Hassidic – www.israelhayom.com https://www.israelhayom.com israelhayom english website Tue, 15 Oct 2019 08:52:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.2 https://www.israelhayom.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/cropped-G_rTskDu_400x400-32x32.jpg Hassidic – www.israelhayom.com https://www.israelhayom.com 32 32 Rabbi Nachman's grave in Ukraine vandalized with Hitler graffiti, suspect detained https://www.israelhayom.com/2019/10/15/rabbi-nachmans-grave-in-ukraine-vandalized-with-hitler-graffiti-suspect-detained/ https://www.israelhayom.com/2019/10/15/rabbi-nachmans-grave-in-ukraine-vandalized-with-hitler-graffiti-suspect-detained/#respond Tue, 15 Oct 2019 08:47:38 +0000 https://www.israelhayom.com/?p=424723 A graffiti image of former Nazi leader Adolf Hitler was found spray-painted on a wall next to the grave of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov last Friday in the Ukrainian town of Uman. Israel's Ambassador to Ukraine Joel Lion took to Twitter last Friday to condemn the incident, writing that anti-Semites "painted a graffiti of the […]

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]]> A graffiti image of former Nazi leader Adolf Hitler was found spray-painted on a wall next to the grave of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov last Friday in the Ukrainian town of Uman.

Israel's Ambassador to Ukraine Joel Lion took to Twitter last Friday to condemn the incident, writing that anti-Semites "painted a graffiti of the biggest murderer of Jews in History. #NeverAgain begins by fighting any kind of #Antisemitism as defined by [the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance]."

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Lion added that Ukraine "should strongly condemn [the vandalism] and bring the perpetrators to justice."

The graffiti featured a portrait of a bloodied Hitler and a sentence in German: "Reputation is easy to lose and hard to earn."

Local authorities reacted quickly, removing parts of the offensive graffiti within one hour from the ambassador's tweet.

"We welcome the prompt reaction of the #Ukrainian Authorities," Lion said in a follow-up tweet.

Authorities also reportedly apprehended the suspect behind the anti-Semitic incident, who is now facing up to five years in prison.

The grave of Rabbi Nachman, or Nachman of Breslov, founder of the Breslov hassidic movement in Judaism, is a major site for pilgrimage for thousands of his followers from across the globe.

This article was originally published by i24NEWS.

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]]> https://www.israelhayom.com/2019/10/15/rabbi-nachmans-grave-in-ukraine-vandalized-with-hitler-graffiti-suspect-detained/feed/ Israeli leaders mourn death of Holocaust survivor rabbi https://www.israelhayom.com/2019/04/29/israeli-leaders-mourn-death-of-holocaust-survivor-rabbi/ https://www.israelhayom.com/2019/04/29/israeli-leaders-mourn-death-of-holocaust-survivor-rabbi/#respond Mon, 29 Apr 2019 05:07:17 +0000 https://www.israelhayom.com/?p=361451 Israeli leaders were mourning the death of a prominent hassidic rebbe who survived Auschwitz and championed Holocaust remembrance among ultra-Orthodox Jews. Thousands attended the Jerusalem funeral of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Taub, scion of the Hungarian Kaliver rabbinic dynasty, who died Sunday aged 96. Taub helped produce a two-volume encyclopedia documenting Jewish religious martyrs killed in the Holocaust. […]

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]]> Israeli leaders were mourning the death of a prominent hassidic rebbe who survived Auschwitz and championed Holocaust remembrance among ultra-Orthodox Jews.

Rabbi Menachem Mendel Taub

Thousands attended the Jerusalem funeral of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Taub, scion of the Hungarian Kaliver rabbinic dynasty, who died Sunday aged 96. Taub helped produce a two-volume encyclopedia documenting Jewish religious martyrs killed in the Holocaust. His death comes days before Israel marks Holocaust Remembrance Day, honoring 6 million Jews killed by Nazi Germany.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Taub "survived the horrors of the Holocaust and dedicated himself to rebuilding the world of Torah in the State of Israel and among the Jewish Diaspora."

President Reuven Rivlin said on Twitter that Taub's work "has particular resonance at present as we redouble our commitment to remember and never forget."

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