Preliminary investigation finds no signs of foul play after fire destroys historic synagogue, built in 1902, in northern Minnesota. Further investigation will have to be done once the building is stabilized, Duluth fire chief says. Police speak to two people of interest.
US-based Jewish Foundation for the Righteous, together with American and Israeli diplomats pay respects to the elderly Poles who put their lives in danger to save others. "On behalf of the Jewish people, I thank you for your noble deeds so many years ago, for when most turned their backs on their Jewish neighbors, you did not," says JFR Executive Vice President Stanlee Stahl.
Some 80 Jewish, pro-Israel groups say university-related academic program should not be allowed to use its departmental logo and name "to disseminate politically motivated and hate-filled messages."
“We can expect more deaths to be recorded,” said Bahamian Prime Minister Hubert Minnis after Hurricane Dorian. “Our priority is search, rescue and recovery.”
In her 1994 memoir, "Things We Couldn't Say," Diet Eman detailed how she provided forged identification cards and shelter for Jews and helped allied pilots shot down by the German military. During a 2015 visit to Grand Rapids, Dutch King Willem-Alexander called Eman one of his country's "national heroes."
Prominent American Rabbi Shmuley Boteach defends Birthright Israel, saying left-wing organizations unfairly attack it. "To see people experience Israel for the first time – it is an amazing thing," he says as he accompanies group of 40 participants.
Newly renamed Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum is the latest in the US to broaden its permanent exhibit and embolden its efforts to inspire visitors to take action to make the world a better place.
Sprawling complex will provide 23,000 gravesites for a country that is running out of cemetery space.
Interior Minister Seehofer: "Germany must live up to its historical responsibilities." Move follows campaign by descendants of refugees who fled Nazi Germany and whose citizenship applications were rejected by Berlin despite constitutional guarantees.
Dr. Ilia Lurie, a researcher with a group dedicated to preserving the legacy of Jews from Galicia and Bukovina, explains that the graves are a "rare find," as most Jewish cemeteries in the region have not survived.
