Two Israelis Named to Looted Nazi Art Task Force
The Times of Israel reported this week that two Israeli art curators have been appointed to a task force responsible for a treasure trove of art found in spring 2012 in a Munich apartment.  The collection, discovered in the home of Cornelius Gorlitt, son of Hitler’s most notorious art dealer, is valued at $1.4 billion […]
Forgotten Victims: Roma Delegation Visits Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum to Learn to Preserve Memory
Many are familiar with Nazi Germany’s “Final Solution” to the “Jewish problem,” but the Jews were not the Nazis’ only victims.  Now, one group is seeking the assistance of Yad Vashem, Israel’s Holocaust Museum, to help preserve the memory of their people’s suffering. The Roma, also known erroneously as Gypsies, were considered by the Germans […]
Aliyah Tops List of $2.5 Million Gifted to Israeli Charities by John Hagee Ministries
Cornerstone Church, the church of Pastor John Hagee, held its 33rd annual Night to Honor Israel on Sunday with the largest donations to Holy Land going to organizations working in aliyah, or immigration to Israel. The international aliyah organization Nefesh B’Nefesh received the single largest gift, with a $500,000 donation. The Jewish Agency, which also deals in […]
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 […]
Egyptian Doctor First Arab Recognized as Righteous Among Nations
“…neither shalt thou stand idly by the blood of thy neighbor: I am the LORD.” (Leviticus 19:16) In synagogues around the world this past weekend, Jews read the story of Cain, who cynically asked, “Am I my brother’s keeper?” Now, the Yad Vashem Holocaust museum has recognized one man whose answer to that question was […]
Italian Sports Star Named Righteous Gentile Posthumously
I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread. All the day long he dealeth graciously, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed. Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore. (Psalms 37:25-27) Gino Bartali, a well-known Italian sportsman and public […]
Indiana-born Mennonite Only Fourth American to be Honored as Righteous Gentile
Happy is he that considereth the poor; the LORD will deliver him in the day of evil. (Psalms 41:2) There is none so poor as one whose life is in danger, nor none so generous as one who risks his life to save another. Â Lois Gunden, a Mennonite from Goshen, Indiana, was one such generous […]
