jewish population. They tossed infants into the air and dashed their bodies on the pavement and burned the Jewish quarter to the ground. The Tetiev pogrom would become the prototype of mass murder during the Holocaust. During the Russian Civil War, from 1918 to 1921, there were 1,236 violent attacks against Jews in 524 Ukrainian towns. 30,000-60,000 died in these pogroms. The Ukrainian People's Republic army, Ukrainian warlords, the Red Army and the Polish Army all participated in anti-Jewish pogroms.
#workingclass #LaborHistory #antisemitism #pogrom #massacre #genocide #ukraine #jewish #polish #communism #russia #civilwar #warcrimes #ukraine #poland #redarmy #cossack
"In the early hours of Monday morning, four #ambulances belonging to #Hatzalah – the volunteer #Jewish #emergencyservice that provides medical care to #Jews and non-Jews alike, whose name literally translates to ‘rescue’ or ‘relief’ – were set on fire outside a #synagogue in #GoldersGreen.
Nobody was killed, though.
That is a fact that will be noted often, as a form of reassurance for the Jewish community of #London, to which I belong. But that argument must not be allowed to carry too much weight.
The issue is that ambulances are functional objects: they exist to close the gap between #medical crisis and subsequent medical care. To target them is an act of interference – a deliberate degradation of the Jews’ capacity to respond to #emergencies."
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From the blog of Simon Kupfer at The Times of IsraelSimon Kupfer (The Blogs)
🌸 Hi everybody! #introduction Im Gavi (alias)! 32 She/They #Queer and based in #NYC Moved to the USA from the #Philippines 6 years ago! I am a (mostly events) producer working in cultural nonprofits!
Currently in the process of converting to #Judaism through ‘Open’ Orthodox queer-affirming auspices~ I encountered Judaism through an ex partner, lovely person, different wants out of life~ Been on this journey for 2 years now, but finally have a sponsoring rabbi and a cohort I’m taking classes with. I go to a very close-knit Modern Orthodox small shul in my neighborhood. It feels like home to very purposefully choose it after feeling amiss for so long!
I'm delving into learning Hebrew, the texts, history, cooking, Yiddish literature, books.
Ex-Catholic, was raised that way, but left the church more than 10 years ago, and am comforted to reconnect with the Abrahamic G-d of my childhood, as well as connect with Jews and conversion students!
"A few years ago, in response to a #Palestinian critic who made a disparaging remark about the fact that I don’t speak #Arabic, I felt compelled to write an article explaining why that is the case. I said that under different circumstances, I could have been born in an #Arab country and grown up speaking Arabic. My father’s family had been settled in #Iraq for generations, but they fled to #England in 1941—the same year that #Baghdad’s #Jews were convulsed by a June #pogrom known as the #farhud—presaging a much larger exodus of Iraqi Jews over the next decade.
Among my father and his relatives, there was little nostalgia for the old country, and therefore no reason, as they saw it, to ensure that their children born outside Iraq learned Arabic. It’s not that they didn’t appreciate the centrality of Iraq to #Jewish history..."
Another brief but necessary 🧵 on the complete insanity of being an American #Jew in this moment in time.
Exhibit 1 (gonna put stuff like this on repeat until *everyone* gets it). #Jewish #antisemitism
Its an old situation where Europe's governments would protect Jews from their neighbors. Right up until the government needed a scapegoat. New middle-ages. Cool cool cool.
"In particular, #military personnel will ensure the #security of #synagogues and #Jewish #schools. The decision was made following the attack last week against the #synagogue in the city of #Liège and similar attacks that occurred in the #Netherlands and #Norway against synagogues and a #Jewishschool.
“Against a backdrop of rising #antiSemitism, the attack that took place at the synagogue in Liège served as a stark reminder that the threat facing #Belgium’s Jewish community is very real. Ensuring the safety of our fellow citizens is the responsibility of the state in all its forms, regardless of any other political considerations. The deployment of military personnel to reinforce security around Jewish sites will provide direct support to the police,” said Minister Quintin."
