The fear of silence
David Suissa
May 1, 2008
It\’s estimated that 97 percent of Polish Jews died in the war. To this day, Geminder can\’t quite fathom how he ended up in the 3 percent that survived.
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May 1, 2008
Briefs: CIA lifts lid on Israeli raid on Syrian reactor; Iranians raze Tehran shuls
Jewish Journal
May 1, 2008
CIA: Syria Could Have Made Two Nukes
\nIsrael destroyed a Syrian nuclear reactor that was nearly ready to produce two bombs, the CIA chief said.
\nMichael Hayden said Monday that the secret, unfinished reactor that the United States believes Israel bombed Sept. 6 in northeastern Syria eventually would have made fissile material for bombs.
In lieu of perfection
Rabbi Yosef Kanefsky
May 1, 2008
Leviticus 19:1-20:27
Right there, in the shadow of the ever-popular \”Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself,\” another mitzvah quietly sits: \”Thou shall surely rebuke thy friend.\” And while this may seem rude or intrusive, the Torah regards the obligation of mutual rebuke as the engine of communal righteousness.
Shoah survivors’ offspring carry their legacy within
Jane Ulman
May 1, 2008
More than 60 years after the Holocaust, the descendants of survivors continue to be undeniably and deeply shaped by an event that preceded their birth. Together they share a unique upbringing that many say is both an onus and an inspiration.
L.A.’s German Jews celebrate club’s 75th year
Peter L. Rothholz
May 1, 2008
By 1939 some 2,500 German Jews had relocated to Los Angeles, and by 1941, when the United States entered the war, their number had grown to 6,000, making Los Angeles the second-largest center of German-speaking Jews in America. As the German Jews made connections with the L.A. Jewish community, two immigrant businessmen came together to form The German Jewish Club of 1933.
Ghost of holocaust haunts visitor exploring Germany
Merissa Nathan Gerson
May 1, 2008
It took me more than a year to buy my ticket. My sister was living in Berlin, and I was supposed to visit her. What she didn\’t know each time she asked me to come see her was how present the Holocaust was for me in my work.
I am now the voice of my parents
Julie Kohner
May 1, 2008
There was never a time in my life when I did not know about the Holocaust.In a strange way, I think I just took the idea of this for granted.
Beit T’Shuvah, Jewish/Arab day schools, Charlton Heston
Jewish Journal
May 1, 2008
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Iranian Jews uneasy on Obama’s offer to ‘engage’ Iran
Karmel Melamed
May 1, 2008
With Iran a hot topic in the U.S. presidential race this year, the candidates\’ foreign policy statements are being examined closely by everyone, not least the Iranian Jewish community. Comments by Democratic frontrunner Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), in particular, have left many Iranian Jews reluctant to support his candidacy.
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