The ardent Zionist and devoted Jewish civil servant died last week at age 100
Collection includes letter from Albert Einstein and a dress worn at Ellis Island
In 1941, Gertrude van Tijn traveled to Lisbon in a last-ditch effort to save Europe’s Jews from annihilation. She was already too late.
Why couldn’t Soviet Jews see the dictator—who died 60 years ago—for the anti-Semitic murderer that he was?
Evangelical Christians send students around the world to help the needy. Jews should do the same, extending tikkun olam beyond our community.
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