Absolutely expected this today. Didn't know where it would be, but I'm unsurprised that it was somewhere. Exhausting.
"An #explosion damaged a #Jewishschool in #Amsterdam early on Saturday, causing no injuries, in what the city’s mayor described as a deliberate attack against the #Jewish community, #Dutch news agency ANP reported.
The explosion at the school in an upscale residential neighborhood on Amsterdam’s south side caused only limited damage, Mayor #FemkeHalsema said in a press release, as police and firefighters arrived quickly at the scene.
“This is a cowardly act of aggression against the Jewish community,” Halsema said.
“Jewish people in Amsterdam are increasingly confronted with #antisemitism. This is unacceptable.”
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The bombing is the second attack against a Jewish target in the Netherlands this week, after an explosive device detonated at a synagogue in the center of Rotterdam on Thursday.REUTERS (The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com)
"When it comes to the plight of #refugees, we readily empathise with them because we, as #Jewish people, have known what it is like to be a refugee,” he said. “We have the imperative indeed to reach out and to do whatever we can for the sake of refugees.”
#Progressive #Judaism co-chief executive #Rabbi #CharleyBaginsky said the responsibility of Jewish communities extended beyond their own security to the wider society they help shape.
“Jewish responsibility does not stop at our own community’s #security."
This is so spot on it makes me choke. PS: Matt is a makeup #influencer . He happens to be #Jewish and #antizionist.
You have to appreciate the consistency.
"Two #synagogues in the #Toronto area were struck by #gunfire overnight, marking the third #shooting targeting a #Jewish house of worship in the region in less than a week. #BethAvrahamYoseph of Toronto in #Thornhill and #ShaareiShomayim in North #York were both hit shortly after midnight. No injuries were reported, but the back-to-back attacks sent another shock wave through a community already rattled by the earlier shooting at #TempleEmanuEl in #NorthYork."
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Two synagogues in the Toronto area were struck by gunfire overnight, marking the third shooting targeting a Jewish house of worship in the region in less thanShmuli Volkin (Jewish Breaking News)
"For #BillAron, every #picture is a study in liveliness and colloquial warmth, and he has deployed this warmth to capture #Jewish life over the past 50 years. As he tells it, the decisive moment of taking a picture is the end point of a much larger journey. “I’ve often thought that #photography is so much more than the moment when you press the shutter,” he told the Center for #Jewish History, which is currently hosting a career-spanning retrospective of his work. “Doubtless it is an important moment, when you press the shutter, but I thought that moment really represents how I feel about what’s going on. It also represents a history.”
For Aron, those feelings are centered in his deep reverence for human #stories."
"[F]or #Jews who fled #Iran in the decade after the #Islamic #Revolution in 1979, the military campaign represents a long-awaited reckoning with the brutal regime that forced them into #exile. An estimated 60,000 #Iranian Jews emigrated, and tens of thousands settled in the #US, with the largest communities in #LosAngeles, south #Florida, northern #Texas, and the #LongIsland suburb of #GreatNeck, #NewYork, where #Farsi is heard as often as English along Middle Neck Road and #Israeli flags hang in the windows of shops and #Persian restaurants.
“You can’t just have peace for nothing. It clearly just doesn’t land on the table. You have to work at it, and sometimes you have to fight for it,” said #JasmineRokhsar, a Persian #Jewish Great Neck resident. “I think #Iranians understand that well. I think #Iranian Jews understand that better.”
#Rokhsar left Iran as a kindergartner in 1978..."
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From Great Neck to Los Angeles, Iranian Jews in exile cautiously dream of a homecomingThe Forward
"More than 90 #Greek #Jewish #religious artefacts stolen during the #Nazi occupation of #Greece are being returned from #Poland under an agreement between the two countries, the Culture Ministry has said.
The collection, comprising 91 items, was looted from #synagogues and Jewish families in Greece by the Nazi-era #RosenbergTaskforce, an organization tasked with appropriating cultural property during #WorldWarII."
