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Send us a textUltimately, the story of the Holocaust is one centered in places:  where something happened, where someone was from, where someone wanted to go.  In this episode, I talked with two scholars about the role of geography in the Holocaust but also about how we use geographical approaches and methodologies to ask (and answer new important historical questions.  Anne Kelly Knowles is the McBride Professor of History at the University of Maine. Tim Cole is a professor of social history at the University of Bristol. Knowles, Anne Kelly, Tim Cole, and Paul Jaskot. Geographies of the Holocaust (2014)Cole, Tim. Holocaust City: The Making of a Jewish Ghetto (2003)Follow on Twitter @holocaustpod.Email the podcast at holocausthistorypod@gmail.comThe Holocaust History Podcast homepage is hereYou can find a complete reading list with books by our guests and also their suggestions here.

Step off the tourist trail with Johnny Mac to discover the Venice that locals know and love. Explore the historic Jewish Ghetto, wander through secret gardens, and visit the colorful islands of the northern lagoon. Learn where to find the best cicchetti bars, local markets, and authentic neighborhoods where Venetian life still thrives. Experience the full magic of hidden Venice without commercial breaks by visiting caloroga.com/plus.

On this episode of The Alex Pierson Podcast, our host Alex Pierson takes on the major stories of the day, in her own unique way. In this episode, Alex speaks with: (Ret'd) General Rick Hillier - former Chief of the Defence Staff for the Canadian Armed Forces about new polling that shows a growing amount of Canadian don't think we put enough pride into our military. Andy Réti, Holocaust Survivor & Educator about what it was like to grow up in a Jewish Ghetto along the Austrian-Hungarian border, to be freed by the Soviet Red Army and then to have to escape that horror after to make it to Canada. Eric Brunt - Filmmaker and documentarian. Interviewed over 500 WWII veterans for the Canadian War Museum about the 519 WWII veterans he's interviewed for the Canadian War Museum to help immortalize their wisdom, experience and important stories of the horrendous war. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today, two stories of what in the modern world we've come to call “apartheid”—the practice of segregating a subjugated population and imposing oppressive laws on it. First, we talk with UK historian Harry Freedman about his history of the first Jewish ghetto—that of Venice, Italy. It's called Shylock's Venice: The Remarkable History of Venice’s Jews … Continue reading Exploring Apartheid: Venice’s Jewish Ghetto and the West Bank →

Rabbi Sam SternOCTOBER 15, 2012 BY SAM STERNEarly BackgroundI was born at a time when the whole world lay in turmoil caused by World War I. People suffered hunger and starvation. I came into a strict orthodox Jewish rabbinic and Chasidic home. Although my parents were poor at that time, they sent us boys to an expensive orthodox religious school. I had three brothers and a sister. My father's only desire was to make rabbis of us four boys.At five I was already going to cheder for first grade pupils and when seven I was able to read Hebrew. At nine I was introduced to the Five Books of Moses and the Bible commentator “Rashi,” and also to the ancient now obsolete Jewish books of jurisprudence called “Talmud.” When I was 10 or 11 years old, the Talmud eclipsed all the other books and became the main textbook for the next 10 years of my life. At thirteen I started my independent religious life. I was told that we children are under our father's jurisdiction until thirteen; at that age we become free from our father's supervision; we alone are responsible for our sins. Therefore, after I became thirteen I was taken to a synagogue where my father thanked God that he had got rid of my sins.The Gentiles And IThe home of my parents was very strict Orthodox. My father was a rabbi. He went to the synagogue to pray three times a day. We observed the Jewish laws according to the Talmud, for our parents desired that their children, too, should follow in their father's footsteps and remain strict Orthodox Jews.My family stayed in a little town in Congress Poland near Warsaw. 