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Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds refused a Nazi command to identify Jewish American soldiers. (Yad Vashem via JTA)
November 14, 2019, 3:01 am
On Veterans Day, Trump told story of US POW who saved Jewish comrades from Nazis
Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds defied a Nazi command to identify which of his fellow American soldiers were Jewish; ‘We are all Jews,’ said Edmonds, who was not Jewish
By Josefin Dolsten
Simcha Goldin, the father of slain IDF soldier Hadar Goldin, stands with a 10 meter (32 foot) tall inflatable rooster at a demonstration outside the Knesset on August 14, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
August 14, 2019, 4:27 pm
Father of slain IDF soldier protests with giant inflatable rooster at Knesset
Right-wing demonstrators demand an ‘Israeli victory’ over the Palestinians, say chicken represents ‘cowardice of past policies against Hamas’
By TOI staff
Alec Jay as seen on the cover of the book 'Facing Fearful Odds' by his son John Jay. (Courtesy)
August 25, 2018, 3:05 pm
How the comrades of a Jewish-British POW saved him from their Nazi captors
As an SS officer came for Cpl. Alec Jay, his fellow soldiers formed a circle around him, saying that anyone who tried to take him ‘would have to shoot us all’
By TOI staff
Ephraim Talabi, right, and Mohammed Amin a-Sati meeting for the first time 36 years after the First Lebanon War, at a-Sati's home in Zarqa, Jordan, July 2018. (Hadashot screen capture)
August 3, 2018, 11:04 am
36 years later, an Israeli POW meets the Palestinian captor who saved him
Ephraim Talabi, now 55, goes to Jordan to find the former Fatah fighter Mohammed a-Sati, who ‘brought me back to sanity, to my real life’ through simple acts of kindness
By TOI staff
The Cultybraggan Camp as seen fro the end of the road. (CC/SA/2.0/Andrew Scobie)
March 24, 2018, 12:45 pm
Newly discovered cartoons show picturesque British camp that held hardened Nazis
Illustrations depict a placid life for inmates: The only successful escapee came back after a day at the movies, and decades later bequeathed 400,000 pounds to locals
By Robert Philpot
The Cultybraggan POW camp near Comrie in Scotland (YouTube screenshot)
December 3, 2016, 4:27 pm
Nazi POW leaves estate to ‘kind’ Scottish village
When Heinrich Steinmeyer was captured by allies during World War II, he did not expect to develop lifelong friendships with his captors
By AFP
Covers of 'Stalag' pornographic comic books from early 1960s Israel (Courtesy: Heymann Films)
November 17, 2016, 4:29 am
When Israel banned Nazi-inspired ‘Stalag’ porn
As the Knesset prepares a bill to ‘filter’ Internet pornography, a peek at the Jewish state’s 1963 show-down with Holocaust-infused comics
By Matt Lebovic
Joel Sollender, a Jewish World War II veteran and former prisoner of war, who appeared in an ad on behalf of Democrat presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, September, 2016. (YouTube/All Political Ads)
September 20, 2016, 9:53 am
In Clinton ad, Jewish WWII POW slams Trump for ‘insulting’ US military
Joel Sollender, captured during battle, takes issue with Republican nominee for offending Senator John McCain
By JTA
This undated photograph released by the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial shows World War II US Army Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds. (Courtesy of Yad Vashem via AP)
December 2, 2015, 10:01 am
Israel honors GI who told the Nazis, ‘We are all Jews’
US Army Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds, who died in 1985, led over 1,000 POWs in refusing to deliver Jewish comrades to German captors
By Aron Heller
Hebrew logo for 'Prisoners of War' ('Hatufim'), the basis for the US program, 'Homeland.' (photo credit: courtesy)
October 2, 2014, 2:19 pm
Coming soon: Spanish ‘Homeland’
‘Prisoners of War,’ the inspiration for ‘Homeland,’ will be remade in a local version for three Hispanic markets
By TOI staff
A promotional image for Season 4 of "Homeland," based on the Israeli series "Prisoners of War." (Promotional image)
August 12, 2014, 2:07 pm
‘Homeland’ set to launch Season 4
The political thriller based on an Israeli program will return to the small screen on October 5 with a double episode
By Debra Kamin
June 19, 2014, 10:17 pm
The 5 most lopsided prisoner swaps in Israeli history
As the search for three missing teens drags into its second week, we look at Israel’s history of exchanging prisoners for prisoners
By Debra Kamin
Kiefer Sutherland is back as Jack in a new season of '24' (Courtesy '24')
May 13, 2014, 12:45 pm
The Israel connection of 24’s Jack Bauer
Kiefer Sutherland, the actor who plays the CIA agent, says he has sabra relatives
By Jessica Steinberg
Writers Gideon Raff, left, Howard Gordon, center, and Alex Gansa accept Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series award for 'Homeland' onstage at the Emmy Awards on September 23, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo credit: AP/Vince Bucci/Invision for the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences/)
November 13, 2013, 5:12 pm
‘Homeland’ writer sells NBC show to be filmed in Jerusalem
‘Dig,’ co-written by Gideon Raff and ‘Heroes’ scribe Tim Kring, is first produced-in-Israel show to be sold as a series for US television
By TOI staff
Orna Banai (left) and Eyal Kitzis of 'Eretz Nehederet.' (photo credit: Flash90/file)
April 12, 2013, 3:51 pm
Keshet Media group sells six TV show formats to China
Channel 2 provider also the home of drama ‘Prisoners of War,’ the basis of the award-winning US drama ‘Homeland
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