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Holocaust survivor Jack Cohen with daughter highlight International Holocaust Memorial Day at WW2 Museum

By ALAN SMASON, Special to the CCJN

Jack Cohen, a Holocaust survivor, who prior to the roundup of Jews in Greece lived with his family in Chaclis, the main town on the second largest Greek island of Evia, was the...

Melanie Bronfin receives Hannah G. Solomon Award at NCJW luncheon

By ALAN SMASON, Special to the CCJN

Melanie Bronfin, an attorney and advocate for early education for children and their families and the founder of the Louisiana Policy Institute for Children (LAPIC), was honored with the Hannah G. Solomon Award,...

Arbel Yehud, Agam Berger and Gadi Mozes home after 482 days in captivity

By AKIVA VANKONINGSVELD

(JNS.org) – Three Israelis and five Thais were redeemed from terrorist captivity in the Gaza Strip on Thursday as part of Hamas’s truce with Jerusalem, 482 days after they were taken captive during the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre.

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Holocaust distortion more dangerous than denial, warns departing IHRA chief Kathrin Meyer

By LARRY LUXNER

(JTA) — As the world marks 80 years since the liberation of Auschwitz, one of Germany’s most prominent Holocaust scholars says twisting the facts about the Nazi extermination of 6 million Jews is far more harmful than...

Joy for four captives, but Hamas keeps civilian woman in Gaza

 (JNS.org) – Four female soldiers in the Israel Defense Forces were reunited with their families in Israel on Saturday after surviving 477 days in Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip.

Footage released from the long-awaited reunion at the army’s Re’im Camp...

Jack Cohen to be featured speaker at International Holocaust Remembrance Day program on Mon.

In honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, January 27, the National WWII Museum will host an evening of remembrance and reflection from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Louisiana Memorial Pavilion.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day, is tied to...

‘Very serious allegation,’ UN says of reports hostages held at its sites in Gaza

By MIKE WAGENHEIM

(JNS.org) – Reports that freed Israeli hostages had been held in U.N. shelters in the Gaza Strip amount to “a very serious allegation,” Farhan Haq, deputy spokesman for U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres, told JNS on Wednesday.

“We call...

Snowfall ties record set for New Orleans in 1895

By ALAN SMASON, Special to the CCJN

Rare conditions favorable for snowfall in the New Orleans area resulted in a record-setting 10 inches of accumulation, tying the previous record of 10 inches set on February 14-15 in 1895. Most area...

In inaugural address, Trump hails return of ‘the hostages in the Middle East’

By BEN SALES

(JTA) — In his defiant return to office, President Donald Trump cast himself as a “peacemaker” and cited the release of “the hostages in the Middle East.”

In a benediction following Trump’s second inaugural address, the president...

Freed hostages reunited with families after 471 days in Gaza

By JNS STAFF

(JNS.org) – Released hostages Emily Damari, Doron Steinbrecher and Romi Gonen were reunited with their families at Sheba Tel Hashomer Medical Center in Ramat Gan on Sunday night after 471 in Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip.

The...