Tag: Jewish
Tunisia: the compassion of the Muslims of Djerba after the attack targeting the Jewish pilgrimage
In Tunisia, the Djerba attack continues to make headlines. On this Friday, May 12, a day of great Muslim prayer, she was also in the minds of the faithful. Report…
Tunisia: an armed attack kills five on the island of Djerba in the middle of the Jewish pilgrimage of Ghriba
The Jewish pilgrimage to the Ghriba in Tunisia, the largest Jewish gathering on the African continent, ends in blood. An armed attack killed five people there last night, including two…
Names of Jewish monument Zeist etched in stone and memory: ‘They were betrayed and deported’
Gerrit van der Vorst and his wife Heleen bij ‘t Vuur have been digging into it for weeks, if not months: the names and stories of Jews who were not…
Jewish monument back in Zeist, with 51 new names
The idea to add the 51 new names to the monument came from Gerrit van der Vorst and Martin Slootweg. In recent years, Van der Vorst and his wife Heleen…
tribute to the jewish resistance
WARSAW GHETTO. Eighty years ago, Jews in the Warsaw ghetto rose up against Nazi oppression, hoping to escape deportation. Back to this tragic episode of the Second World War. Summary…
Calendar of Jewish holidays in 2023-2024
Passover, Shavuot, Rosh Hashanah, Simcha Thora, Kippur, Purim and Hanukkah… Here are all the dates of the Jewish holidays for the year 2023 and 2024. Summary Jewish holidays are numerous…
Killed because they were Jewish. Baarn commemorates victims of the Holocaust
Commemorating, that is and remains incredibly important, says Marjolein van Dijk, chairman of the Committee 4 and 5 May. “We notice that children here in Baarn are well informed. “In…
Jewish Central Council on Koran burnings: “Pure provocation”
Today, January 27, is Holocaust Remembrance Day, an international day to honor the memory of the people who fell victim to the Holocaust. The Jewish Central Council (JC) is an…
Sports historian calls for stories: ‘Almost every football club had Jewish members during the war’
All information is welcome, the sports historian emphasizes. “Anything people know or remember, or if people have questions or want help figuring something out, they are welcome. People often think…
A Secular Muslim Told by Her Atheist Jewish Friend
One might think that our society is definitely in decline, as Jacques Julliard says, rotten by the identity, sexual and miserable claims of supposedly oppressed groups, by the intersection of…