Arab and Jewish women refuse to be enemies
Arab and Jewish women refuse to be enemies. July 2014 in the beginning of the war in Gaza, Operation Protective Edge, I participated in a rally in the Arab town of Tira. it was advertized on Facebook and the announcement read: “Jews and Arabs refuse to be enemies”. We gathered, about 1000 participants, Jews and […]
Travelling, Fasting, and Marching For Peace: Women Wage Peace
by Orna Raz During the war in Gaza (Operation Protective Edge), in the summer of 2014, a group of about 20 women gathered in a small room in Tel Aviv. They decided that something had to be done to stop the next war. That was how, on September 14th 2014, Women Wage Peace came into […]
Ruth Avraham
Translated by: Keren Carmi Ruth Abraham was born in 1913 in the town of Lubau in West Prussia, which was then a part of Germany. Ruth was the youngest of seven siblings, her mother passing away when she was 10 months old. She speaks of a happy childhood, growing up in a large house surrounded […]
Esther Bank
Translated by: Keren Carmi Esther was born in Berlin on 28-July-1934. Her parents, Meir and Bina, were Polish-born and lived in Berlin. They were in the business of fur wholesale. They had lived in Berlin for five years and so lost their polish citizenship. In 1938 Ester could not start kindergarten as the Nazi regime […]
Esther (Magda) Unger
Translated by: Keren Carmi Esther (Magda) Unger was born in 1928 in a small village in Hungary, 35 km from the city of Debrecen. In 1944, when Esther was 16, Hungary was conquered by the Germans. During that time, Esther’s father was taken for forced labor and passed away. Two months after that, Esther was […]
Investigative report: Does Yad 2 (an internet site an equivalent to Craigs List) advertise sex services?
By: Maya Roman Translated by: Orna Raz Two weeks ago we were shocked to see on channel 2 a promotional program featuring a bachelor party in Romania. The reaction of outrage to what is happening in a faraway land is legitimate, still, we should apply the same critical approach to what is going on in […]
Sarah Ernhalt
The stories were collected by Ronni Levy, Tifara Betzalel and Noga Raban Translated by: Tal Horowitz Sarah Ernhalt was born in Przemyśl, where she lived with her family. Following the rumors about the German approach, her family fled to Stanisławów, but later returned to Przemyśl, along with the Soviet Army. The Soviets took control of […]
Esther Gruber (Beizer)
The stories were collected by Ronni Levy, Tifara Betzalel and Noga Raban Translated by: Tal Horowitz Esther (Biba) Beizer was born in 1925 to Leah Beizer, born in 1892, and Mordechai (Motel) Beizer, born in 1889. Esther was the middle child, Joseph’s little sister and Moshe’s older sister. The family lived in a village called […]