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More than 90 Greek Jewish religious artefacts stolen during the Nazi occupation of Greece are being returned from Poland under an agreement between the two countries, the Culture Ministry has said.Newsroom (ΚΑΘΗΜΕΡΙΝΕΣ ΕΚΔΟΣΕΙΣ ΜΟΝΟΠΡΟΣΩΠΗ Α.Ε. Εθν.Μακαρίου & Φαληρέως 2)
"#Antisemitism does not need a cause. It looks for excuses.
There is a temptation, especially among thoughtful #Jews, to believe that if we perfect ourselves morally, the hatred will recede. #Teshuvah — self-examination — is central to #Jewish life. Green is right that we should ask how #chosenness is taught. We should ensure that pride does not curdle into chauvinism. We should invest more in Jewish education and ethical seriousness than in slick public relations campaigns.
But self-examination must not slide into self-indictment.
We are responsible for our conduct. We are not responsible for the existence of antisemitism."
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Like Rabbi Green, I have serious concerns about Israel’s current government. I find some of its far-right leaders embarrassing.Guest Contributor (Washington Jewish Week)
Neither Bibi nor Red Don are beyond spending lives and billions of dollars in an attempt to get their respective electorates (who currently hate them) to shift in their favor. They disgust me.
As far as the Holy Places Act. . . I hold out some hope that at the end of the day it will not be enacted. If it is, I think it likely that the next government would reverse it. . . assuming a center-left victory.
Bibi was for decades the darling of the American #Jewish community. Even those of us who disliked his politics (which in those days were much gentler, and lacking any obvious signs of racism or extremism) admired him for the way he communicated Israel's position in fluent, idiomatic, even elegant American-accented English.
The fact that he has so turned against us is another sign that he cherishes power over principle, his coalition over Am Yisrael.
"At the center of #Hamadan, #Iran, one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world, stands the holiest site for #Jews in Iran: a small brick mausoleum traditionally believed to hold the #tombs of #Esther and #Mordechai.
For at least the past 15 years, the #tomb has become a flashpoint for protest reacting to #Iranian regime–propagated narratives that frame the #Book of Esther not as a tale of #Jewish survival, but as a genocide of 75,000 #Iranians perpetrated by the Jews. Each year on #Purim, #protesters gather outside the mausoleum. At times, they have thrown #Molotovcocktails at the building or burned #Israeli flags.
Iranian Jewish leaders have responded with carefully worded appeals to the Interior Ministry, emphasizing their loyalty to the state and asking that protests not be held at the sacred site."
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A besieged community navigates the holiday’s themes in real time — measuring loyalty to the regime against survivalThe Forward
From JIMENA:
Purim tells the story of the Iranian (Persian) Jews are widely considered the longest continuously existing Jewish diaspora—Persian Jewry—and invites us to explore Jewish life in Persia, from ancient times to today. At a moment when Iran is once again at the center of global attention, this history feels especially urgent.
And it raises an essential question: who are Persian Jews? We’re honored to be joined by writer and scholar Alan Niku, who will guide this conversation from a deeply personal and historical perspective. Alan lives in what we affectionately call Tehrangeles—home to the largest Iranian population outside of Iran—and brings lived experience, scholarship, and storytelling to the table.
Register: eventbrite.com/e/the-story-of-…
#Mazeldon #Jewish #Judaism #Purim
This Purim, we’re taking a deeper look at one of the most extraordinary stories in Jewish history.Eventbrite
"A #documentary about the #murder of five #Jews in a #Polish town is being threatened with a #ban in #Poland — not because they were killed in the #Holocaust, but because they weren’t.
The Jews at the heart of “Among Neighbors,” from #California-based #filmmaker #YoavPotash, died six months after the end of #Nazi #occupation. They were among a handful of survivors from #Gniewoszów, a town where about 1,500 Jews made up half the population before #WorldWarII. When they returned home in 1945, they were killed by their Polish neighbors.
Since premiering at the #Warsaw #Jewish #Film Festival in November 2024, “Among Neighbors” has been screened in six countries and qualified for #AcademyAward consideration. But its release on TVP, the Polish public broadcaster, has prompted uproar from right-wing politicians and a national investigation."
