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Israel Under Attack
October 31, 2023 By Post and Opinion
Help is desperately needed to put more ambulances on the road and to replenish supplies for EMTs and paramedics and for MDA’s blood services division.
The Politics of Remembrance
April 28, 2020 By Post and Opinion
By Dr. Miriam L. Zimmerman This article is the 2nd in a series of four see the 1st, “Anticipating Auschwitz” at: jewishpostopinion.com/?p=3764) about the 75th anniversary celebration of the liberation of Auschwitz on Jan. 27, 2020, attended by this author. The Auschwitz Museum currently has a three-hour video of the entire commemoration ceremony posted […]
Sealing the Heart and the Truth
March 22, 2020 By Post and Opinion
By Rabbi Moshe ben Asher, Ph.D. In Shir Hashirim (Song of Songs), we read: “a seal on your heart.” If that text is unfamiliar, you might wonder whether it promises an exciting love-life or romantic heartbreak. Actually, our masorah (religious tradition) teaches that we can best understand this seal as confirming the faithful loving relationship […]
“What a Wonderful World”
March 19, 2020 By Post and Opinion
Did you ever have a song pop into your head whose lyrics echo what you are thinking at the time? Below is what I wrote for our February Indiana edition. To remind myself and others that even in the midst of challenging times it is also possible to have positive experiences, the phrases below are […]
Upcoming Indianapolis Opera events
March 5, 2020 By Post and Opinion
What: Eve of Liberation: Honoring 75 Years Since Terezin When: March 25 at 7 p.m. Where: Indianapolis Artsgarden Description: The Indianapolis Artsgarden hosts the Indianapolis Opera’s “Eve of Liberation” concert event, which will honor the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Terezin concentration camp. This event will feature Holocaust survivor and Indianapolis resident Frank […]
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Upcoming Indianapolis Opera events
March 5, 2020 By Post and Opinion
What: Eve of Liberation: Honoring 75 Years Since Terezin When: March 25 at 7 p.m. Where: Indianapolis Artsgarden Description: The Indianapolis Artsgarden hosts the Indianapolis Opera’s “Eve of Liberation” concert event, which will honor the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Terezin concentration camp. This event will feature Holocaust survivor and Indianapolis resident Frank […]
Wiener’s Wisdom
The German-Jewish Cookbook review
April 5, 2018 By Post and Opinion
By Tracie Mrakich My late father, Kurt Freudenthal, immigrated with his family to the United States from Mannheim, Germany in 1939. Arriving in New York City on the SS Noordam, they continued their journey to Richmond, Ind., where their sponsor, an aunt, lived. Eventually, my grandparents moved to the Washington Heights neighborhood of NYC (upper […]
Helen Farkas – A day in the life
February 22, 2018 By Post and Opinion
By Miriam L. Zimmerman A day in the life of a Holocaust educator: Jan. 28, 2014. Today, I must pick up Helen Farkas to take her to Mercy High School in San Francisco, where she will talk about her experiences in the Holocaust. Auschwitz survivor, speaker, and author of the memoir, Remember the Holocaust, at […]
Tzedekah – Righteous Acts
February 12, 2018 By Post and Opinion
Over winter break my brother Benzion’s oldest son and his wife traveled by van for a one day visit from Buffalo, N.Y., with six of their seven children for a family reunion. In a conversation with my niece, I told her about this column below that we had published. On the Subway By Aryeh Ben […]