Bookworm on May 12 2008 | Filed under: Holocaust
From today’s news:
Irena Sendler, a Polish woman who saved thousands of Jewish children during World War Two by smuggling them out of the Warsaw Ghetto, died in the Polish capital on Monday after a long illness, local media said.
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Yad Vashem chairman Avner Shalev said: “Irena Sendler’s courageous activities rescuing Jews during the Holocaust serve as [...]
Bookworm on May 01 2008 | Filed under: Holocaust
Today’s news about yesterday:
In honor of Holocaust Martyrs and Heroes Remembrance Day, marked in Israel on Thursday, Yad Vashem expanded its Internet presence this week by opening an online database containing nearly two-thirds of the 200,000 photos in its archives.
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Earlier this week, Yad Vashem launched two YouTube sites. The English version includes sound bites from [...]
Bookworm on Mar 16 2008 | Filed under: Holocaust, Leftist morality, Multiculturalism
A few days ago, I posted about the rise in antisemitism around the world. One of my readers, who I know is a good and kind woman, decried this trend, but then said something interesting: “And now many Jews insist that we hate Muslims to support them. [snip.] [E]very anti-Islamic [...]
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