Holocaust
In 1939, Lilly Cassirer Neubauer sold Pissarro’s 1897 painting “Rue St Honoré, Après-Midi, Effet De Pluie” to the Nazi appraiser of her property in order to get visas for her and her husband to flee Germany.
“The long-term damage done by this instructor is impossible to measure at this time in terms of the trauma inflicted on students involved,” said Roz Rothstein, CEO StandWithUs and the daughter of Holocaust survivors.
Funds are earmarked towards purchasing food and other necessary items, such as medications and home heating fuel
The majority of materials were taken in July 1942 from Thessaloniki, which once had a thriving Jewish community.
The tension has resurfaced despite attempts to resolve a crisis around a Polish restitution law limiting property claims by Holocaust survivors.
During World War II, more than 550,000 American Jewish men and women served in the U.S. Armed Forces; 11,000 were killed and more than 40,000 were wounded.
“This major donation will enable us to expand the important work we do to teach the lessons of the Holocaust and confront anti-Semitism and hatred,” said Rabbi Eli Mayerfeld.
“He really was a man of principle; he was a man who stood up for what was right; and above all, he put country above partisanship,” said Matt Brooks, executive director of the Republican Jewish Coalition.
Richard Hesketh, 36, of Manchester posted 4,000 videos promoting anti-Jewish conspiracy theories and encouraging violence against Jews.
“Unfortunately, Facebook inexplicably rejected our ads, presumably because they contain the words ‘hate’ and ‘anti-Semitism,’ ” said Mark Freedman, interim president and CEO of the Jewish Federation of Broward County.
The virtual celebration took place on the third night of Hanukkah; it ended with a menorah-lighting at the Western Wall in Jerusalem.
The special envoy works with the minister of foreign affairs; the minister of Canadian heritage; and the minister of housing, and diversity and inclusion.