Go back to where?
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A minister in the president's office called the film "historical anti-Polish manipulation."Shira Li Bartov (Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
I got no problem with Israel criticism. But if you paint a Magen David on the face of an effigy and then burn it and shoot it in... Europe... eh... 😬
"The incident drew outcry from the microstate’s tiny #Jewish community, which only just got its first full-time #rabbi, a #Chabad emissary, in the last two years.
“This is a ritual they perform every year as part of #carnival, where they mock many things,” Jewish #Andorra resident #EstherPujol told #YNet. “This time they dressed the effigy in the colors of the #Israeli flag, with a #StarofDavid on its face. They put it on trial, sentenced it to death and carried out the sentence by shooting and burning it. It is completely unacceptable.”
Pujol told the outlet that it was the first time she had seen the festival include anti-Israel or #antisemitic elements, and that she had contacted Andorran lawmakers to express her outrage."
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“It is completely unacceptable,” said one Jewish resident of Andorra.Grace Gilson (Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
"#Jewish continuity has never been sustained by conferences or consensus statements. It has been sustained by families, #schools, #synagogues, #camps, study, and shared memory. It has been sustained by #Jews living Jewish lives among other Jews.
That work is harder. It is less glamorous. It does not flatter professional leadership structures.
It works.
The choice in front of us is clear to me. #October7 stripped away comforting myths. The question is whether Jewish leadership responds with cosmetic adjustment or structural honesty. The future of Jewish life will not be secured by being seen as relevant to everyone else. It will be secured by investing unapologetically in ourselves.
Less choreography.
Less placation.
Less money spent managing decline.
More education.
More rootedness.
More continuity.
I believed in the old model once. Many of us did. The moment demands that we be honest about where it led – and brave enough to build something better."
“I have to tell you,” Bill Aron told me as he walked around The World In Front of Me, a retrospective of his photography at the American Jewish Historical Society, “my photography allowed me to walk into rooms I might never have otherwise walked into…The Forward
"In a groundbreaking step to combat rising #antisemitism and further the education of #Judaism’s universal values, #German #publisher #GütersloherVerlagshaus, a subsidiary of #PenguinRandomHouse, is #translating The #Book of #Jewish Knowledge by the Rohr Jewish Learning Institute (#JLI) into German, with an expected release in #bookstores by June 2026.
This encyclopedic resource spans nearly 500 pages and covers 4,000 years of Jewish #history, answering 1,200 questions on Judaism—from fundamental inquiries like “What is Judaism?” to practical matters of daily Jewish life. It delves into #archaeological insights, #Midrashic parables, #Kabbalistic diagrams, and practical #holiday guides, making complex material accessible to general readers, students, and scholars alike.
The #translation project has received the full endorsement of Dr. Felix Klein, Germany’s Federal Commissioner for Jewish Life and the Fight Against Antisemitism."
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Pioneering educational project has been endorsed by Germany's antisemitism commissioner and is scheduled for publication in June 2026.COLlive Editor (COLlive)
"An #Orthodox #Jewish man was physically assaulted in #Zurich on Monday in the latest outrage of a surging wave of #antisemitic incidents across #Switzerland, sparking outcry within the #Jewish community as authorities moved to bolster protections for #Jews and #Israelis nationwide.
According to local media, a 26-year-old Jewish man was brutally attacked late Monday night in northern Switzerland by an unknown individual, sustaining light injuries, including scratches and abrasions to his neck and other parts of his body.
Zurich police reported that the attack occurred without any provocation while the victim was standing in the street, with the assailant repeatedly punching him and shouting antisemitic slurs.
“The attack was not random, but specifically targeted at a Jewish individual,” local authorities said in a statement."
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A pro-Hamas demonstration in Zurich, Switzerland, Oct. 28, 2023. Photo: IMAGO/dieBildmanufaktur via Reuters Connect An Orthodox Jewish man was physically …Algemeiner.com
"#Jewish #music is often reduced to a handful of clichés: #klezmer music with its sliding #clarinets, “#HavaNagila” or maybe a #tune from "Fiddler on the Roof." But #Philharmonia #Baroque #Orchestra’s series “#Jews & Music” turns these notions upside down.
