From Poland to the Wall
A group of young Poles with a special past visited Israel and the Western Wall in this moving video. While their grandparents were hidden and raised as Catholics during the Holocaust, their descendants are reconnecting to Judaism. Click here to learn more about the work of “Israel Returns”
Memorial Song at Yad Vashem
Watch a moving rendition of a Hebrew song “Someone” at Yad Vashem on Yom HaShoah. The words in English are translated as: “Someone worries for me up there.” Learn more Israel365’s Tour of Remembrance to Poland
Polish Ban on Kosher Slaughter Partially Lifted
After months of uncertainty, Sejm, the Polish Parliament, has issued a position paper partially reversing an earlier ban on Kosher ritual slaughter. In 2012, following a court ruling, the Polish government banned all forms of slaughter which did not include pre-stunning the animal.
Israeli Knesset Heads to Auschwitz for Holocaust Memorial Day
Today marks the International Holocaust Remembrance Day in commemoration of the savage crime perpetrated by the Nazis against Jews during the Second World War. On January 27, 1945, Soviet troops liberated the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp. In 2005, the United Nations passed a resolution marking January 27 as an international day of Holocaust commemoration. In what […]
Holocaust Education in Israel to Begin as Early as First Grade
“Remember what Amalek did unto thee…” (Deuteronomy 25:17) Education Minister Shai Piron is proposing a change in Holocaust education in Israel. According the the Times of Israel, his new plan would include compulsory Holocaust studies in each of the twelve years of school. He first mentioned the plan on Israel’s Channel 2 news, during an […]
Pope Wishes Jews A Happy New Year, Vows to Investigate Slaughter Ban
And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: Speak unto the children of Israel, saying: In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall be a solemn rest unto you, a memorial proclaimed with the blast of horns, a holy convocation. Ye shall do no manner of servile work; and ye shall bring […]
Ritual Slaughter Ban Upheld in Poland
“People of holiness shall you be to Me; you shall not eat flesh of an animal that was torn in the field, to the dog shall you throw it.” (Exodus 22:30) In a 222-178 decision, Polish parliament rejected a bill that would reinstate ritual slaughter in the country. In December, Poland declared it illegal to […]
