Holocaust Remembrance Day, around the world
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JERUSALEM — Israelis flocked to the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial Thursday to read the names of loved ones who perished at the hands of the Nazis during World War II, a rite that has become a centerpiece of the Holocaust Remembrance Day. In the early 1940's, my father was a rabbi in the Bronx, NYC. [...]
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Jack will never forget the day his father was shot to death in a city park in Poland as he watched through a small office window. It was his 22nd birthday. Next week he will celebrate his 92nd. Not a day has passed that To fully appreciate the strategic dispute regarding Iran at the highest [...]
Read MoreIsrael marks Holocaust Remembrance Day with siren, memorial services
Haaretz
Theme of this year's commemoration is 'My Brother's Keeper – Jewish Solidarity During the Holocaust'; central ceremony Day taking place at the Yad Vashem memorial in Jerusalem. By Haaretz Tags: Holocaust Jewish World Benjamin Netanyahu Israelis across This year Yad VaShem, Israel's official Holocaust memorial, hosted a competition where artists were asked to design posters [...]
Read More'Pink slime' eliminated from fast food, but not school lunches
USA TODAY
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is defending the use of ammonium-treated beef, dubbed 'pink slime' by detractors, in meals destined for U.S. schoolchildren as part of the national school lunch program. If you want to know how much damage a bad name can do, consider "pink slime." Over the past weeks and months, the substance, [...]
Read More'Pink slime' eliminated from fast food, but not school lunches
USA TODAY
Updated March 9: An online petition urging the government to stop the use of "pink slime" — the scrape and waste meat products that are treated with ammonium-hydroxide — in school food has collected almost 20000 The term "pink slime" topped Google's trending topics list on Friday and triggered an explosion of questions on the [...]
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