Hiram “Harry” Bingham IV, a US diplomat who risked his career to help save more than 2,000 of the world’s leading writers, musicians, and artists — most of them Jewish refugees — from the Nazis, will be honored on a US postage stamp. Bingham (1903-1988), a US vice-consul in France under the pro-Nazi Vichy regime, secretly worked side-by-side with rescue activist Varian Fry until the Roosevelt administration halted their activity in 1941, by refusing to renew Fry’s passport and transferring Bingham out of France. The U.S. Postal Service has announced that Bingham will be one of six US diplomats featured
Read More +Oh, yes, folks, the palestinians are peaceful partners although I never read of peace partners who slither like snakes in the grass, waiting, lurking, stalking the next Jew for their next kill. Palestinian sources said Islamic Jihad has for the first time deployed Kassam missiles purchased from Hamas and produced in workshops in Gaza City and Khan Yunis. On June 16, Jihad claimed responsibility for the launch of two Kassam missiles at the Israeli city of Sderot, causing damage but no injuries. Prior to this attack, Jihad claimed responsibility for mortar attacks on Israeli communities in the Gaza Strip. An
Read More +Folks, as 8,000 Jewish families are forced to leave their homes this summer to make way for palestinian barbarians, we get the following from Nizaar Rian, a senior Hamas leader in Gaza, told supporters Thursday diplomacy with Israel was a “failure” and encouraged them to redouble efforts to “liberate” Palestine. “All of Palestine, from the river to the sea, will be liberated by the mujhadeen and their rifles, not by pointless diplomatic meetings,” he said. Thank you Herr Rian. Be careful what you wish for. Um, can someone remind me again what Israel is receiving in return for evacuating territory
Read More +Folks, today is Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day, and I found two articles for you to read and one film for you to watch. Both articles are difficult to read but if you’ve got a spine and a heart, and you know the difference between right and wrong, you’ll put your other chores aside and you will find the time to read them. The first one is an online article about Hitler’s nurse, Erna Flegel, now 93 and living in a nursing home in northern Germany, who told Britain’s Guardian newspaper in an interview published Monday that“In the last
Read More +Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day, a national day of commemoration for the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust, begins on Wednesday evening, May 4, 2005, and continues until Thursday evening, May 5. Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day
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