Posts Tagged ‘honors’

MOTL Honors Medical Heroes During Second Virtual Yom HaShoah March

Each year, March of the Living brings roughly 10,000 people to Poland on Yom HaShoah to walk along the trails of Auschwitz-Birkenau. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, it cannot take place physically for the second year in a row. Instead, innovative 3D technology is being used to broadcast the first virtual march. On April 8 at […]

Utah Honors Greek Bicentennial with Raising of Acropolis Flag

A flag that flew atop the Acropolis in Athens will be presented to the people of Utah in commemoration of the Greek bicentennial on Thursday. Credit: Greek government Officials including Utah governor Spencer Cox and the Very Reverend George Nikas of the Greek Orthodox Church of Greater Salt Lake took part in ceremonies honoring the […]

Queen Elizabeth Honors Her History With Names For Her New Puppies

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth has named her two new puppies with nods to her past — and happy family memories. Her new dorgi (a cross between a dachshund and a corgi) was named Fergus, for Fergus Bowes-Lyon, a hero uncle who died during World War I in 1915, according to The Sun.  The second pup, a […]

Putin Unveils Israeli WW2 Memorial, Honors Red Army for Ending Holocaust

Russian President Vladimir Putin is on a quick “one-day” official state visit to Israel. It’s Putin’s second trip — he first visited the Jewish State back in 2005. The Russian leader made his first stop in the coastal city of Netanya to inaugurate a memorial to the soldiers of the Red Army who died during […]

New Scroll of Esther Honors another Esther, Recent Terror Victim Esther Horgen

It is always amazing to me how there are families who react to unbearable tragedy by creating something deeply meaningful and beautiful for the Jewish people and, indeed, for the world. This is what the family of Esther Horgen has done. Esther, 52, was brutally murdered by a terrorist on December 20, 2020, while out […]

36th Fajr Music Festival honors winners 

TEHRAN – The 36th Fajr Music Festival was brought to an end by honoring winners in various categories at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall on Monday with a limited number of participants.  In the Classical Music Composition category, the Barbad Award was given to Kaveh Mirhosseini for the album “Ehsraq”.  In the Regional Music Performance category, the […]

Mowj Intl. Short Film Festival honors winners 

TEHRAN – Winners of the 4th edition of the Mowj International Short Film Festival were honored during a closing ceremony held on the island on Sunday. “Lene 1927”, a documentary by Iranian filmmaker Behruz Abbas Dashti, focusing on the journey of the Austrian painter Lene Schneider-Kainer (1885- 1971) to Iran, won the award for best […]

International Art Festival of Resistance honors winners 

TEHRAN – Winners of the Sixth International Art Festival of Resistance were honored during a ceremony on Friday at the Iranian Artists Forum in Tehran. A top selection of artworks in the forms of poster, sculpture, typography, illustration, cartoon and caricature by artists from over 50 countries went on view at the forum while observing […]

Google Doodle honors Fredy Hirsch, Zionist educator who saved Holocaust youth

Google Doodle ran a special feature on Thursday honoring Alfred “Fredy” Hirsch, a teacher and Zionist youth movement leader, in Nazi-occupied Europe, who saved the lives of many Jewish children and provided many others with a glimmer of hope and dignity in the hardest circumstances the world had ever known.  Hirsch was the deputy supervisor of […]

Ceremony honors Japanese diplomat who saved thousands from Holocaust

Chiune Sugihara, known affectionately as the “Japanese Schindler,” was honored at a digital ceremony on Monday ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day.The reception, sponsored by the Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM) and B’nai B’rith International, focused on the efforts of Sugihara, who defied his own government’s orders by issuing travel visas to more than 6,000 Lithuanian Jews […]

Nine artists to receive lifetime achievement honors at Fajr Festival of Visual Arts

TEHRAN – Nine veteran Iranian artists will be honored with lifetime achievement awards at the 13th Fajr Festival of Visual Arts to be held in the Saba Art and Cultural Institute in February. The honorees are master of sculpture and ceramics Jafar Najibi, cartoonist Ahmad Abdollahinia, illustrator Saeid Razzaqi, painter Garnic Derhakupian, miniaturist Khashayr Qazizadeh, […]

The Government that Honors Dr. Martin Luther King with a National Holiday Killed Him

A Review of The Plot to Kill King by William Pepper Very few Americans are aware of the truth behind the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Few books have been written about it, unlike other significant assassinations, especially JFK’s. For almost fifty years there has been a media blackout supported by government deception […]

Belgian Jews Outraged as Flemish Parliament Honors Nazi Collaborators

The parliament building in the Belgian region of Flanders. Photo: Wikicommons Jewish community leaders in Belgium have expressed outrage at the publication of an official brochure that “glorifies” two collaborators with the Nazi occupation during World War II. A statement on Thursday from the Belgian Coordinating Committee of Jewish Organizations (CCOJB) protested that “in the […]

Israel Honors Polish Couple Who Saved Roman Polanski from Holocaust

    Israel is set to honor the Polish couple who allegedly rescued Jewish film director and child rapist Roman Polanski from the Holocaust: A grandson of Stefania and Jan Buchała will accept the medal naming them posthumously as Righteous Among the Nations, a title that Israel confers on non-Jews who risked their lives to […]

Israel Honors Polish Couple Who ‘Saved’ Convicted Child Rapist And Pedophile From ‘Holocaust’

“Roman Polanski Honored by His Own Kind — Again” [November 4th, 2017] “Roman Polanski is a child rapist beloved by Hollywood and the entertainment industry worldwide. On October 30, he was honored at an extravaganza in Paris for his wonderful work. Polanski is accused of molesting four women—the latest of which is an actress who […]

Frankfurt Jewish museum’s $58-million extension honors Anne Frank’s forgotten roots in the city

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After Seattle Jewish establishment honors police department, progressive Jews honor immigrants’ rights group

I am fully aware that religion has the capacity to inspire wisdom, kindness, and a sense of belonging and order to chaotic and confusing lives that are often filled with more suffering than joy. At the same time I must confess that I gave up on god decades ago despite my Orthodox Bubbe and Zayde […]

Obama Honors Jay-Z At Songwriters Hall Of Fame

[Bon Iver:] I shoot the lights out Hide ’til it’s bright out Whoa, just another lonely night Are you willing to sacrifice your life? [Rick Ross:] Bitch I’m a monster no good blood sucker Fat motherfucker now look who’s in trouble As you run through my jungles all you hear is rumbles Kanye West sample, […]

Pop star ‘Lorde’ honors BDS call, cancels Tel Aviv concert

The pop singer Lorde announced on Sunday that she would be canceling her June 5th performance in Tel Aviv after pressure from the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement (BDS). On social media, the New Zealand singer explained that, while she had researched the issue before scheduling her performance in Tel Aviv, in the end […]

Israeli Billionaire Honors Jared Kushner for Shielding Israel from UN

(Analysis) — Duel Israel-U.S. citizen and billionaire businessman, Haim Saban has hosted a forum in Washington which featured a speech by Donald Trump’s son-in-law and Senior Advisor to the President, Jared Kushner. This is Kushner’s first public appearance since Michael Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about speaking with the former Russian Ambassador to the U.S., Sergey […]

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