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For one agonizing moment, Meir thought his time in the world was about to end. But glancing at the note taped to his gun, he quickly murmured the words: Hashem Hu Elokim, ein od milvado. Then, a few meters in front of Meir, the missile changed direction in midair, as if it struck an invisible force field.
His reply was quick in coming. I’ve heard of a segula if the Pesach wine used for the makkos is poured on the doorstep of irritating neighbors they might move out, he informed him. Of course, Asher and Malkie were very excited to hear about this unusual segula and couldn’t wait for the seder to end so they could implement it.
When the threat of war increased during the 1930s in Germany, Judaica collector Dr. Heinrich Feuchtwanger attempted to persuade the Deller family to donate their sukkah to a museum in Jerusalem.
Sharing her experiences with honesty and humor, she enables the reader to connect to her challenging journey with all its difficult and positive aspects.
You can’t control how rich you will be, or how smart or successful you will be. But you can control how good you will be.
"Gruninger paid a high price for the choice he made. In the struggle between his sense of duty as a police officer, and dedication to the concepts of humanity, the latter triumphed," states Yad Vashem.
Donata, like Eberhard, viewed the Nazis as “a failure of human decency.” Equally despising their heartlessness, she took the risk of defying them to save Jewish lives.
Through my research, I not only discovered my history, but also what it means to be a Jew.
Of all the Pesach foods we had, the one I recall most fondly is my mother’s ginger-carrot candy.
In 1933, Wegner chose to risk everything – his home, successful career and his own freedom – by speaking out in protest of Hitler's treatment of the Jews.
She decided to seek help straight from the top, contacting the Queen Mother, Elisabeth of Belgium herself.
The country of Denmark has the rare distinction of being the only occupied country in Europe to defy the Nazi regime’s attempt to deport its Jewish citizens, and, in fact, saved 99% of them.
The surviving five percent of Lithuanian Jewry owe their lives to the small number of heroic people who saved them.
Her brave answer resulted in her imprisonment in Bourges prison where she would witness further cruelty towards Jews.
Dom Bruno was clearly a courageous man, risking his own life to save four hundred Jewish lives, most of them children.
Many of these rescuers, rather than fleeing to ensure their own safety, chose to help their brethren escape.
Filled with rage at the cruelty of the Nazis, she vowed to save as many Jewish children as she could.
Some were hysterical. Many wept. All were desperate.
Never refusing an assignment, Suzanne walked all over the city of Paris in an effort to find a hospital willing to risk treating Jews in hiding who needed urgent medical attention.
Sousa Mendes told Rabbi Kruger that he also had a large family and wanted to help the Kruger family.
I do not consider myself a hero. I only did my duty as a human being toward people who were persecuted and tortured.
The Greek royal family had been well acquainted with the family of Haimaki Cohen, a Jewish former member of Parliament, from northern Greece.
I couldn't stand the sight of people being branded like animals... I couldn't stand seeing children being killed. I did what I had to do.
I decided to really understand what Jewish people go through by becoming a Jew.
These two special women utilized their incredibly painful experience as an opportunity to assist others.


