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New York: Throw the first pitch!

SCHELLY TALALAY DARDASHTI — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 18:59:00 +0000

Take me out to the ballgame. Buy me some peanuts and crackerjacks. Throw the first pitch for the New York Mets vs St. Louis Cardinals game on Wednesday, July 28. The US Holocaust Museum’s New York Next Generation Board thought up a great fundraiser. For a minimum donation to the USHMM of $20,000, you can throw the first pitch at the game, set for 6pm at Citi Field. This chance of a lifetime is courtesy of the New York Mets. The winner of this honor will be joined on the mound by a New York–area World War II veteran who helped defeat Nazi Germany and liberate Holocaust survivors, and will also be invited to a special private-suite Museum event commemorating the 65th anniversary of the liberation of the camps. How to keep your eye on the ball: The highest pledge received by Friday, July 23, gets the honor of the pitch and also of supporting the USHMM’s efforts to promote human dignity, confront hatred and prevent genocide. Interested? Learn more by contacting Jana Neil in the USHMM’s northeast regional office.

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Best Seller

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 03:00:02 +0000

This is one of the cartoons that I did while watching the Flotilla affair from America and not from back here in Israel. Many Jews back in America and here in Israel now understand that virulent antisemitism is alive and well. The Protocols of the Elders of Zion was, and is, a major vehicle for the spread of “Jew hatred”. For info about the history of the Protocols click here . “The Protocols” was not only a big hit in Nazi circles, it’s a now a blockbuster in the Arab world. Below is the cover of the currently best-selling Egyptian version. Click on the book jacket and we’ll take you to an Islamic site where you can read the whole thing yourself… In English, French, German, Swedish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, or Italian! -Dry Bones- Israel’s Political Comic Strip Since 1973

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Wounded Israeli Soldiers Address War and Peace in Washington

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:00:00 +0000

Wounded Israeli veterans touring the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States headed to the nation’s capital for a two-day series of meetings and tours at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, the White House, the Israeli Embassy and other sites inside the Beltway.

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Holocaust Survivor Shares Message of Hope With Houston Audience

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:00:00 +0000

Pointing to his experiences in the Holocaust as a caution against allowing human suffering to go unchecked in the world, 88-year-old Sam Spritzer told a group of young Jewish professionals in Houston, Texas, that his unlikely survival offered hope for the future.

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Holocaust Survivor Shares Message of Hope With Houston Audience

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:00:00 +0000

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Russian Holocaust Survivors Celebrate Victory Day in Brooklyn

Mon, 10 May 2010 17:00:00 +0000

Despite unseasonably cold weather and gusty winds, more than 100 Holocaust survivors and their family members gathered at a New York seaside park to commemorate the capitulation of Nazi Germany to Soviet forces in Eastern Europe.

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World Marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:00:00 +0000

Heads of state across Europe commemorated International Holocaust Remembrance Day as people throughout the continent resolved to never let the nightmares of World War II happen again.

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Elie Wiesel Focuses on Shared Futures in Parliamentary Address

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:00:00 +0000

In his historic address before the Hungarian Parliament, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel told lawmakers and foreign dignitaries that the Jewish community must be allowed to thrive.

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Elie Wiesel to Hungary: Be Strong in Fighting Hate

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:00:00 +0000

Near the end of an historic two-day return to his native Hungary, Holocaust survivor and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Elie Wiesel embraced the brother of two individuals mentioned in his semi-autobiographical memoir of life in the concentration camps.

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In Historic Visit, Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel Returns to Hungary

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:00:00 +0000

Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel celebrated the 20th anniversary of Chabad-Lubavitch activities in Budapest, his first official trip back to the country from which he and his family were deported more than 60 years ago.

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