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Lithuanian troops train at former concentration camp where 5,000 Jews are buried
Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA
August 31, 2017
Jewish Federations establishes fund for Ukrainian Jews
Jewish Journal
March 6, 2014
The Jewish Federations of North America has launched a Ukraine Assistance Fund.
July 4th as a day of reflection
Jewish Journal
June 28, 2013
This coming Thursday, the Jewish community, alongside all other Americans, will be celebrating the fourth of July and the Independence of The United States of America. The relationship between Jews and America is one that is not only a historical phenomenon but is indeed an outstanding human and moral phenomenon in human history.
Russian-speaking Jews launch group in Iran fight
Jewish Journal
January 26, 2012
An international Jewish organization of Russian-speaking Jews was launched to influence governments to join the fight against Iran. The World Forum of Russian Jewry was inaugurated Wednesday at the United Nations during a ceremony commemorating International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 70th anniversary of the Babi Yar massacres with the participation of nearly 600 American Russian-speaking Jews and Holocaust survivors.
Emergency aid mission to Georgia: Find every Jew
Jewish Journal
August 19, 2008
As Russia occupied Georgia, pushing ever closer to the capital Tbilisi and bisecting the country, the relief effort for nearly two weeks has had only one prime directive: Find every Jew.\n\n
Spectator – Family Doc Unlocks Doors
Susan Josephs
September 15, 2005
Growing up in Syracuse, N.Y, Eileen Douglas lived for the moments she could climb into her grandfather\’s lap and find the pennies he brought — special for her. He faithfully visited his grandchildren every day after leaving his work as a butcher. Yet he never really spoke about his upbringing in Kovno, Lithuania.
\”I thought we weren\’t allowed to talk about it, that if you did, you would hurt the family,\” Douglas recalled. \”My grandfather died suddenly when I was 12 and I never got to say goodbye.\”
Some 25 years after her grandfather died, Douglas paid a visit to her childhood home and stumbled upon a series of forgotten family photographs.
Democracy in the Mideast?
Barak Lurie
August 29, 2002
President George W. Bush is certainly putting his money where his mouth is. Last week, the State Department announced it will invest $25 million to promote democracy throughout the Arab world. The goals of the program, which will train political advocates, journalists and others, are economic reform and private sector development, education, promotion of civil society and respect for the rule of law.
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