Remembering Holocaust Destruction vs Liberation
Boys entertaining themselves in the quarry in Buchenwald post liberation. Photo from Monas...
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Remembering Holocaust Destruction vs Liberation
Remembering Holocaust Destruction vs Liberation
On the 75th yahrzeit, better than kaddish?
My grandfather died in Buchenwald concentration camp on March 10, 1945, just weeks before ...
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Kaddish Club 2
The Kaddish Club 2: chained to the amud Please note that the posts on The Blogs are contri...
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On the 11th of April, our family has for many years celebrating my father’s liberati...
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The Unetanneh Tokef prayer says it so powerfully and poignantly: “On Rosh Hashanah w...
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Mr Tzvi (Harry) Raitman, 90, OBM
For years he sat quietly in his seat in shul – week-in, week-out – like a permanent fi...
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Of Dead Cricketers and Dead Shul-goers
The national outpouring of grief following the tragic death of cricketer Phil Hughes afte...
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Kapital Nun
I’ve been saying kapital nun (chapter 50 of Tehillim) daily for a while now. Ma...
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Facebook Death Protocol
Marc died yesterday. It was quite a shock – I don’t think he was even 60. I kn...
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The Kaddish Club
They gather together in the middle of the work day, converging on venues around the Melbou...
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