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The Center for Jewish History is located on 15 West 16th Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues, in New York, NY 10011. It is home of five preeminent Jewish institutions dedicated to history, culture, and art: The American Jewish Historical Society, The American Sephardi Federation, The Leo Baeck Institute, Yeshiva University Museum, and The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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English: Rows of bodies fill the yard of Lager Nordhausen, a Gestapo concentration camp. עברית: שורות של גופות מאות אסירים בחצר מחצה הריכוז נורדהאוזן. בתמונה נראות פחות ממחצית הגופות של האסירים שמתו ברעב או ביריות אנשי הגסטפו. Italiano: File di cadaveri di prigionieri riempiono il cortile del lager di Nordhausen, un campo di concentramento dalla Gestapo. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Moroccan Jewish women. From the 1901-1906 Jewish Encyclopedia, now in the public domain. Category:Jewish Encyclopedia images (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Jews praying in the Synagogue on Yom Kippur. (1878 painting by Maurycy Gottlieb) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Metal menorah (Photo credit: Skyco)
English: Museum of jewish history and culture in Belarus Русский: Музей истории и культуры евреев Беларуси (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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WHO IS A JEWISH HERO?
This album was created from names suggested by our page fans after they were asked to send names of historical Jewish persons who showed outstanding heroism or leadership in exceptional conditions, sacrificing or endangering his/her life or freedom for the sake of the Jewish People and whose actions have left significant impact in Jewish history. The vote by the page followers on the 2013 Eight Lights of Heroism will be held on November 24, before the Chanukkah Festival,
Mariedith O’Connor About Golda Meir
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Former Prime Minister of Israel
Golda Meir was an Israeli teacher, kibbutznik and politician who became the fourth Prime Minister of Israel. Meir was elected Prime Minister of Israel on March 17, 1969, after serving as Minister of Labour and Foreign Minister.-
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Chrissie Gessner Why is there no Bella Abzug? She served her country honorably and was a champion of womens’ rights!-
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J Raul Pons sad to see that Corrie Ten Boom didn’t make it on your list – such a lover of Jewish people and suffered in concentration camp for helping jews escape nazis in Holland-
Jewish People Around the World This particular album is dedicated to Jewish people. We often post inormation on non Jewish Righteous Among the Nations a the Jewish people during WWII.
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Gaston Yalonetzky I think Rabbi Marshall Meyer Z”L clearly fulfills the proposed conditions: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Meyer -
Charon Piansky-Tauber they all are -
Ken La Kier Elie Wiesel comes in a close second. -
Ken La Kier My vote is always for Sandy Koufax.
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Stephanie Jill Francesca I-am אלי כהן המרגל מדמשק Eli Cohen Israeli spy -
סטיפן פרידמן David Marcus,Haim Herzog and Ezer Weizman contributed to the creation of the State of Israel. -
Linda Tonner I don’t know who most of these are, except Ann Frank, but I’ve always admired Elie Wiesel. And what about Hedy Lamar? -
Bruce Sanders A friend of mine’s father was a Holocaust survivor who then made his way to Israel and fought in 1948 on the Golan Heights. How does he go about posting a photo and story? -
Hanna Hurben they were all so important. it is wonderful to have such good people , but we must not forget the non Jewish people that helped Jewish people with escapes and saving their lives also. -
Perla Malamud de Nowogrodzki Golda. Meir and Anna frank -
Shannon Doll I vote for them all -
Tina Escobar I would like to nominate my rabbi, Rabbi Brant Rosen. http://forward.com/…/brant-rosen-suburban-chicago…/… -
Bob Newmark Anne Frank -
Susi R. Wood How about some names to go with those pics??!! While I recognize some, certainly not each is immediately recognizable just by face. I am a voracious reader but don’t know many of my favorite Jewish authors by their pictures. Names please! Is Primo Levi there? -
Abogado Malakoff The unnamed at Masada that died rather than give in to the Roman conquerers -
