Jewish Lives is a biography series published by Yale University Press and the Leon D. Black Foundation. It was founded in 2006 and the first book was published...
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issued protective passports and housed Jews, saving tens of thousands of Jewish lives. Their flagship company, Investor AB, has a market capitalization of...
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Final Solution (redirect from Final solution of the jewish question)
Endlösung, pronounced [diː ˈʔɛntˌløːzʊŋ] ) or the Final Solution to the Jewish Question (German: Endlösung der Judenfrage, pronounced [ˈɛntˌløːzʊŋ deːɐ̯...
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History of the Jews in Poland (redirect from Polish-Jewish)
Holocaust varied widely, from actively risking death in order to save Jewish lives, and passive refusal to inform on them, to indifference, blackmail, and...
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Pogroms in the Russian Empire (redirect from Anti-Jewish pogroms in Imperial Russia)
погромы в Российской империи) were large-scale, targeted, and repeated anti-Jewish rioting that began in the 19th century. Pogroms began to occur after Imperial...
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extraordinary initiative, tenacity, courage, and dedication in saving his Jewish employees' lives. Schindler grew up in Zwittau, Moravia, and worked in several trades...
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Forces and Ukrainian People’s Army. These pogroms claimed up to 250,000 Jewish lives. Holodomor, 1932–1933 man-made famine in Soviet Ukraine and its surroundings...
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Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin (category Jewish extremist terrorism)
a "pursuer" who endangered Jewish lives. The concept of din rodef ("law of the pursuer") is a part of traditional Jewish law. Amir believed he would...
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O'Flaherty and Delia Murphy's joint role in helping to save more than 5,000 Jewish lives through their Rome Escape Line network during the Holocaust in Italy...
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June 22, 2020. Swerling, Gabriella (June 28, 2020). "Jewish groups speak out after Black Lives Matter claims politicians are 'gagged' from criticising...
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Oral Torah (redirect from Jewish oral law)
devastated the Jewish community. The First Jewish–Roman War of 66–73 CE and the Bar Kokhba revolt cost hundreds of thousands of Jewish lives, the destruction...
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Holocaust. She was given that distinction for her efforts at saving Jewish lives during the Holocaust. Ravenhall was born Elsie June Stickley in 1901...
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of the British Hero of the Holocaust award in January 2018 for saving Jewish lives. Alex Sharp plays him in the 2023 film One Life. Roth, Milena (2004)...
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Israel Shahak (redirect from Jewish History, Jewish Religion)
who said that "the Sabbath must be violated to save non-Jewish life no less than Jewish lives", and cited a ruling by Rabbi Menachem Meiri that Jews should...
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Jewish resistance under Nazi rule took various forms of organized underground activities conducted against German occupation regimes in Europe by Jews...
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Adar (section In Jewish history)
voluntarily gave themselves up to be killed, in order to save innocent Jewish lives in Laodicea. 7 Adar (1393 BCE) – Birth of Moses 7 Adar (1273 BCE) – Death...
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Ruth (biblical figure) (section Jewish perspectives)
significant to the Bible List of mausolea Lives of the Prophets Ohel (grave) Barton, George A. (1936). "Ruth, Book of". Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls...
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Jewish community that lives in Eastern Africa Igbo Jews, a Jewish community that lives in Western Africa Lemba people, a Jewish community that lives in...
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The Jewish Autonomous Oblast (JAO; Russian: Еврейская автономная область (ЕАО), romanized: Yevreyskaya avtonomnaya oblast, IPA: [jɪˈvrʲejskəjə ɐftɐˈnomnəjə...
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HIAS (category Jewish-American political organizations)
HIAS (founded as the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society) is a Jewish American nonprofit organization that provides humanitarian aid and assistance to refugees...
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October 2012 Rainbow Jews, an oral history project showcasing the lives of Jewish bisexual, lesbian, gay, and transgender people in the United Kingdom...
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Jewish Christians were the followers of a Jewish religious sect that emerged in Judea during the late Second Temple period (first century AD). These Jews...
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brutalizes his Jewish maid Helen Hirsch and randomly shoots people from the balcony of his villa; the prisoners are in constant fear for their lives. As time...
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Sifria, 1976 ISBN 0-89362-000-9 "Sugihara Not the Only Japanese To Save Jewish Lives". Asahi shimbun. 2010-05-04. Archived from the original on February 2...
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Am Yisrael Chai (category Jewish songs)
Chai" is a Jewish solidarity anthem and a widely used expression of Jewish peoplehood and an affirmation of the continuity of the Jewish people. The...
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American Jews (redirect from Jewish-American)
American Jews or Jewish Americans are American citizens who are Jewish, whether by culture, ethnicity, or religion. According to a 2020 poll conducted...
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Chabad (category International Jewish organizations)
He maintained that as a matter of Jewish law, any territorial concession on Israel's part would endanger the lives of all Jews in the Land of Israel and...
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posthumous recipient of the British Hero of the Holocaust award for saving Jewish lives in Germany in 1938 to 1939 by issuing documents that permitted them to...
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Boryslav (category Historic Jewish communities in Ukraine)
army to the east at the start of Soviet–German hostilities. About 13,000 Jewish residents lived in Boryslav at the beginning of the war. On the day following...
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