500 Jewish and 800 Polish families lived there, but the Polish and the Jewish people were separated by these four “Chinese Walls”:1. Clothing: Jews wore long black coats called “Kaftans” and a black hat called “Yiddishe Hutel.” The Polish people wore European clothing. It was considered a great sin for a Jew to wear European clothing.2. Language: Jews spoke Yiddish while the Poles spoke Polish. Yiddish is a Germanic language mixed with Hebrew and Slavic words.3. Religion: Jews worshipped in the synagogues which were also used as places of social gathering and Bible and Talmudic study classes. Polish people were almost 100% Catholic.4. Occupation: Jews were mainly blacksmiths, tailors, shoemakers and small businessmen, owners of small hardware stores and grocery stores, while thePoles were mainly farmers and government employees. The Jews were not granted the privilege of working for the municipal and federal government, nor in factories or agriculture. There were a thousand other differences between the Jews and the Poles, differences in customs, way of life, behaviour, temperament, and outlook. Their interests, hopes and wishes were also different. It is hard to put into words the things that separated us.We were two peoples living in one territory, under the same wonderful Polish sky. We ate the same healthy Polish bread and breathed the same clean air. Yet we were as strange to each other as the east is from the west.My first acquaintance with GentilesWhen I was six years old I tried to go for a walk outside the Jewish “Ghetto.” Suddenly a Gentile boy threw a stone at me while shouting: “Jew, Jew!” I, as a child, did not know that a Jew is hated by non Jews. Therefore I was surprised and scared. I ran back home to mother and told her that a boy threw a stone at me, calling me “Jew, Jew!”“Why is the boy throwing stones at me? Why is he calling me ‘Jew?' I never saw this boy before. Why does he hate me whom he had never seen before?”“He is a Christian and Christians are Jew haters. Even if he does not know you, he is your enemy.”“But why is he my enemy?” I kept on asking.“He believes what he is being taught. His priest, his teacher, his parents tell him to hate the Jews. Therefore he hates you even without a cause. But when our Messiah comes, we shall be the head and not the tail. Then we will go back to Palestine and no one will persecute us any more.”“But when will the Messiah come?” I kept on asking.“We don't know the exact time, but He will come some day. Then our sufferings at the hands of the Christians will come to an end.”The hope of the coming of the Messiah accompanied me all my life. It gave me power to endure suffering and humiliation from my Gentile neighbours.My EducationAfter my “Bar Mitzvah” I was sent to a higher rabbinical school with the sole purpose of becoming a rabbi. I spent the years from 13 to 22 in different schools where the main subject was the Talmud, which consists of 60 books dealing with everyday life. The main problems with which they deal are: damages, Holidays, marriage and divorce, prayer and farming problems. The main style of the books is “the argument.” For example, one rabbi said that if an egg is laid on a Holiday, it is kosher to eat, and the other rabbi said that the egg is not kosher, but “trefa.” The Talmud is a work of arguments and scholastic pilpulistic sayings (Pilpul refers to a method of disputation among rabbinical scholars regarding the interpretation of Talmudic rules and principles or Scripture that involves the development of careful and often excessively subtle distinctions). It deals also with mysticism, metaphysics and folklore.I, as a student of the Talmud, had to know by heart the name of every rabbi who expressed his opinion in the matters of damage, Holidays, etc. The Talmud was written in the time of the Tannaim and Amoraim, 1800 years ago. Since then thousands of books of comments on the Talmud have been written. The most famous ‘books, which are as important and binding to the Talmudists as the Talmud itself, are: The Rambam, the “Rosh,” The Tosafot, and Rashi, who is the greatest Talmudic commentator.I had to know all these different opinions and sayings. Since there were so many to study, we did not have time for even the most elementary secular subjects. I was ignorant in matters of arithmetic, geography, etc., but at the age of twenty two I was considered a “lamdan” which means a man who is learned in the Talmud.World War II broke outOn September l ,1939, World War II broke out. I had just received my rabbinical diploma called “Smicha” that past summer. I planned to marry and to become a religious leader of Israel, and to use my acquired knowledge to lead my fellow Jews in the ways of the Talmudic, rabbinic traditions.An alternate plan was to leave Poland, perhaps to emigrate to a country in Latin America, because there was a great need for rabbis. The war destroyed all my plans. My very life was in danger, as was that of all my fellow Jews in Europe.The Nazis and the Polish peopleOn September 4, 1939, the German soldiers came into our town. Life became unbearable for the Polish Jews. Every Jew was condemned to die. If all the skies were parchment, all men writers, and all trees pens, even then it would not be possible to describe