Philip Jones How difficult so many wonderful people. They are all Heroes in my eyes, all very brave and i am proud of them. If you insist on me making a choice, i will say it would have to be Simon Wiesenthal 1908-2005. I followed this mans work as much as i could. I am 64 and remember when he was on the chase or he had found one of the DEMONS living it up in south America, as if it never happened. I would liked to have helped him. A great man who did not give up [ The Demon catcher ] -
Howard Duchan How about Marty Glickman and Sam Stoller the two Jewish athletes on the 1936 US Olympic team barred from their event by the antisemetic son of a bitch Avery Brundridge and the 2 track coaches to appease Hitler. They handled it with class and style and are deserve to be remembered and honored. -
Carlos Augusto A Moshe Dayan -
Neil Garfinkle If I had seen this page earlier, I would have nominated my hero and mentor Vladka Meed, who fought in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and organized teachers around the country to teach this important topic. -
Vivienne Leijonhufvud Where is wonderful Golda Meir? She does belong here, first Female Leader of Israel and first Female leader in the World, under her Israel still won the war of ’73 even though she with held her troops till the last minute. She understands the Arabic mind only to well. -
Moredays D Day Godwin May God make you greater than who you are. -
James Bloyd Love the chance to read all these bios,they are all,fantastic,but two great adversaries are missing Golda Meir and Moshe Dayan…then it would be just that much harder to vote for one -
Reb Yid No gedoleh Isroel? -
Candace Samuelson Corrie-ten-Boom was a Dutch Christian who helped many Jews escape during the Holocaust and was imprisoned for it. Her book, “The Hiding Place,” tells the story. -
Łukasz Zawiślak King David? -
Susan Bender Where is Jonas salk -
Jolie Rosier They’re all magnificent and my sentimental fave is Anne Frank. But can I just mention Sandy Koufax? I adore baseball and America and other than Hank Greenberg, what other Jewish sports figure did so much to show the world that yes, we are normal people and maybe everything you were taught about Jews needs re-examining… -
Ivandro Fausto Golda Meir… -
Irene Strocovsky Do we vote here, Jewish People Around the World? -
Irene Strocovsky I vote for Janusz Korczak and Alexander Pechersky.
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Arlene Parkin All of them are!!! Not one, but all!!! -
Marianka Natanson what about Marek Edelman? -
Baruch Aliyah Gad AMEN! God Bless. -
Maurici Casas Chamayou Para mi no hay un solo héroe, en particular . Para mi todas las personas asesinadas por los nazis durante la WWII , en los campos de exterminio . Todas ellas merecen estar en lo más alto del panteón donde se alzan los héroes, y todos aquellos que dejaron su vida para tener una Israel grande y libre. -
Wondwosen Melese Yonatan Netanyahu was a great hero who died in action during Operation Entebbe in Uganda, his leadership in this decisive military action to save the life of the jewish people was outstanding!!! -
Howard Zochlinski as soon as I can find a photo, add my father, Leon Zochlinski, to the list. He escaped the Warsaw Ghetto, a Nazi concentration camp, and twice from Siberia toend the war as a colonel in the Soviet Army.-
Susi R. Wood Howard; that is absolutely amazing! Has his story ever been put to print? I wish every survivor’s experiences could be published. We need each and every one. No matter which or how many I’ve studied and read, there is something new to learn from every memory. As time goes on and living survivors are reduced in number, I am plagued by the fear of losing their stories as well.
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Howard Zochlinski Thank you, Susi. I am writing a memoir of my time in Paris in which I am including some of my Father’s story.
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Shelley Weiner Roi Klein, Ron Arad, Ehud Goldwasser, Eldad Regev, gilad Shalit , Etc……….. -
Estelle Jones Heros all. This is NOT a TV contest !!! -
Maureen Mergi Baeck Rabbi Leo Baeck -
יונאס שטיר why is Kahane in the list? What did he do except from spreading racism and bringing shame upon israel and judaism? -
Rhonda Yegergarn Who is the man in between Tuvia Bielski and Judy Feld Carr? -
Brian Schiff Barney Ross(should’ve been Congressional Medal of Honor Winner and boxing champ in three weight divisions). -
David Levin This list left out Jonas Salk whose polio vaccine alleviated the suffering of billions of people. -
Lucy Meyer Fox I vote for Hannah Senesh -
Ruah Aljahar I like all ov them - Write a comment…
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