Holocaust, The

"After witnessing such a story," concluded the Holocaust survivor, "I could not bring myself to put on tefillin again."

Young Ahron Friedman and Rosa Zajac, whose names were on the memorial plaques never had the luxury of an intervention that could have saved them. We were giving Danny a chance at life, by offering him help to stop his abuse of drugs.

Shortly after arriving at Auschwitz, Frankl was stripped of his most precious possession—a manuscript that was his life’s work, which he had hidden in his coat pocket. Realizing that the odds of his survival were small, he had what he describes as “perhap...

Thessaloniki. Once referred to as the "Mother of Israel," its Jewish population of sixty thousand had been slashed to one thousand by the ravages of the Holocaust. As we were walking in the streets of Thessaloniki, visiting the Jewish store owners, a loca...

For many a person of faith, the earthquake triggered a personal spiritual upheaval. A tragedy of such unthinkable proportions raises theological questions. Why does G-d allow such suffering?

Artist’s Statement: I painted "Prayers at the Tree of Life" in honor of Holocaust survivor and artist Irene Lieblich. I think, that at some point in our lives, our prayers turn to a Tree of Life where each branch represents the prayers of a generation.

I never painted a swastika in my life. But I needed to paint this picture. Many of you may have already seen the original photograph this painting is based on. It was taken in Germany, 1932. Rachel Posner snapped a photograph of her family’s menorah set u...

Artist’s Statement: Jewish wedding painted after seeing a quote from Hitler, “Anyone who sees and paints a sky green and fields blue ought to be sterilized.”

Artist's Statement: This painting was based on a photograph taken in the Warsaw Ghetto. I was very touched by the subject's passion and ecstasy juxtaposed with the surrounding poverty. The painting represents the love and strong connection to Judaism that...

In 1977, bigots thought that our village would be a perfect platform for them to display their hateful rhetoric and cheap shiny boots. Court hearings and national headlines followed... as did a museum.