The fascinating story of Ben Ferencz, the Nuremberg prosecutor, was presented on 60 Minutes last night. I watched with interest as this 97-year-old Jewish man told the story of the Nuremberg trials, where 22 Nazi SS commanders were tried for war crimes following the atrocities of the Holocaust. Mr Ferencz was a very young man prosecuting …
Category: Holocaust/Antisemitism
Yom HaShoah 2017: Remembering the Lost, Remembering Survivors
It is estimated that less than 200,000 Holocaust survivors are alive today, and roughly 40 die each day. One in three lives in poverty. Today, Jews around the world remember those who were lost in the Holocaust, even while many of them struggle themselves. What is being done? Who cares for those who have endured …
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Yom HaShoah: Holocaust Remembrance Day
My friends, we're taking a break from our study to commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day. While International Holocaust Remembrance Day is commemorated in January, Israel commemorates Yom HaShoah Ve-Hagevurah (“Remembrance of the Holocaust and the Heroism”) today. At 11:00am (Israel time) sirens will sound for two minutes and the entire country will come to a standstill, remembering …
Sir Nicholas Winton: The Man Who Saved Many
In December 2015 I had the incredible privilege to attend a Christian Leaders Seminar hosted by Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum and Research Center in Jerusalem. During the week-long seminar, we learned many things about the Holocaust...what led to it, who was behind it, how evil people perpetrated it, why some stood by and did nothing, …
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Looking for the Blessed Hope 