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Chana Lipis was the first of 50 students from a Berlin Jewish day school to celebrate her bat mitzvah. The school was established partly by her parents, Mimi and Leo Lipis.
Simcha Spotlight
Bat Mitzvah in Berlin Recalls Holocaust
By Allen Lipis
The bat mitzvah of Chana Sophia Bena Lipis took place in Berlin, at the historic Oranienburger Strasse Synagogue.
Brent Starr with Brigitte Bidet, who changed into an iconic white dress to sing “Happy Birthday” to Fay Gold (center).
June 22, 2022, 2:55 pm
Art Expert Fay Gold Rings in 90
One hundred guests from LA to Savannah joined in praise of Fay Gold on her 90th birthday.
By Marcia Caller Jaffe
(Left to right) Brother Michael, mom Renay and dad Ned Blumenthal (far right) expressed their admiration for Rachel’s kindness and love of family tradition.
June 22, 2022, 1:51 pm
Rachel’s Road to Rhodes
The Blumenthal family celebrated Rachel’s bat mitzvah in the Old Jewish Quarter of Rhodes, Greece.
By Marcia Caller Jaffe
Chana Lipis was the first of 50 students from a Berlin Jewish day school to celebrate her bat mitzvah. The school was established partly by her parents, Mimi and Leo Lipis.
June 22, 2022, 1:29 pm
Bat Mitzvah in Berlin Recalls Holocaust
The bat mitzvah of Chana Sophia Bena Lipis took place in Berlin, at the historic Oranienburger Strasse Synagogue.
By Allen Lipis
The Small Fortress Cemetery memorial at Theresienstadt concentration camp. Fewer than 1,600 Jew inmates of the camp survived. // Elan Kawesch/Times of Israel
June 2, 2022, 4:12 pm
Emory Grad’s Play Stages Shakespeare During the Shoah
The prize-winning drama focuses on Jewish life in Theresienstadt set up by the Nazis.
By Bob Bahr
Stones of Remembrance left at the Holocaust Memorial at Greenwood Cemetery.
June 2, 2022, 12:42 pm
Stones of Remembrance
The Stones of Remembrance Project is an annual activity that memorializes the one and a half million children who were killed in the Holocaust.
By Charles Hacker
Martin William Wolfe
May 12, 2022, 4:05 pm
Obituary: Martin William Wolfe
Marty was born February 25, 1927, in Brooklyn, New York, to Harry and Pauline Wolfe, second-generation immigrants from the Russia-Poland region of Eastern Europe.
Burton Hyman Gershon
May 12, 2022, 1:57 pm
Obituary: Burton Hyman Gershon
Burton Hyman Gershon, 101, of Dunwoody, passed away peacefully in his sleep, in hospice care, May 7.
Members from the international Consular Corps lit candles honoring Holocaust victims, rescuers, liberators and survivors.
May 10, 2022, 10:37 am
State Holocaust Program Honors Georgians at Capitol
After a pandemic-forced hiatus, the Georgia Commission on the Holocaust returned to the Georgia State Capitol House of Representatives for an in-person Days of Remembrance program.
By Fran Putney
George (center), together with Oscar and Walter, at their family reunion at the Western Wall // Photo Credit: United Hatzalah
May 5, 2022, 12:56 pm
Holocaust Survivors Unite With Long Lost Family, Hold Bar Mitzvah at Age 92
Two Israeli Holocaust survivor brothers learned that they have a family living in America, a family which they knew nothing about until recently, and united in Jerusalem.
By Raphael Poch
Stuart Eizenstat has denounced Russian minister Lavrov over his remarks about Hitler possibly having Jewish blood.
May 2, 2022, 4:28 pm
Israel, US Holocaust Museum Denounce Russian Minister Lavrov Over Hitler Remarks
Lavrov had defended ‘denazification’ of Zelensky-run Ukraine by saying ‘some of worst antisemites are Jews’.
By TOI STAFF
An emergency worker is helped by locals to carry a man to an ambulance following a Russian bombardment in Kharkiv, Ukraine, April 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
April 29, 2022, 1:52 pm
In Israel, Holocaust Survivors from Ukraine Ambivalent About Their War-Torn Homeland
Many Ukrainians killed Jews during World War II, collaborated with Nazis, and the country has honored antisemites, while others saved Jewish neighbors, say some survivors.
By TOI STAFF
April 28, 2022, 2:33 pm
Obituary: Morton P. Levine
Morton P. Levine, 95, passed away in Atlanta, Ga., on April 26, peacefully at home, surrounded by his family.
This month’s showing of “Big Sonia” on public television will bring the film to a national audience for the first time.
April 20, 2022, 12:59 pm
AJFF Holocaust Film Airing on Public Television
“Big Sonia,” which premiered at the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival in 2017, returns to WPBA, Atlanta’s Public Television station, at the end of April.
By Bob Bahr
Daniel Elkind
April 18, 2022, 10:18 am
Daniel Elkind’s 2022 Passover Message
Daniel Elkind shares his inspiration and thoughts on this year's Passover holiday with the community.
By Daniel Elkind
Meat pies made with matzah are a feature of Turkish Sephardic cooking.
April 15, 2022, 2:02 pm
The Unique Experience of a Sephardic Seder
Ladino or Judeo-Spanish was the preferred language for Jews throughout the Mediterranean region, southern Europe and Morocco.
By Bob Bahr
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