Yom HaShoah is a day for internal reflection, providing an opportunity to honor the victims of the Holocaust and recognize the achievements of its survivors and refugees who have contributed so much to society.
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Poems by Abraham Liessin Spring and Freedom From the farthest kingdoms going, Through the wafts of ocean flowing, Wafts the breeze of vernal tide, Reaching cities, crowd infested, Cramped, in walls of stone congested Where the sons of men abide. On his gleaming pinions wings he, And a ray of sunshine brings he To the heart of every wight; And the sons of men in gladness Thrilled to joy akin to madness Hearken to the song of life. From nation to nation the tremulous spring Vibrates in a world that is gay; From northland to southland it quickens to sing Of the message of hope in its ray. It opens the black, stubborn soil to the flower The wood to its budlet and leaf; It conjures the roses to perfume the bower, The heart to abandon its grief. The world in an ecstasy glowing reposes In radiant arms, elate, And everywhere hope like the opening roses Awakens — invincibly great.
From the farthest kingdoms going, Through the wastes of ocean flowing In the blessed vernal day, Wends the Freedom spirit near us, Fragrant, beautiful, to cheer us Like the merry month of May. Like the spring, gay carols sows he, And the fairest flowers blows he For the hearts he haps to meet. And the world so dark and clouded, Massed in cities overcrowded, Thrills again to joy complete. Wherever there echoes a national tread The oneness of mankind is real ; In Occident, orient, humans are led By the call of a steadfast ideal. And world-wide it lures the magic of spring In harmonious thrilling to all, With love and with peace in its rhythmical swing And the prophet of dreams in its call. For the spirits of men respond to the test, They fuse in the fires of fate; One hope there awakens in East and in West One hope — invincibly great. Translated by Elias Lieberman
This beautiful poem by Abraham Liessin (translated by Elias Lieberman) is a poignant reminder that spring is the season of renewal and hope: “And everywhere hope like the opening roses awakens – invincibly great.”
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Tonight and tomorrow mark Yom HaShoah - Holocaust Remembrance Day 🔯
This interview from AJRefugee Voices speaks to Natalia Karp, a pianist who promised to play for her friend after their imprisonment at Lichtewerden camp.
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Pliny The Younger wrote epistles as the New Testament Paul. We know that in a number of ways, none the least of which is his own epistles, where matches can be found. But info about that is also found in the Talmud. #JewSky #Talmud #Jewish #JewishHistory #Discover
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📷 Rembrandt sketch of Menasseh Ben Israel • Jewish Museum London
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Salute to the Heroes of the Warsaw Ghetto Last month the English-Speaking Division of the Workmen's Circle marked the first anniversary of the uprising of the Jews in the Warsaw ghetto with a fitting memorial. To a responsive audience the young people of the Workmen's Circle presented a "Salute to the Heroes of the Warsaw Ghetto" in a pageant depicting the events that led up to the revolt. It was a dramatic and poignant reminder of what our brothers in Europe are suffering, and how oppression and suffering will not crush men who are free spirits — men who have no love of war and its evils, men who have been forever under the heel of oppression and who are forever rising from the depths to sing again the songs of, and to fight for, freedom and liberation. The pageant was written by Jacob Pat and beautifully directed by Jacob Rothbaum, of the Folksbine. It took us through the events leading up to the fighting against the Nazis, up to the barricades on which so many valiant Jews gave their lives so that the world might know of their plight. We had a glimpse of the feelings of Szmul Zygelboim before he took his life in protest against the indifference of the world, of the meeting of the Jewish Council at which it was decided not to give in to the Nazi decrees, and of the heart-rending situation of the Jews in the ghettos.
Solomon Mendelson, representative of the Polish Labor Bund spoke movingly of the conditions in Europe, and we know he spoke for everyone present when he pledged that we would do all in our power to see that vengeance is wreaked upon the Nazis for everything they have done to the innocents of the world. Mark Starr, Educational Director of the I.L.G.W.U., reiterated in his talk the feelings of all Americans who have looked upon the horrors perpetrated by the Nazis. The earlier part of the program was devoted to a presentation by Corinne Chochem and her Rikkud Ami dance group, of Yitgadal Veyitgadash, the story of a refugee girl who relives in dreams the life she has had to leave in her flight from her home. An interesting dance presentation of El Maleh Rachmin closed this part of the program. The musical portion of the evening was ably filled by the Workmen's Circle chorus under the direction of Lazar Weiner, and several fine selections by Mishel Piastro, violinist. The chorus performed beautifully in its accustomed manner, a variety of numbers. The young people who took part in the presentation are to be lauded for their fine work and for the touching performance they gave. Israel Knox served as chairman for the evening.
The pages of the Workers Circle's digitized archive, The Call, www.thecall.org, capture the memories of members and ghetto survivors, and record the commemorative programs we held each year.
