Holocaust

The Pentagon has a lot to keep track of these days. But dont ask the folks over there a difficult question like how many websites they manage. An official at the U.S. Department of Defense recently admitted that they have no idea how many websites the U.S. mi…

A monument erected in the US city of Chicago in memory of a Lithuanian resistance leader has led to a diplomatic dispute following criticism from Russia and a Holocaust research organisation. The new memorial was unveiled in honour of Adolfas Ramanauskas-Van…

President Donald Trump criticized social media companies after Facebook banned a number of extremist figures, declaring that he was monitoring and watching, closely!! Trump, who tweeted and re-tweeted complaints Friday and Saturday, said he would monitor the…

On April 27, the last day of Passover, a gunman killed one person when he opened fire during services at a Poway, California synagogue. The shooting came on the six-month anniversary of a shooting that killed 11 at a Pittsburgh synagogue. These tragic attac…

Nichole Dawsey, an opioid addiction awareness campaigner from St. Louis, was recognized by the FBI for her work urging people to control access to pills. FBI Nearly two years ago, authorities arrested a 69-year-old man they said was plotting a mass shooting…

In my neighborhood, there are a number of synagogues and churches. The church doors are open, welcoming all. The synagogues have armed guards, fences, door codes, and people who will stop strangers as they enter. Ostensibly these are welcomers, but their real…

Instagram Account About The Holocaust

Saul Dreier and Reuwen “Ruby” Sosnowicz, both Polish nonagenarian Holocaust survivors, endured dramatically different circumstances during World War II. Dreier survived three concentration camps; in one, a cantor created an impromptu choir in the barracks, an…

When the Anti-Defamation League announced on Tuesday that anti-Semitic assaults had doubled in the U.S. from 2017 to 2018, the news was shocking but, sadly, not entirely surprising: a shooting left one dead at a California synagogue last Sunday, just days bef…

This week marks the twenty-five year anniversary of the demise of Commodore International. This weekend, pour one out for our lost homies. Commodore began life as a corporate entity in 1954 headed by Jack Tramiel. Tramiel, a Holocaust survivor, moved to New …