In the ensemble’s latest lecture-concert, “Jewish Nightlife,” at the Jewish Community Center in #PaloAlto on Thursday, Jan. 29, conductor #NicholasMcGegan and scholar-in-residence #FrancescoSpagnolo did just that, exploring an array of styles, places and meanings."
Oregon, Marion County, near West Stayton. Weighing beans at scales on edge of field. Rate: one dollar per 100 pounds. General caption 46
#Oregon #MarionCounty #WestStayton #100pounds #Hebrew #Jewish #undefined #photography #DorotheaLange
A beautiful disused synagogue, somewhere in Romania. In 1944, most of the local Jewish community was deported to Auschwitz. Few survived. Those who did later emigrated, and by the 1970s the synagogue stood empty and silent.
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#Romania #Auschwitz #Holocaust #History #Synagogue #Photography #Abandoned #Judaism #Jewish
Synagogue G (Romania) has stood sentinel for more than a century. Now its doors are closed, its facade is crumbling with the passage of time.Obsidian Urbex Photography
"Just three days before the National Day of Mourning for the victims of last month’s #antisemitic #terrorist attack at #BondiBeach, a group of #Jewish teenage boys were targeted with an antisemitic attack by the occupants of a white ute.
The incident took place on the corner of Glen Eira Road and Hotham Street in #StKildaEast about 9.50pm on Monday night. The occupants of the ute reportedly screamed “Heil #Hitler” at the boys, gave #Nazi salutes and threatened to stab the boys. The ute followed the boys and narrowly missed hitting one of the boys after the vehicle did a U-turn too closely to follow them. The vehicle drove at them, forcing them to run and hide for safety.
The incident took place very near the #AdassIsrael #Synagogue that was destroyed in an #Iranian-sponsored #firebombing in late 2024."
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A troubling incident in St Kilda East where Jewish teenagers faced an antisemitic ute attack, highlighting rising hate crimes.David Marlow (J-Wire)
"A resurgence of #medieval anti-#Talmud propaganda is spreading rapidly across #conservative #socialmedia, according to scholars and #Jewish educators tracking #online #antisemitism. Influencers with millions of followers are amplifying accusations that Jewish #religious texts endorse immoral or criminal behavior, claims #historians say were fabricated centuries ago and repeatedly disproven.
Among the most visible examples, political commentator #CandaceOwens recently cited The #Talmudic #Jew, a 1871 #German pamphlet authored by #AugustRohling."
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Centuries-old anti-Talmud slanders are gaining new traction online, prompting a detailed scholarly response aimed at countering digital age antisemitism.TheJ.ca Staff (THEJ.CA)
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"You’ve probably heard of #ThomasAquinas, a prominent #medieval #scholar who combined #Christian #theology and #Greek #philosophy.
However, you may not be familiar with the renowned #Jewish scholar #MosesMaimonides, whose ideas significantly influenced Aquinas’s thought.
In the new #book, “Moses #Maimonides: A Very Short Introduction,” #RossBrann, a #professor of Jewish Studies at #Cornell #University, introduces Maimonides to a new generation.
Maimonides, also known as #Rambam, was a Jewish philosopher, #rabbinic scholar and renowned physician in the medieval #Islamic kingdoms, which are now part of modern-day #Spain. His life was marked by rigorous education, #persecution, #exile, and a commitment to serving both kings and the people.
Maimonides played a crucial role in helping his Jewish #diasporic community survive the hardships of the #Almohad #Caliphate, which forced Jews to choose between #converting to #Islam, relocating, or death."
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(ANALYSIS) You’ve probably heard of Thomas Aquinas, a prominent medieval scholar who combined Christian theology and Greek philosophy.Thien Bui (Religion Unplugged)
Ho Ho Ho 🎅
"A man has been #arrested in connection with an #antisemitic #driveby #shooting that targeted the home of a #NewZealand #Jewish family in #Redlands, #California, in December.
