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Holocaust Memorial Day in Italy

Holocaust Memorial Day in Italy

by | Jan 9, 2017 | Yom HaShoah

Zachor!  Memories of my firstHolocaust Memorial Day in Italy   January 27, 1945 marks the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp where one million Jews were tortured, starved and murdered.. Sixty years later, in November 2005 the United Nations General Assembly...

Jewish Ritual Rescue

by | Aug 2, 2023 | Blog, jewish and secular, Jewish Family Life

Jewish Ritual Rescue  What Happens to Judaica When Our Kids Don’t Want It? Last year in a local Goodwill store I found a very old Kiddush cup. It sat on a shelf crowded with an assortment of pewter and silver goblets and was so tarnished that I nearly missed the...
A Tisha B’Av Story

A Tisha B’Av Story

by | Jul 20, 2020 | Tisha B'Av

Tisha B’Av – A Jewish Memorial Day to Honor the Memory of the Jews of the Inquisition Tisha B’Av is a day of Jewish mourning. It falls on the 9th day in the Hebrew month of Av which, this year begins at sundown on Monday, August 12 and continues through...
Sephardic Passover Traditions

Sephardic Passover Traditions

by | Mar 2, 2021 | Jewish Food, Passover

Sephardic Traditions at the Passover Seder Sephardi and Ashkenazi Jews – What’s the Difference? There is a division within the Jewish community that began thousands of years ago and continues to this day.  It is not a division between religious denominations such as...
Ferramonti

Ferramonti

by | Mar 2, 2018 | jewish and secular, Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur

Ferramonti Internment Camp The story of the Ferramonti Internment Camp is a story of Jewish survival thanks to the efforts of Italian soldiers and impoverished Italian villagers who worked together to save nearly 4,000 Jews. Located in the province of Cosenza on the...