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Author: JOSEPH BERGER

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Naftali Herstik, Soulful and Influential Cantor, Dies at 77

September 25, 2024September 26, 2024JOSEPH BERGERComments Off on Naftali Herstik, Soulful and Influential Cantor, Dies at 77

Part of a long line of cantors, he led services at the Great Synagogue in Jerusalem for 30 years and helped train the next generation.

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Adolfo Kaminsky Dies at 97; His Forgeries Saved Thousands of Jews

January 9, 2023JOSEPH BERGERComments Off on Adolfo Kaminsky Dies at 97; His Forgeries Saved Thousands of Jews

His talent for creating realistic documents helped children, their parents and others escape deportation to concentration camps, and in many cases to flee Nazi-occupied territory.

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A.B. Yehoshua, Israeli Writer, Dies at 85

June 14, 2022JOSEPH BERGERComments Off on A.B. Yehoshua, Israeli Writer, Dies at 85

In an oeuvre of 11 novels, three short-story collections and four plays, Mr. Yehoshua tackled a variety of narrative forms — from surrealist to historical — and delved into knotty or uncommon subjects.

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Andrée Geulen, Savior of Jewish Children in Wartime, Dies at 100

June 7, 2022June 7, 2022JOSEPH BERGERComments Off on Andrée Geulen, Savior of Jewish Children in Wartime, Dies at 100

A Belgian teacher, she kept them out of the hands of Nazis, hiding them in convents, monasteries and farms. After the war, she reunited many with their parents.

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YIVO Institute Makes Archives of Yiddish Life Available Online

January 5, 2022JOSEPH BERGERComments Off on YIVO Institute Makes Archives of Yiddish Life Available Online

After a lengthy effort, artifacts from collections in Lithuania and New York that document Yiddish culture in Eastern Europe before World War II will be accessible to scholars and others.

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Yitzhak Arad, Who Led Holocaust Study Center in Israel, Dies at 94

May 15, 2021JOSEPH BERGERComments Off on Yitzhak Arad, Who Led Holocaust Study Center in Israel, Dies at 94

A survivor of the Nazis, Mr. Arad was an esteemed scholar and the longtime chairman of the Yad Vashem complex of museums and archives in Jerusalem.

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Yitzhak Arad, Who Led Holocaust Study Center in Israel, Dies at 94

May 15, 2021May 15, 2021JOSEPH BERGERComments Off on Yitzhak Arad, Who Led Holocaust Study Center in Israel, Dies at 94

A survivor of the Nazis, Mr. Arad was an esteemed scholar and the longtime chairman of the Yad Vashem complex of museums and archives in Jerusalem.

World

Dario Gabbai, a Final Witness to Auschwitz, Is Dead at 97

April 11, 2020April 11, 2020JOSEPH BERGERComments Off on Dario Gabbai, a Final Witness to Auschwitz, Is Dead at 97

He was among the last Sonderkommandos, prisoners forced by the Nazis to herd fellow inmates into the gas chambers.

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Rafi Eitan, 92, Israeli Spymaster Who Caught Eichmann, Is Dead

March 23, 2019March 25, 2019JOSEPH BERGERComments Off on Rafi Eitan, 92, Israeli Spymaster Who Caught Eichmann, Is Dead

He led the team that seized the Nazi architect of the Final Solution in Argentina and later handled the American spy Jonathan Jay Pollard.

Headlines

Trump Administration Targets Brazilian Judge for “Censorship”

May 29, 2025JACK NICAS

Trump Makes a New Push to ‘Decouple’ U.S. From China

May 29, 2025EDWARD WONG

Friday Briefing: Trump Battles the Court

May 29, 2025Emmett Lindner

White House Puts Cease-Fire Proposal to Hamas as Pressure on Israel Grows

May 29, 2025May 29, 2025Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Isabel Kershner

Some Glaciers Will Vanish No Matter What, Study Finds

May 29, 2025May 29, 2025Rebecca Dzombak

Some Glaciers Will Vanish No Matter What, Study Finds

May 29, 2025Rebecca Dzombak

Court Tariffs Ruling Upends Trump’s Trade Strategy

May 29, 2025May 29, 2025Tony Romm

New U.S. Envoy Makes First and Symbolic Trip to Syria

May 29, 2025May 29, 2025Erika Solomon

British Man Faces 7 Charges Over Liverpool Parade Car Crash

May 29, 2025May 29, 2025Lizzie Dearden

Thousands Evacuate in Canada as Multiple Wildfires Rage in Manitoba

May 29, 2025Ali Watkins
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