what the Nazis in co-operation with the Polish people did to the Jews in Poland.During six years of such anti Jewish activities, 6 million Jews, among them one million children, lost their lives. One third of the world's Jewish population was annihilated. The fields of Europe are still wet with the innocent blood that was shed. Yes, here and there a conscientious Polish family rescued a Jew, hiding him and feeding him, but the number of these good people was very small.In May, 1945, World War II was over. The result: Nazi murderers were destroyed, Israel rose to become a nation and I had lost my entire family.In search for a friend and for an answer to the question: Why?After the war I came out of the concentration camp with the hope of seeing and being united with my relatives. I put advertisements in newspapers. I went to different institutions to find out about my relatives. To my great sorrow I learned that all my loved ones had perished with the six million Jews who were victims of the greatest demon in the history of mankind, Nazi Ideology. I came to realize the bitter fact that I was alone in the world without a friend, not belonging to anybody, nobody belonging to me. I could hardly believe that I would never see my parents, my sister, my brothers or my uncles again. I was now in a strange world, in a world without a friend and without a relative. I started to look for a human friend, but no one could satisfy my longing for a true mother heart or father love. Nobody could substitute the love of a sister, the faithfulness of a brother.I was disappointed and desperate: I lifted my eyes up to heaven and asked the old Jewish question: Why? Why was one third of the nation of God put to death by the Nazis? Where was God when a little innocent Jewish child cried for help when the Nazi murderers raised their brutal hands to kill it? Why was God silent in these terrible times for His chosen people?From D.P. Camp to the United States of AmericaSince I had no one in Poland. I decided to go to America: I thought that perhaps in a new land I would forget the dreadful past and start a new life. In order to go to America I had to go first to Germany where the American Army occupied the Western German territory. I became a member of a Zionist group whose sole work was to take the Jews out of Poland and bring them to Germany and Italy in order to enable them to emigrate to Israel or America.In April 1946 I came to a Jewish D.P. Camp near the Austrian border of Germany. I registered there as a rabbi and started to work as such in the D.P. Camp. I also edited the D.P. Newspaper. In 1952 I came to Rhode Island., U.S.A., where I worked as an assistant rabbi in a synagogue.Unbelief and DoubtAlthough I worked in the capacity of a Talmudic teacher in the synagogue, there was a great conflict in my heart. The question: “Why did God allow 6 million Jews to die?” bothered me. I taught things that I was not sure were true. I told my congregation and students: “If we Jews want to exist and to overcome our enemies we have to keep the Sabbath day holy.” In my heart I knew that 99% of the Hitler victims had kept the Sabbath day holy, yet it did not protect them from being killed. I did not have any proof or assurance that what I taught was true. I also lost my belief in the Talmudic legends, laws, and arguments pro and con. I was looking for the truth, but could not find it.Confession alone is not enoughEach Holiday we Jews go to the synagogue and pray to God, confessing our sins, and asking for forgiveness.We say, “Because of our sins we were driven from our land.” Confession of sins is a very important part of our prayers. The Jewish prayer book cites different kinds of sins which a Jew must confess in his daily prayers. The most solemn day of prayer is Yom Kippur, and on Yom Kippur Eve, every Jew over 13 years of age must recite 45 confessions called “Al Chets.” After the confession, the “Slach Lanu” (Forgive Us) is chanted by the congregation.When I prayed these prayers I felt unhappy and dissatisfied because I knew that according to the Bible, confession alone does not forgive sin. I knew that in order for sin to be forgiven, a sacrifice called “korban” must be offered. Leviticus deals with the “korban” many times, especially Lev.5:17-19.I was not sure that the Yom Kippur prayers have any significance in the sight of God, because I knew that right after the confessions and prayers we went back to the same old pattern of a life of sin. It seemed to me that as we were confessing our sins in the synagogue, we were mocking God. We spoke with our lips about repentance but did not really mean it. I knew that we are sinners and need a real, more valid approach to God.Longing for the TruthI felt very unhappy with my spiritual state of mind. I lost faith