Strolling Through Life

Thank you for standing together with Israel!

Tel Aviv, Israel

By Vincent Mahé

Located 12 km south of Jerusalem, in the Judean desert, Herodium looks like an extinct volcano, but it really is a fort built by King Herod the Great between 23 and 15 BC.

Jewish survivors of the Buchenwald Nazi concentration camp, some still in their camp clothing, stand on the deck of the refugee immigration ship Mataroa, on July 15, 1945 at Haifa port.

The dreamy landscape around the Dead Sea.

If we all do SOMETHING, even in some small way, it will make a BIG difference!

When not on show, the scrolls are kept in a dark, climate-controlled storeroom in conditions similar to those in the Qumran caves, where the humidity, temperature and darkness preserved them for two millennia. Read more.

Scores of elderly veterans living in Israel marched on Sunday through Jerusalem’s city center in full military uniform to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, drawing cheers and amazed looks from onlookers. The men, who had fought for various European armies during the war, were smiling and waving as they walked the sunny streets of Jerusalem. “It’s very important that people remember this day. It’s very important that people come here, even 10 years from now when not all these veterans will be with us. It’s very important that this thing continues as a habit to come and celebrate this day," said Netali Palalo, the grandchild of a veteran who passed away. Israel usually observes the Nazi defeat on May 8, Victory in Europe day, as do most European countries.

Today is apparently Eat What You Want Day (no complaints here!). May we suggest: Date cake with mandarin orange glaze

Sussex Friends Of Israel

This is a recording from 1945 from the liberation of the concentration camp Bergen-Belsen. They are singing “Hatikvah”(The Hope) which is about the hope shared by all Jews to be a safe and secure people in charge of our own destiny. This recording is the voice of a generation.

 - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

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- Yiddish poet (Washington Holocaust Museum)

For Yom Hashoah - Connecting past and present.