Holocaust
There were 14 members of my family who boarded the so-called “Kasztner train” on June 30, 1944. Eleven members of my family were allowed to leave Bergen-Belsen after six weeks. Only three of us (my parents and I) of the 14 stayed until December.
“Murals are one of the most important forms of contemporary expression and communication in public spaces,” said Kleomenis Kostopoulos of the Patras-based group Art in Progress.
Before the British parliament, the embattled president of Ukraine talked of World War II and Shakespeare. Before the U.S. Congress, it was Pearl Harbor and 9/11. But despite being Jewish, Volodymyr Zelenskyy was less successful in his appeal to Israel’s government.
Regarding help to those fleeing the country in the wake of a continued Russian onslaught, Kyiv Chief Rabbi Yaakov Dov Bleich said: “I’m making this very clear that all of the Jewish communities are doing this, and nobody is asking if you’re Jewish or not. The buses leave from the synagogues, but they’re open to anybody that wants to come.”
The country’s new plan includes 15 initiatives, five of which aim at increasing knowledge among children and the youth.
A delegation is working with those in Moldova—mostly children and the elderly who were forced to leave their homes at short notice.
The legislation, which is 2,741 pages long, includes millions to protect synagogues, Iron Dome and Holocaust survivors, and is the culmination of months of negotiations.
“The conclusions demonstrate that France and the entire leadership of the European Union recognize the danger that anti-Semitism poses to the Jewish people and society at large,” said World Jewish Congress president Ronald S. Lauder.
The move has stunned many inside and outside the IDF, both due to the unilateral nature of the decision and due to the choice of alternative destination.
This allocation includes $47 million in support for social-welfare agencies in Ukraine, which is facing a Russian invasion that has created a humanitarian disaster.
The visit is part of the German chancellor’s first official visit to the Jewish state.
The 1909 painting “Bild mit Haeusern” (Painting with Houses) was claimed by descendants of the Jewish art collector Emmanuel Lewenstein after his son and wife sold the painting to the museum under stress in 1940 five months after Nazi Germany invaded the Netherlands.
