Gillian Laub, the acclaimed Jewish photographer, took many of the pictures of more than 200 Holocaust survivors who gathered to raise awareness for Israeli hostages kidnapped by Hamas into Gaza.
With Hamas, the world had an opportunity to demonstrate that they have learned the lessons of the Holocaust and the promose of Never Again. The world lied.
It is as though an invisible force has joined this year’s Tu Bishvat holiday to the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, on January 27.
Among the exhibits at the site are a reproduction of sleeping cells from the Auschwitz death camp, artifacts and documents that belonged to survivors who fled the Nazis to Porto.
According to the findings of the poll, 63% of the Israeli public perceives the events of October 7 as a Holocaust in the country.
Even as the offspring of a Kindertransport survivor, it took me a long time to appreciate the depth of anguish with which my mother lived throughout her life.
Today, we confront a chilling irony: on this day dedicated to remembering the past’s atrocities, Israel faces threats reminiscent of that tragic era.
The major fault of Oct. 7 lies with Jewish leaders who minimized threats from the Iranian ayatollah and his armored pawns, Hamas and Hezbollah.
Deciding to convene a conference on antisemitism in the Arabian Gulf
‘“Never Again” has happened again’.
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