CENTER FOR ISRAEL EDUCATION
• Published August 13, 2021
August 12, 1991 — Nasser Friend Yeruham Cohen Dies
Yeruham Cohen, known for befriending Egypt’s Gamal Abdel Nasser, dies at 75. Born into a Yemeni family in Tel Aviv, Cohen was fluent in Arabic. He was an intelligence aide to Gen. Yigal Allon, and...
This article originally appeared at forward.com. Reposted with permission.
When the 2021-22 National Hockey League season opens this October, the Seattle Kraken will be the first professional Emerald City team since the Totems folded in 1975.
But,...
Joshua Flanders, Forward.com
• Published August 12, 2021
Misha Defonseca had a secret. As she stood before the synagogue at Temple Beth Torah in Holliston, Massachusetts, she harbored a tale so remarkable that it would eventually catapult her to international notoriety. After a half-century of silence, Misha...
Since 1979, Vida “Sister” Goldman Prince has been Chairman of the Oral Histories Project, at the St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum. The project is dedicated to recording and preserving audio interviews of not only Holocaust Survivors,...
It’s a right of Jewish passage to wonder who out there in the world is Jewish too, especially famous people like actors, singers, athletes, and even social media stars and YouTubers. It’s just something we do.
So, to better answer the question...
Arielle Kaplan, Kveller
• Published August 9, 2021
Men wanted to sleep with her and women wanted to be her, but all Marilyn Monroe desired was a sense of belonging. Distilled to the public as a “blonde bombshell,” Monroe’s legacy continues to be defined by the demons (childhood trauma, drug addiction)...
Here is why we're telling you this story. One of the men who helped tame the Wild West was Jewish, and his story ends right here in St. Louis.
Sol Star was a German-born entrepreneur, businessman, hotel owner, and mayor of the town of Deadwood, South...
Since 1979, Vida “Sister” Goldman Prince has been Chairman of the Oral Histories Project, at the St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum. The project is dedicated to recording and preserving audio interviews of not only Holocaust Survivors,...
This article originally appeared at jewishunpacked.com. Reposted with permission.
In 1970, Israel and the Soviet Union were at war, although neither side openly admitted it. The thinking was to keep the news from reaching the public, since it could...
Yaakov Lappin, The Jewish News Syndicate
• Published August 1, 2021
(JNS) Israeli paratroopers have described being deeply moved last week by their experience in a commemorative expedition in Slovenia, held to honor the memory of Hannah Senesh (Szenes) and other Jewish paratroopers who parachuted into the same area of...
