Archive for 'Summer 2008'
Spiritual Insights
Posted on 16. Sep, 2009 by admin.
Prayer for Rabbis and Priests Grant that they may be men who speak to God on behalf of His people, and speak to His people of God. Grant that they be courageous in service. Grant that they may be men who witness to eternity in our time, travelling on the paths of history in Your [...]
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Did You Know?
Posted on 15. Sep, 2009 by admin.
Insights into Islam 1. There are similar and identical stories in the Bible that are in the QURAN. 2. Islam honors and respects the Bible prophets such as Abraham, Isaac, and Jesus. 3. Jerusalem is sacred to all three major religions. For Jews because it is the sacred city of the Great Temple and the [...]
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Chancellor Angela Merkel
Posted on 15. Sep, 2009 by admin.
Chancellor Angela Merkel The German Chancellor spoke of her country’s support of Israel and the shame of Germany’s past during her visit to Israel. At Yad Yashem Holocaust memorial, a visibly moved Chancellor declared that Germany accepted responsibility for its Nazi past and determined to work together with Israel for a common future. Mr. Gil [...]
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Poland Confronts History
Posted on 15. Sep, 2009 by admin.
The president of Israel visited Warsaw, Poland for an official commemoration of the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. The government of France presented a medal of honor to the remaining leader of the uprising. The Polish television and newspapers offered blanket coverage of the anniversary events. The Jewish community sponsored a seder in the street of [...]
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Rabbis and the Beijing Olympics
Posted on 15. Sep, 2009 by admin.
A large group of Rabbis and Laypersons (185) spanning Judaism’s religious movements urged Jews not to attend the Beijing Olympics this summer as tourists. The reason is the human rights violations in China. However, the Anti-Defamation League rejected the boycott call for various reasons. Basically, the boycott would do more harm than good.
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Danish Jewish Museum
Posted on 15. Sep, 2009 by admin.
This historic museum, the country’s first museum in Copenhagen for a minority group (presently 7,000 Jews) is an impressive look at a Danish-Jewish culture and history over the community’s 400 years.
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Anti-Semitism Rises
Posted on 15. Sep, 2009 by admin.
Anti-Semitism incidents in Canada have quadrupled over the past decade. The spike in Canadian Anti-Semitism comes as similar incidents have declined elsewhere, including in Britain and France. The United States also saw a decline overall, though New York City saw incidents jump by nearly 25% over 2006.
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Auschwitz Sanctuaries
Posted on 15. Sep, 2009 by admin.
Mr. Zawiercier Rav, president of Park Avenue Synagogue, the largest Conservative congregation in New York city, shared a story about his father in the Death Block II at Auschwitz. A Jewish Kapo wanted his father to conduct the Yom Kippur service in 1944. Half naked, emaciated, starved, his father chanted Kol Nidre from memory. He [...]
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Pope Benedict XVI and the Holocaust Survivors
Posted on 15. Sep, 2009 by admin.
A group of Jewish Holocaust survivors came to the Vatican to thank the pope for the Catholic Church’s intervention in saving their lives in Italy during World War II.
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German Reparations
Posted on 15. Sep, 2009 by admin.
Monthly German reparations to 65,800 victims of the Holocaust worldwide were increased by 8 percent June 1. The German government also agreed to provide pensions to certain survivors who were citizens of the Western European countries at the time of their persecutions in concentration camps or ghettos, or who lost a family member.
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