The Three Victims of Lashon HaRa
Most people, when they think about Lashon Hara, focus on one victim: the person being spoken about. And indeed, that person suffers real harm....
Six facts that make the Holocaust a singular event in human history
Based on Prof. Yosef Ben-Shlomo z"l
1. Judenrein — a goal without precedent
For the first time in history, a government made the annihilation of an...
The State Of Israel And The Privilege Of Unawareness (1880-1914)
אִם יִהְיֶה נִדַּחֲךָ בִּקְצֵה הַשָּׁמָיִם מִשָּׁם יְקַבֶּצְךָ ה‘ אֱלֹקיךָ וּמִשָּׁם יִקָּחֶךָ וֶהֱבִיאֲךָ ה‘ אֱלֹקיךָ אֶל-הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר-יָרְשׁוּ אֲבֹתֶיךָ וִירִשְׁתָּהּ וְהֵיטִבְךָ וְהִרְבְּךָ מֵאֲבֹתֶיךָ
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This Wednesday night May...
The Role Played By The New York Times During The Holocaust
In the past, and in a different context, I’ve written about the mistake of conceiving Judaism as a "religion", instead of understanding it as the...
YOM HASHOAH: What You Need To Remember About The Holocaust
Holocaust denial takes many forms. Sometimes it is claimed that the Holocaust never happened, and it is instead part of the "Zionist propaganda", as...
STORIES OF THE SHOAH: Nazis in Israel. April – November 1942
THE PLANS OF THE BRITISH ARMY
“Two Hundred Days of Terror” is the name given to a period in the history of the Jews who...
Counting the 49 days from the Omer offering
🔢 SEFIRAT HA'OMER — COUNTING THE OMER What it is, why we do it, and how to count
🌉 A BRIDGE BETWEEN TWO HOLIDAYS
After Pesach,...
Rabbi Hayim Habib and the Holocaust in Salonica, Greece.
Rabbi Hayim Habib was born in the city of Salonica (or Thesaloniki), Greece, in 1882. His father was the famous Dayan (rabbinic judge), Rabbi...
The Omer offering
🌾 THE STORY OF THE KORBAN HA'OMER
In the times of the Bet HaMikdash, after the long winter, the fields of Israel began to turn...
YOM HASHOAH: Even the one Jew in Albania
"Those who endured the horrors of the camps are not the only Holocaust survivors. That group includes a wide range of Jews from all...
