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Internationally recognized composer Cantor Meir Finklestein will be the featured artist at Bet Shira Congregation’s 21st Annual Tu BiShevat Concert, which celebrates Jewish Earth Day, at 7 p.m. Sunday in the Arin Stacey Applebaum Sanctuary of Bet Shira Congregation at the Letty Roth Synagogue Complex, 7500 SW 120th St. in Pinecrest. Read More »
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Nearly all died in the Holocaust during World War II. They don’t have tombstones or even simple markers. She doesn’t even know all of their names. Recently, the United Nations observed Holocaust Remembrance Day, held every Jan. Read More »
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By Jay Weaver A Miami congresswoman is again taking aim at a German insurer that is sponsoring a pro golf tournament in Boca Raton, urging the PGA to drop Allianz because it has refused to pay billions in life insurance claims to Holocaust survivors. Read More »
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A group of South Florida Holocaust survivors will hold a protest Thursday to decry the sponsorship of the upcoming PGA Champions Tour in Boca Raton. The group also plans a bigger protest of the event, sponsored by insurer Allianz, on Monday. Read More »
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Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew . Then they came for me, and there was no one left to speak out for me.” Scott, a steadfast friend of business, was telling the audience of his efforts to make government … Read More »
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Auerbacher, single, and a lifelong American chemist and observant Jew , was born in Germany. Auerbacher, who had written many books, wanted to tell Gilbride’s story about Christians’ losses during the war. On Wednesday, the pair, who now live in New … Read More »
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A synagogue in Smithtown, NY, hosted a performance of the compositions for piano and vocalists in May, but Egri was only able to listen to the music online. Egri tells the Sun Sentinel ( http: //sunsent.nl/rvZg0E) that hearing her father’s music will … Read More »
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This year’s luncheon, hosted by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, was held at Beth Torah Synagogue in North Miami Beach. The gathering is intended to remind Holocaust survivors that they aren’t alone. … Read More »
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These are not good days for democracy in Israel . Read More »
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In a September letter to Keillor, the Holocaust Survivors’ Group USA reminded him of Allianz’s notorious past with the Nazis and failure to make Jewish policyholders whole. “To that point, we noted that the Allianz ad touts its business experience … Read More »
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A Jewish community agency said it was “shocked” after learning that one of its employees was charged with stealing the identities of Holocaust survivors. In a statement, Jewish Community Services of South Florida … Read More »
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Federal authorities say Holocaust survivors were victimized by a Jewish agency staffer who tried selling their personal information for cash. BY JAY WEAVER Identity theft may have reached a new low over the weekend when an employee of a Jewish … Read More »
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The large Jewish groups argued at a 2010 congressional hearing that the International Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims, ICHEIC, was created to address worldwide claims, and that re-engaging in court could unrealistically raise the … Read More »
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She crossed into Germany and avoided being sent to a concentration camp by befriending a Nazi SS officer, who did not suspect she was Jewish because she had red hair and blue eyes. The late Eta and Itzchak Kohen also spent the war in a constant state … Read More »
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It also is sponsored by the Jewish Community Relations Council of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation in cooperation with the Rabbinical Association of Greater Miami and the Consulate General of Israel to Florida and Puerto Rico. … Read More »
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In 1994 my Catholic cousins in Charlotte, N.C., sent me a short book — only 96 pages long — titled, A Letter to a Jewish Friend , by Gian Franco Svidercoschi. It told the beautiful, simple story of Karol Wojtyla, later Pope John Paul II, and Jerzy Kluger, his Jewish childhood friend in Wadowice, a very small town in Poland. Read More »
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In 1994 my Catholic cousins in Charlotte, N.C., sent me a short book — only 96 pages long — titled, A Letter to a Jewish Friend , by Gian Franco Svidercoschi. It told the beautiful, simple story of Karol Wojtyla, later Pope John Paul II, and Jerzy Kluger, his Jewish childhood friend in Wadowice, a very small town in Poland. Read More »
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Jews with no ties to a specific synagogue will head to 37 Miami-Dade congregations for the start of Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, on Wednesday. Read More »
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Hollywood says it’s time the Holocaust Documentation Center begins paying the $16000 a month it owes for its building on Harrison Street — or face foreclosure. BY CARLI TEPROFF The Holocaust Documentation Center will have to begin paying the $1.7 … Read More »
