After having been denied entry to the Ukrainian city last year, worshippers are desperate to make their way to the gravesite of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov for the annual celebration of Rosh Hashanah.
When Asher and Sandy Berlinger made aliyah in 2007, they brought the 190-year-old scroll that has been passed down in the family from generation to generation.
Workers were careful to maintain COVID precautions as they removed tens of thousands of written prayers from the ancient edifice to make room for new ones.
The World Holocaust Remembrance Center serves as both a museum and research institution and welcomes nearly one million visitors a year.
Two former Torrance Police Department officers face felony charges of vandalism for allegedly spray-painting a swastika on an impounded car. Thirteen others are placed on administrative leave for reportedly exchanging racist, antisemitic and homophobic messages.
Toshimitsu Motegi tours a photo exhibit, participates in a memorial ceremony at the Hall of Remembrance and saw the tree planted in memory of Chiune Sugihara, who saved Jews during the Holocaust.
Survey by Sapir Academic College shows that 75 years after the Holocaust, descendants of survivors still bear great animosity towards Poles who committed crimes during Nazi occupation.
"If I left, no one would maintain the synagogue,' said Zabulon Simintov, the last known Jew living in the country now ruled by Islamist fundamentalists.
Out of the 25 companies surveyed, 17 received a rating of "D" or "F," including Unilever and Google, with only two companies, L’Oréal and American Eagle, earning an "A" rating.
Kopelman was captured by the Nazis and instead of being sent to Treblinka with the other fighters, he was sent to work as a mechanic at a Warsaw garage, having lied about his experience, which saved his life.
