History

The Mosaic Mural at Temple Beth Israel

The Mosaic Mural at Temple Beth Israel

My father was a Holocaust survivor. Whilst he did not talk about that time it was a pervasive influence on my upbringing. On his left hand were two large blue letters tattooed K L, which meant in German Concentration Lager or an inmate of the Nazi death camp.

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7 October Massacre—Another Kristallnacht?

7 October Massacre—Another Kristallnacht?

On the last day of Succot – Simchat Torah – the nation of Israel woke up to the worst mass murder of Jews since the Holocaust.  What happened that day is indelibly etched on the Israeli psyche and will be for generations to come. 

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The Return of the Exiles

The Return of the Exiles

For over a hundred years now the world has been eyewitness to a remarkable phenomenon: from a history of almost nineteen centuries of being scattered across the globe, an ancient people is returning to their covenanted homeland.

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