She is survived by five of her six children, 21 grandchildren, and 26 great-grandchildren, which is quite a legacy for someone who escaped Nazi Germany in time.
A supporter of Palestinian as well as Israeli Jewish rights, she served as co-president of Americans for Peace Now and supported then-President Bill Clinton’s criticism of Israeli settlement policy.
Mr. Beren’s impact on the Jewish community, and especially on Jewish education, has been of global magnitude. He spent his life supporting countless major Jewish institutions.
Although raised Catholic, Pancur felt an affinity with the Yiddish musical culture that thrived for centuries across Europe before its devastation by the Holocaust.
Silas Nigerker's partner told Maariv that he had been going to Huwara for errands all the time.
When Tec set out to write a book about the Bielski brothers, she sought to fill in omissions and correct distortions created by their almost-total excision from historical accounts of the Holocaust.
Robertson is of Jewish descent, coming from his father's side of the family.
As an amateur matchmaker, she reportedly arranged more than two dozen matches that resulted in successful marriages.
She co-founded and performed with “The Pocket People,” a children’s theater group, and “Women’s Voices,” a group giving dramatized poetry readings.
Legendary American singer Tony Bennett has died at the age of 96, the Associated Press reported Friday.
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