Hi friends! I was just reminded of a live broadcast of Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah) from the Yad Vashem Museum in Jerusalem today. The broadcast begins at 10:00am (AZ time)/1:00pm (Eastern) in the US. (8:00pm in Israel) I have had the privilege of meeting the people "behind the scenes" who are responsible for this …
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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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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 …
Not to be confused with International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which we commemorated in January, Holocaust Martyrs and Heroes Remembrance Day is observed as a national holiday today in Israel. (In fact, it began at sundown yesterday.) Known in Hebrew as Yom HaShoah, the solemn day memorializes the 6 million Jews murdered in the Holocaust. Many …
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