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Verplanck: Der Tsenter

Light to the nations

Fabien Gilot raised his arm in victory to reveal a moving tribute in Hebrew:
אני כלום בלעדיהם, meaning "I am nothing without them."

Gilot explained that it was a tribute to Max Goldschmidt, a Jewish grandfather figure.

Goldschmidt, who grew up in Germany and was an Auschwitz survivor, moved to France where he met Gilot's grandmother. Despite not being his biological grandfather, Goldschmidt was an important and inspirational person in Gilot's life, and "a grandfather in every way,"

Decent Nazis?

Were there decent Nazis? German film makers would like to think so. Here are two short films on Nazi solders who were unable to be Nazis.

 

For a similar treatment of the same theme see the last short film here

Der Kish

Warning: There is one scene that some may find insufficiently tsniusdige at about 2:30 min.

Pinchas

Lag Baomer

STONES OF HEART

 

There are hearts and there are hearts –

there are human hearts and hearts of stone.

There are stones and there are stones –

there are stones that look like stones,

and there are stones which are actually hearts…"



R.Tsvi Yeshuda Kook on the occasion of seeing the Kotel for the first time





A Pre-Pesach Thought

Esther before Ahashverosh

Esther 5:2

"Is Birth Control Kosher For Orthodox Jews?"