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“I don’t believe the whole world has gone mad. Someone will help you.”
Two Roses is a powerful #GraphicNarrative of Holocaust survivor Rose Lipszyc, who survived Nazi Germany by passing as a Polish Catholic forced labourer.
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On April 19, the Workers Circle will pay tribute to the Jewish men and women of the Warsaw Ghetto who, with few weapons but with infinite resolve, fought back against the German forces who were intent on murdering them. #warsawghetto #jewishhistory #yiddishhistory
'As the Bundists knew, “it’s either solidarity across difference or savagery.”
Savagery is firmly in place right now, but solidarity and resistance is growing too. #Hope #JewishHistory
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"Persia (modern-day Iran) appears frequently in the Old Testament, representing the empire that conquered Babylon and allowed the Jewish people to return from exile to rebuild Jerusalem" #Trump wants to destroy Biblical history #evangelical #Jewishhistory #Bible
The recorded seminar is now available on @pennmaterialtexts.bsky.social YT channel: youtu.be/MtPgTTuQaLA?... #EarlyModern #JewishEthnographies #JewishHistory #Antisemitism #BookHistory
Zwei etwa 1 m hohe Steinfiguren auf einer Steinbank. Sie stehen in einem kopfsteingepflasterten Hof. Hinter ihnen ist ein bisschen weiße Fassade eines älteren Gebäudes und ein Rosenbusch zu sehen. Die beiden Figuren stehen nebeneinander, sie tragen lange faltenreiche Gewänder und topfartige Hüte, wie sie die jüdischen Gelehrten im Mittelalter trugen. Sie stellen zwei jüdische Gelehrte aus dem Mittelalter dar. Die beiden Figuren sind aus einfachem grauen Stein, möglicherweise Granit. Die rechte hat die Hände vor der Brust gefaltet. Die linke hebt eine der Hände, als ob sie gerade etwas erklärt oder doziert. Aus der jüdischen Gemeinde von Speyer gingen vom 11. bis 13. Jahrhundert bedeutende Religionsgelehrte hervor. Unter dem Namen „Die Weisen von Speyer" prägten sie mit ihrer Lehre, ihren Schriften und im Austausch mit jüdischen Gelehrten in Nah und Fern entscheidend das Judentum in Europa. Der Aufstellungsort ist das Zentrum um das jüdische Bad in Speyer. Das Zentrum dokumentiert die jüdische Geschichte der Stadt. Die jüdische Gemeinde bestand dort seit dem 11. Jahrhundert, sie wurde auf Initiative des christlichen Bischofs angesiedelt.
'Mittelalterlich' #FotoVorschlag
Die "Weisen von Speyer".
Speyer gehörte zu den großen jüdischen Zentren im Mittelalter und mit Mainz und Worms bildete es die drei Shum-Städte.
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Short – One Concept a Day.
This time: Iggeret HaRamban
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And also on my Blog: nirtopper.com
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'Here where we live, is our country' Podcast interview with the author Molly Crabapple #JewishHistory #AntiZionists
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Free book, 'Piso Christ', tells how, why & by whom, the New Testament was written. Christianity was created during a time of war as a part of that war. The war was fought over the issue of slavery & human rights for The People. Roman rulers & royals of the Roman Empire wanted to keep the slavery that they had been used to & took for granted. But certain Jewish leaders wanted to help The People and free them of slavery. Everyone needs to know the information in this book, which is why I made it free (as well as the rest of my work). Please tell others! - Roman Piso
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How Christianity Began:
FEATURED JOB: One-year Visiting Instructor/Assistant Professor of Jewish History - Western Washington University
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Rabbi Charlie Popky's Mahashavoth for April!
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FEATURED JOB: Rose Mibab and Carl Goldberg Postdoctoral Fellowship in Holocaust Studies, College of Charleston -
South Carolina
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The Workers Circle is proud to sponsor a memorial marking the 83rd Anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising at the memorial stone in Riverside Park (83rd/84th Streets).
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Barefoot Against the Flames:
Was Berenice Judea’s Traitor or Its Last Defender?
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📣 #Callforapplications under the newly established Monika Richarz Fund– Research on Early Modern #JewishHistory. This call explicitly invites research on Early Modern Jewish history, applications for funding may be submitted in German or English no later than 30 April 2026. kurzlinks.de/lk9q #cfa
A Jewish book event in NYC this coming Tuesday, featuring the author (Diego Moldes) and the book's English translator (me)! The event will be partly in English and partly in Spanish.
Tickets are free but limited:
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In the 1920s, some Jews hoped communism would end antisemitism by erasing Jewish identity. Educator Anat Zalmanson-Kuznetsov has just posted a lesson plan showing why that hope proved tragically wrong. Pair it with A VISIT TO MOSCOW: bit.ly/4bw1RX1
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