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A transition like no other: From Holocaust survivor to porn star

While back in the day, the feminist ethos viewed porn as unquestionably detrimental to female empowerment, Chelly Wilson stood out, with many women today considering her endeavors as inherently feminist

Amir Bogen, New York | 04.29.23

Holocaust survivor does not forget: 'Even in Brooklyn they called me a dirty Jew'

David Zajac was just 11 when he first arrived in the U.S. and hoped to forget about the horrors of war, but then reality hit; His granddaughter Rachel defines herself as a proud Zionist, even in a climate where Zionism is a source of harassment

Shmuel Munitz | 04.23.23

The light in their eyes: Volunteers keep Holocaust survivors company to alleviate loneliness

Gett Chesed's volunteers visit lonely Holocaust survivors across Israel every week, serving them hot meals and taking them out to cafes and restaurants to bring joy to their lives; 'Those weekly meetings are by far the most joyful moment of the whole week,' says one survivor

Itamar Eichner | 04.20.23

Swindler pleads guilty to scamming Holocaust survivor for millions

Peaches Stergo defrauded the 87-year-old man she met on a dating site to finance her lavish lifestyle and purchase, home, yacht, jewels and more while he is forced to sell his home; she now faces up to 20 years in jail

Daniel Edelson/New York | 04.19.23

Raoul Wallenberg's right hand: the woman who helped save Jews from Nazi clutches

Witnessing the mass murder of her Jewish brethren by Hungarian fascists, Agnes Adachi teamed up with the famed Swedish diplomat in his quest to save thousands of Jews

Ynet | 04.18.23

The woman who joined the French resistance to battle Nazi oppression

Having seen her father brutalized by the Nazis, Erika Gold and her family were deported to concentrations camps in 1940, which she said ultimately saved her life

Ynet | 04.18.23

The woman who survived Nazi camps and became a world-famous author

After Nazis invaded Hungary, Edith Eger's family was forced first into a ghetto and then transported to Auschwitz where her parents perished; She and her sister survived the Holocaust to tell the story of Hungarian Jews

Ynet | 04.18.23

Israel stands in silence in the memory of the victims of the Holocaust

A two minute siren blared throughout Israel as people honored the memory of the six million Jews who perished in the Nazi atrocities across Europe; Knesset hold ceremony naming each victim

ynet correspondents | 04.18.23

Dugo Leitner, a survivor of Auschwitz-Birkenau, holds a balloon shaped like the Jewish star that the Nazis forced Jews to wear

Portraits of Holocaust survivors at German Embassy seek to reclaim their stories

'We need to find new ways to engage the public and especially the younger generation,' German envoy says about exhibition billed as digital storytelling for a digital age

Deborah Danan/JTA | 04.17.23

Volunteers help renovate homes of Holocaust survivors living near Gaza Strip

Gap-year volunteers renovate homes of Holocaust survivors living close to Gaza Strip

Group works tirelessly to make much-needed repairs and engage in thought-provoking conversations with survivors

Ynet | 04.17.23

מימין: צילום למגזין הרפר'ס בזאר, 1942. משמאל: "הצלב האדום", למגזין ווג אמריקה, 1945

Catching Light: the Jewish photographer who escaped the Nazis and found world fame

German-born Erwin Blumenfeld escaped Nazi-occupied Paris and eventually made his way to NYC to pursue the American Dream; his photographs were featured on the covers of renowned fashion brands such as Vogue and Harper's Bazaar

Itay Yaacov | 04.17.23

Rachel (Didi) Harel (Hertz)-Roos receives citation for her heroism

The courageous Jewish woman who fooled the Nazis

'Even under horrific torture by Nazis, Didi never betrayed her fellow fighters': Jewish underground resistance fighter to be honored on Yom HaShoah with special award for Jews who rescued Jews during the Holocaust

Emily Schrader | 04.17.23

Holocaust survivor shares her story in Knesset using hologram: 'It's simply amazing'

Deborah Weinstein lost her brother to hunger and her sister to freezing. Her father was injured in combat near Leningrad, while she survived a fire, crossed a river that claimed many lives, and dreamed of immigrating to Israel. Now her story is presented in the Knesset using innovative technology

Sivan Hilaie | 04.16.23

'I forgo food, medicine, to pay bills but what can I do? just die?'

Israeli non-profit says a quarter of Holocaust survivors live below the poverty line, 60% report government, and other stipends fall short for basic home, medical and physical needs

Hadar Gil-Ad | 04.16.23

Prosecutor Benjamin Ferencz at the Einsatzgruppen Trial in Nuremberg, which lasted from September 1947 until April 1948

The last surviving prosecutor of Nazis at Nuremberg, dies at 103

At the age of 27, Benjamin Ferencz was named chief prosecutor at the Einsatzgruppen Trial, in which 20 members of the SS’s mobile death squads were convicted of war crimes; in 2022, the U.S. Congress awarded him the Congressional Gold Medal, its highest honor

Andrew Silow-Carroll/JTA | 04.09.23

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