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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 475

hidden Jews

Henry and Charlotte Birnbaum after the war (Yad Vashem)
January 27, 2022, 10:33 am
Exhibit on false identities shows terror of Jews who hid from Nazis in plain sight
Online exhibition by Yad Vashem, open from January 27, highlights the accounts of 14 survivors who forged papers, pretending to be non-Jewish to survive the genocide
By Matt Lebovic
Rabbi Elisha Salas, right, instructing a baker in Belmonte, Portugal, in the preparation of kosher challah, April 2012. (Courtesy of Shavei Israel/via JTA)
December 28, 2017, 6:26 am
Food makers in Portugal are going kosher — and not why you think
With about 20% of Iberians thought to possess Jewish ancestry, factory owners seek to get closer to Judaism through the products they make
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty on a donkey in Haiti before the outbreak of World War II. (Courtesy/Memorial Society)
May 20, 2017, 11:17 am
The unbelievable heroic story of Ireland’s overlooked ‘Oskar Schindler’
Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty was wanted for saving hundreds of Jews in Rome during elaborate disguised operations that earned him the name ‘Scarlet Pimpernel’
By Michael Riordan
Erik Ross
April 11, 2017, 7:38 am
Erik Ross
The Polish Akiva
A walk through Poznan uncovers the Jews deep beneath the surface — in culture, architecture, and personal history
Pakistani citizens Fischel (Faisal) Benkhald and older brother Mohammad Iqbal at a rare in-person meeting in Jeddah, August 2012. (courtesy)
April 7, 2017, 4:08 pm
Denounced by his brothers, Pakistani Jew says he’s being thrown to an ‘apostate lynch mob’
As Faisel Benkhald awaits his new Pakistani ID card officially recognizing him as a Jew, his siblings call his claims their mother was Jewish ‘insane’
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Johan Heldenbergh co-stars with Jessica Chastain as Jan Zabinski in 'The Zookeeper's Wife.' (Anne Marie Fox/Focus Features/via JTA)
March 18, 2017, 6:08 am
Jessica Chastain on playing a Holocaust heroine in ‘The Zookeeper’s Wife’
Actress says she’s ‘honored’ to portray the real-life superhero who risked everything to save 300 Jews from the Nazis
By Curt Schleier
The John Rylands Library in Manchester where Dr. Aron Sterk found the English translation of the ancient Spanish siddur. (Wikimedia commons)
July 26, 2016, 6:31 pm
Mystery surrounds mistake-filled 300-year-old prayer book found in UK
Unique liturgical text, a ‘translation of a translation’ discovered by academic in Manchester collection, prompts speculation over religious Jews in England earlier than thought
By Jenni Frazer
Hamilton Jordan, left, then the White House chief of staff, speaking with president Jimmy Carter at the White House, July 19, 1979. (Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images/via JTA)
November 28, 2015, 5:56 am
From Deep South crypto Jew to the White House
For Jimmy Carter’s Southern chief of staff Hamilton Jordan, being Jewish was a family secret
By Sarah Wildman
Abraham Foxman holds a replica of his Hollywood Walk of Fame Star as he is honored by the ADL's 2014 Annual Meeting at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, on November 7, 2014. (Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images/JTA)
June 17, 2015, 1:42 am
As Foxman leaves, a look at what the ADL stands to lose
The Anti-Defamation League’s longtime leader, Abraham Foxman brought media savvy, with a side of candor, to the table
By Uriel Heilman
Malgorzata Lubinska's son Lucasz (left) preparing for his bar mitzvah in Warsaw in "H-I-Jew Positive." (photo credit: Ron Katzenelson)
October 30, 2014, 9:31 am
Polish hidden Jews embrace ‘hip’ ancestry
Rediscovering Jewish roots is becoming cool for Poland’s youth, but lingering memories of the Holocaust are never far from the surface
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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