The incident occurred on the evening of 12 December 2025, when a vehicle drove past the family’s home — which was decorated for #Hanukkah — and fired multiple rounds at the property. Home security footage captured the attack and recorded a male voice shouting what appeared to be an antisemitic slur.
Several family members were inside the house at the time, but no one was injured."
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A man has been arrested in connection with an antisemitic drive-by shooting that targeted the home of a New Zealand Jewish family in Redlands, California, in December.Greg Bouwer (J-Wire)
"#CommunitiesSecretary #SteveReed has revealed that a “#Jewish colleague” was refused permission to visit a #school in his own #constituency, after officials cited fears his presence might “inflame #teachers.”
In conversation with Jewish News news editor and publisher Justin Cohen, the senior minister told an audience at the Jewish #Labour Movement’s annual conference that his colleague, believed to be an #MP, had been “refused permission to visit a school in his own constituency in case his presence inflames the teachers.”
Reed revealed:” What I’m talking about is identifying those places where #antisemitism festers and grows so we can root it out.
“That is absolutely what we have to do. But we are far away from that point right now, far away.
“I give you any number of examples…"
"Dame #MaureenLipman has said #Jewish people are effectively excluded from modern ideas of #diversity, arguing that her iconic 1980s BT advert would not be commissioned today because “#Jews don’t count”.
Writing in #TheOldie #magazine, the Olivier Award-winning #actress reflected on how changing attitudes to representation in #advertising would block the creation of the much-loved campaign that made her a household name more than four decades ago."
Starting with the Revolution, writes a historian, Jews publicly rebutted wartime slander and asserted their place in the American story.Austin Reid Albanese (Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
"As the world marks International #HolocaustRemembranceDay on January 27, 2026, #Holocaust survivors, witnesses and educators are issuing a stark warning. #Antisemitism, they say, is no longer confined to the margins but is spreading openly and aggressively across societies worldwide. Their fear is not for themselves, but for their grandchildren and great-grandchildren and for a world that appears increasingly deaf and blind to the dangers ahead.
Eighty-one years after the Holocaust, those who survived humanity’s darkest chapter are speaking with renewed urgency. Proud of their #Jewish identity and refusing to be silenced, they fear that history is not a closed chapter.
On the Jewish Holocaust Remembrance Day, April 14, 2026, they will march in the #MarchoftheLiving, placing their faith in the power of education to teach the next generation where unchecked hatred can lead."
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Holocaust Survivors Refuse to Be Silenced. This Year They Will March on the March of the Living Against AntisemitismThe Jerusalem Post | JPost.com
"#Jews carry history differently.
For most peoples, #violence against their group is episodic. For Jews, it is cumulative. #Pogroms, #expulsions, #forcedconversions, #massacres, and the #Holocaust are not separate chapters. They are read as a long, unfinished sentence. This does not mean Jews live frozen in trauma. It just means that the past is not safely archived. It is present tense. #Jewish memory is not nostalgia. It is vigilance.
So when a Jew is murdered in #Bondi, or on the streets of #WashingtonDC or #Israel or #Manchester, #England, or anywhere, the Jewish mind does not ask only, “What happened?” It also asks, often unconsciously, “What is this a continuation of?” That question is not paranoia. It is pattern recognition shaped by centuries of experience.
Moreover, Jews have a moral architecture that centers an ancient teaching that all Jews are responsible for one another. This is not just a saying. It is a demand."
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With a shared story and trauma accumulated across millennia, someone who lives – and suffers – on the other side of the world can feel like familyBarry Finestone (The Blogs)
Lol what the fucking fuck 💀
"#Spanish daily #ElPaís has apologized for an article about the #judge presiding over the trial of #Venezuela's ousted president #NicolasMaduro, in which it characterized him as striving to be impartial "despite" being #Jewish – a portrayal that the #newspaper says was done erroneously."
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The characterization of 92-year-old U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein, who is an Orthodox Jew, was online in Spanish and English for several hours before the sentence was removedBen Kroll (Haaretz)
