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Just 50 Holocaust survivors will be at Auschwitz for the 80th anniversary of its liberation
Eva Szepesi, 92, is traveling this week to the Nazi concentration camp she narrowly survived, where her mother and brother were both murdered.
Szepesi, who grew up in Slovakia and now lives in Frankfurt, Germany, is one of the…
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12 Holocaust survivors share their stories on a Times Square billboard
In 1944, the year Judith Frydman turned 1, Nazi troops invaded her hometown of Budapest, Hungary. Her father, who survived, was sent to a forced labor camp while Frydman, her mother and her grandmother were forced to live in the…
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Hersh Goldberg-Polin’s high school has lost 10 graduates in the Gaza war. Where does it go next?
JERUSALEM — On the final night of shiva for Yuval Shoham, an Israeli soldier killed in Gaza last month, the atmosphere felt strangely lively.
Groups of people gathered in clusters chatting animatedly around the family —…
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Labour chiefs ‘ready to extend suspensions’ of some of the seven rebel MPs
Labour chiefs are ready to extend the suspensions of at least three of seven suspended MPs as a result of their subsequent conduct in relation to issues such as the conflict in the Middle East, Jewish News understands.
Rebecca Long…
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Karina Ariev, Daniella Gilboa, Naama Levy and Liri Albag set to be released
Terror group Hamas has announced plans to release four hostages on Saturday under the ongoing Gaza ceasefire deal.
The hostages have been identified as soldiers Karina Ariev, Daniella Gilboa, Naama Levy, and Liri Albag. Their release will…
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Israeli hostages Daniela Gilboa, Liri Albag, Naama Levy and Karina Ariev slated to go free on Saturday
Hamas has published the names of the four hostages it will release on Saturday, the second group of captives to go free in the initial phase of the ceasefire that began this week.
The four hostages expected to be released on…
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National Library of Israel wins prestigious book award
A fine art book from The National Library of Israel has won the visual arts category of the Jewish Book Council’s 74th National Jewish Book Awards.
‘101 Treasures from the National Library of Israel’, platforms images of the most…
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AJR commemorates 80 years since the liberation of Auschwitz
The Association of Jewish Refugees (AJR) held its annual Holocaust Memorial Day service on Monday, remembering those who were murdered by the Nazis and all those who suffered at the hands of Nazi terror.
The service took place at Belsize…
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Musk makes Holocaust jokes after Netanyahu defends him as ‘great friend of Israel’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has come to the defence of Elon Musk, days after the billionaire and prominent Trump ally was accused of delivering Nazi salutes at a presidential inauguration rally.
One hour later, the world’s…
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