Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum is definitely an "A list" sight in Israel. In fact, every visitor to Israel should visit this solemn place to understand just how atrocious the Holocaust was. The museum grounds also house an educational center (where I spent 8 intense days in 2015 at a Christian leaders seminar), an incredibly moving …
Continue reading A Stop at Yad Vashem, Israel’s Holocaust Memorial and Museum
Often one of the most moving and emotional stops on our tours is the Haifa Home for Holocaust Survivors. On that day a year ago, we met Donata, a spry but obviously physically challenged woman whose story moved us all. Read about that unforgettable visit and see our group gathered around Donata... https://looking4theblessedhope.com/2023/02/21/meeting-a-holicaust-survivor
The resilience of Jewish people never ceases to amaze me. Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day and Mirjam Beit Talmi Szpiro, a survivor of both the Holocaust and October 7, shares her story of unwavering hope. I planted a tree in my garden just days before the attack and I will return to tend to it. …
Continue reading Surviving the Holocaust and October 7: A Jewish Grandmother Holds Out Hope
January 27, 1945 marks the day of liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp during the closing days of the Holocaust. In November 2005, the United Nations made one of the few, and perhaps the most meaningful, pro-Israel moves they have ever taken. They instituted January 27 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Not so ironically, Israel …
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