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Discovered this year, 1200 Holocaust victims laid to rest

More than 1,200 Holocaust victims were laid to rest on Wednesday, May 22, in Belarus after their remains were discovered earlier this year in a Nazi-era mass grave under a construction site. Construction workers stumbled upon ...

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Sirens wail, millions of Israelis stop to honor Holocaust victims

Millions of Israelis stopped what they were doing at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday as sirens wailed for 2 minutes across the country for Holocaust Remembrance Day. The commemoration honors of the six ...

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University disinvites black Christian pro-life speaker over her belief in biblical marriage

A black Christian speaker was recently disinvited from an on-campus debate due to her biblical beliefs about sexuality and marriage. It’s just the latest example of American universities blocking Christian views from ...

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What happened to the babies of Auschwitz?

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Until recently, it wasn’t fully understood what happened to the more than 3,000 babies born in the Auschwitz concentration camp. New research sheds light on a Polish midwife who, ordered to watch ...

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Rabbi from famous TV commercials supporting Holocaust survivors dies

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Christians and Jews have lost a good friend and partner who worked tirelesly to support Holocaust survivors in Israel and Russia. Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, who readers may recognize from late-night TV commercials ...

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Israel to assist in scanning river for Holocaust victims

For the first time since the end of WWII, a search is beginning for Jews killed and thrown into the Danube River in Hungary. The move is at the behest of Interior ...

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Operation Finale is a look at best, and worst, of humanity

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World War II movies are their own genre but not many film stories are told from the Jewish perspective. “Operation Finale” (MGM) corrects that lack, giving us a story, begun during the ...

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British royal Prince William heads to Israel in first ever ‘official’ visit

JERUSALEM – For the first time ever, Israel is being visited in an official capacity by the British Royal monarchy. Prince William is set to arrive in Israel this week for the ...

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Teacher who saved 600 Jewish children dies at age 107

A Dutch school teacher who saved more than 600 Jewish children from death at the hands of Nazis has died at the age of 107. Johan van Hulst served as principal of ...

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Artifacts tell story of Jews fleeing to Shanghai

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As the world prepares to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Jan. 27, a recently unveiled exhibit at a Holocaust museum in Brooklyn tells the largely untold story of Eastern European religious ...

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Local Jewish writer on why she remembers the Holocaust

Last spring, in anticipation of the first annual March of Remembrance, I was given the honor of interviewing Sonia Warshawski, a Polish Holocaust survivor. Below is an abbreviated version of the interview ...

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Kansas City Day of Remembrance honors holocaust victims

What is the Kansas City Day of Remembrance? The purpose is to honor Holocaust survivors and their families. For the second year in a row, Kansas City will participate in this worldwide ...

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Kansas City Day of Remembrance May 1

Metro Voice is pleased to help bring the Day of Remembrance and March of Remembrance to Kansas City on May 1. The purpose of this event is to honor Holocaust survivors and ...

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March of Remembrance to honor Holocaust survivors

For the first time, Kansas City will participate in a worldwide event known as March of Remembrance in the United States and March of Life in Europe. The event is aimed at ...

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