Yom HaShoah!!

28 Monday Apr 2014

Posted by Hunt 4 Truth in Culture, Lessons

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Holocaust, Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day, Holocaust Day, Israel, Jewish holidays, Nazi Germany, Yom HaShoah, Yom HaZikaron laShoah ve-laG’vurah

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I just learned about Yom HaShoah an hour ago…

this post is very informative…
this was a Heart-Wrenching time in history.

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Yom HaShoah

Yom HaZikaron laShoah ve-laG’vurah ( יום הזיכרון לשואה ולגבורה; “Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day” ), known colloquially in Israel and abroad as Yom HaShoah ( יום השואה ) and in English as Holocaust Remembrance Day, or Holocaust Day, is observed as Israel’s day of commemoration for the approximately six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust as a result of the actions carried out by Nazi Germany and its accessories, and for the Jewish resistance in that period. In Israel, it is a national memorial day. It was inaugurated in 1953, anchored by a law signed by the Prime Minister of Israel David Ben-Gurion and the President of Israel Yitzhak Ben-Zvi. It is held on the 27th of Nisan (April/May), unless the 27th would be adjacent to Shabbat, in which case the date is shifted by a day.

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Thanksgivukkah this year for Jewish Americans

06 Wednesday Nov 2013

Posted by Hunt 4 Truth in Entertainment, Food, Fun, News update

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Hanukkah, holiday, Jewish Americans, Jewish holidays, November 28 2013, Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving, Hanukkah Together Make Thanksgivukkah On November 28, 2013

This year, Nov. 28 is Thanksgiving and the first full day of the eight-day Jewish festival of lights (Hanukkah), which begins at sundown the previous night. Jewish cooks in preparation for a Hanukkah + Thanksgiving celebration this year, have been working to create recipes for everything from pumpkin latkes (Hanukkah’s potato pancake) to turkey brined in Manischewitz (Hanukkah’s kosher wine Jewish Americans love to make fun of but drink anyway).