From the Golden Age of Discovery to the Inquisition, Portuguese Jewry went from the heights of wealth and success to the depths of anguish and despair. The history of Portugese … Read More The Jews of Portugal
Holocaust & Antisemitism
Interview with Aryeh Leib Lebovitz
IsraCast presents an interview with Gen. (Ret.) Aryeh Leib “Eugene” Lebovitz, a Holocaust survivor, retired business executive, and Israeli pioneer now residing in Aventura, Florida. Mr. Lebovitz took time from … Read More Interview with Aryeh Leib Lebovitz
Justice at last: the “Portuguese Dreyfus” is posthumously reinstated
Sixty-one years after his death in 1961, Captain Arthur Carlos de Barros Basto, the founder of the Jewish community in Porto and a passionate advocate for the Bnei Anousim of … Read More Justice at last: the “Portuguese Dreyfus” is posthumously reinstated
Jews in Morocco: The Fez Pogrom of 1912
This month the Jewish world will cite the one hundredth anniversary of one of the most painful events in the history of the Jews in Muslim lands – the “Tritel” – … Read More Jews in Morocco: The Fez Pogrom of 1912
Auschwitz Plans Found in Berlin
The German newspaper Bild states that everyone involved in the operation of the Auschwitz extermination camp were fully aware that it was intended for the systematic extermination of people, this according to … Read More Auschwitz Plans Found in Berlin
Croatian Death Camp Commander Buried in Nazi Gear
Croatian commander of the notorious WWII Nazi Ustasa concentration camp in Jasenovac, Dinko Sakic was buried in the full Ustasa uniform confirms Father Vjekoslav Lasic, Croatian Catholic priest. ‘God … Read More Croatian Death Camp Commander Buried in Nazi Gear
Irena Sendler (1910-2008)
This is Irena Sendler, a courageous Polish social worker, who risked her life to save some 2,500 Jewish children during World War II. Irena Sendler repeatedly entered the Warsaw ghetto … Read More Irena Sendler (1910-2008)
MIDDLE EAST REFUGEES – PALESTINIAN & JEWISH
Irwin Cotler: ‘There is no moral or legal basis for the demand that Palestinian refugees be allow to return to the state of Israel’. ‘Arab League’s decision to reject Partition … Read More MIDDLE EAST REFUGEES – PALESTINIAN & JEWISH
Muhammad V – Righteous Among the Nations
During WWII (1939-45) Muhammad V protected Moroccan Jews from the Vichy occupation Heads of the Jewish community in Morocco have initiated a move calling for Muhammad V of Morocco, who … Read More Muhammad V – Righteous Among the Nations
Secretary of Schindler moves to Israel
92 years old Mimi Reinhard was the secretary of Oskar Schindler, a German industrialist who saved hundreds of Jews from Nazi persecution Mimi Reinhard, who is now 92 years old, … Read More Secretary of Schindler moves to Israel