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The recent onslaught of violent attacks against Israel reminds us of the growing threats facing the Jewish state. Read More »
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Prominent politicians and religous leaders are expected to attend the Israel Summit on Sunday — an event jointly hosted by the Christian and Jewish communities of Broward County. Read More »
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AP JERUSALEM — Noach Flug, a tireless advocate for the rights of Holocaust survivors, has died in Jerusalem. He was 86. The Center of Organizations of Holocaust Survivors in Israel said Flug died Thursday morning at Shaare Zedek Hospital. … Read More »
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During a recent visit to Miami to promote the film, Paquet-Brenner, who is Jewish , said that de Rosnay’s novel was a perfect vehicle to spread the word about this little-known chapter in his country’s history. “There have been very few Holocaust movies … Read More »
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It’s 5: 30 p.m., and Rabbi Zev Katz is pacing back and forth between the Apple Store and a pan flute demonstration on Lincoln Road. Sweat is dripping from his yarmulke. He pauses to wipe his forehead. Then he approaches a passing stranger. “Sir, are you a Jew?”. Read More »
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At a time when most South Florida Jews are not affiliated with any synagogue, an expert offers advice for temples seeking new members. Read More »
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Fifth-graders heard first-hand accounts of the Holocaust from survivors on May 20 at Coral Reef Elementary School in Palmetto Bay. “Never hate another person because they belong to another group,” survivor Eva Abramczyk told the … Read More »
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During my years (1982-1989) as publisher of The Miami Herald, we worked diligently to defend Israel ’s right to exist as a free, independent nation. Read More »
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The Jewish National Fund wants to raise money to buy protective equipment for student volunteers. Read More »
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AP JERUSALEM — Moshe Landau, chief judge in the 1961 trial of Nazi arch-criminal Adolf Eichmann in Jerusalem, died Sunday on the eve of the annual memorial day for the 6 million Jewish victims of the Holocaust , the government said. He was 99. … Read More »
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The gathering will meet at the Holocaust Memorial of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation at 1933-45 Meridian Ave. on Miami Beach to observe “Yom HaShoah,” or Holocaust Remembrance Day and to demonstrate solidarity with the people of Israel , … Read More »
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Miami-Dade teenagers and school teachers will soon have new opportunities to learn about the Holocaust . For the past 22 years, the Miami-based Center for the Advancement of Jewish Education has worked with the international … Read More »
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If a Jew gets a tattoo, does it disrespect survivors of the Holocaust , where prisoners of Auschwitz had their arms forcibly tattooed with codes? Or, as Maxwell Kirsner, a 24-year-old in the audience, asked: “What laws do we decide are reasonable and … Read More »
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The bombing Tuesday in Israel worried local Jewish leaders, who fear an escalated campaign of terrorism. Read More »
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Nestled between the retail shops and restaurants in Midtown Miami, 3030 NE Second Ave., is the synagogue Chabad Midtown Miami. It is not so unusual to find a synagogue in such a setting. What is unusual is that Rabbi Shmuel Gopin and his wife Chana, have opened a gallery next to the synagogue as a teaching tool for the community.. Read More »
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Friday’s protest was intended to publicize their struggle to collect what they say is $20 billion in Jewish insurance policies never paid by European companies. Members of the Holocaust Survivors’ Foundation USA said earlier this week that they wanted … Read More »
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Make no mistake — no Jewish organization has the moral authority to presume to speak for Holocaust survivors. To make matters worse, with the ADL and AJC taking money from Generali and Allianz, their conflicts of interest are even more appalling. … Read More »
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Stories of how Jews survived the Holocaust under the Nazis and how African Americans survived slavery in this country are worth telling and hearing. At 2 pm on March 13 at the Jewish Museum of Florida, you can hear the incredible story of Mariam Klein … Read More »
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“We must not allow insurance companies to be unjustly enriched at the expense of Holocaust victims.” Last year, her legislation was even opposed by major Jewish organizations that argued it would undo existing agreements between the US government, … Read More »
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A group of Holocaust survivors, who once considered themselves friends of US Sen. Bill Nelson, will be protesting his Miami Beach fundraiser with President Barack Obama on Friday because they say the Florida Democrat has broken a promise … Read More »
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Aging survivors of the Nazi Holocaust intend to protest outside a Miami Beach political fundraiser this week featuring President Barack Obama to bring attention to their struggle for an estimated $20 billion in never-paid Jewish insurance policies. … Read More »
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