Project puts names to Holocaust survivors -- Jewish high school seniors take part in documentary program [Corrected 12/31/08]Lindsay Melvin
Elisabeth R disappeared in the Holocaust, one of the six million Jews murdered by the Nazis. She may have died in Ravensbruck or been transported to one of the notorious death camps such as Auschwitz or Treblinka. No one knows for certain. But now she, and millions of others like her,...
But among the horrors of the Holocaust emerged some devastating practical problems: The names of the dead were too numerous to remember easily, and whole families were lost, leaving survivors with the difficult task of remembering them. François Girard’s “The Song of Names” is constructed ...
me this is not a film about music,” he says. “This is an intimate story of two brothers, in which the undercurrents of the Holocaust and the memory of those that disappeared, gradually emerges. I made sure at all times that the music was always serving that, and never the reverse....
Born on July 29, 1953, in Toronto, Canada, his parents were Holocaust survivors who imbued him with an incredible sense of resilience and passion that would later define his musical journey. Lee's interest in music began at an early age, and he joined his first band - Rush - when he...
Martin Gilbert, The Routledge Atlas of Jewish History, p.91 Origins of the Krymchaks For more than a century, scholars have pondered the origins of Crimean Jewry, without reaching any firm conclusions. Karaite Jews have argued in the past that the Krymchaks were simply a group of Karaites ...
13 Even he shall build the temple of the Lord; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both. – – Is it possible that the Branch / Messiah has come already as...
Born on July 29, 1953, in Toronto, Canada, his parents were Holocaust survivors who imbued him with an incredible sense of resilience and passion that would later define his musical journey. Lee's interest in music began at an early age, and he joined his first band - Rush - when he...
Born on July 29, 1953, in Toronto, Canada, his parents were Holocaust survivors who imbued him with an incredible sense of resilience and passion that would later define his musical journey. Lee's interest in music began at an early age, and he joined his first band - Rush - when he...
Geddy Lee, whose original name is Gary Lee Weinrib, was destined to make a significant impact on the world of rock music. Born on July 29, 1953, in Toronto, Canada, his parents were Holocaust survivors who imbued him with an incredible sense of resilience and passion that would later de...