in mankind and in the rabbinical legends and teachings. I felt miserable knowing that I, as a rabbi, was teaching the people things that I did not believe. I knew that the Talmudic teachings, sayings, pilpulistic arguments, scholastic debates, hair splitting comments about obsolete damages, laws, rules and regulations regarding Sabbath, Holidays, clothing and washings, are of very little significance to us. I realized that we need some real solid spiritual truth by which to live, walk and exist as Jews. What is the truth? What is the true way for us and for me individually? I did not know!I looked on my people as on sheep without a shepherd. I saw that 2,000 years of Talmudic, Chasidic, cabbalistic and worldly teachings could not save one Jewish child from destruction. I knew that we Jews suffer for our sin, as we read in our prayers on the Holidays, but I did not know what our sin is.First Contact With Light: One spring evening I walked somewhere in Rhode Island. I looked here and there without a goal, just breathing in some fresh spring air. While I strolled, I noticed some young people standing near a store handing out little printed papers. They caught my attention and handed me a pamphlet too. As I could not read English I decided to go into the store to find out what kind of sale they were having. When I came inside I was surprised to see that there was no merchandise. To my astonishment, I noticed every one sitting with eyes closed and head bowed.“What is going on here?” I thought. I did not know that this is the manner in which Christians pray. It was in contrast to the way Jews pray with eyes open and shaking on all sides. I waited a while till everybody had finished praying and opened their eyes. A boy came and talked to me, but I did not understand him. I had been in the United States only a few weeks and did not know the English language. Finally I said that I speak only German and Yiddish. Through the use of sign language I made a date to come back the next Wednesday, when a German speaking person would come and explain to me what the organization was.LoveThe next Wednesday the German gentleman was waiting for me when I came. He shook my hand in a friendly manner and said to me in German: “This is a mission to the Jews.”“What is a mission?” I asked.“The Lord sent us to the Jews to let them know that God loves them and wants them to be saved.”“What do you mean saved? How can you speak about love after the cataclysm that came over the European Jew?” I asked.He smiled and said, “I know how you feel; but Christians, followers of Christ, love the Jews, and all those who harm them are not Christians. The Alpha and Omega of Christianity is love to mankind, Israel included. The Lord told us to go to the Jews first.”“Weren't all those who carried crosses and had pictures of saints in their homes yet organised pogroms against the Jews of Europe, weren't they Christians? Weren't the churches in Poland and Ukraine the main source of anti-Semitism? Didn't the priests incite their people against the Jews?”He looked at me and said. “The Lord teaches us to love our enemies, to show love to those who hate us. All those who do not obey the teachings of the Lord are not His followers.”Then he gave me a Yiddish New Testament and said, “Read it and you will find the true teaching of Christ.”I took the New Testament, put it into my pocket and said, “Yes, sir, I will read it. I want to see what the New Testament is really like. I don't know anything at all about it.”In the next few nights I had much to read. Every line, each page, was a great revelation to me as I read with great interest. Opening the Book of Matthew, I was surprised to read that Jesus is of the lineage of Abraham and David. I also noticed that on every page it says “As it is written,” which means that it was written in our Jewish Bible. For example, in the first chapter I read that He will be born of a virgin because it is written: “Behold a virgin shall be with child and shall bring forth a son and they shall call his name Immanuel…” (Isaiah 7:14).In the 2nd chapter I read that He was born in Bethlehem as it is written:“Thou Bethlehem in the land of Judah are not the least among the princes of Judah, for out of thee shall come forth a governor that shall rule my people Israel” (Micah 5:2).Also I saw that He shall come out of Egypt, for it is written: “Out of Egypt have I called my son.” (Hosea 11:1) Thus reading I noticed on each page and in every chapter constant references to the Old Testament. It became clear to me that this book called New Testament is actually the fulfilment of the Old Testament. I realized that we rabbis were too much occupied with the Talmud and paid little or no attention to our Holy Bible. Then and there I became a Bible believing Jew. I thanked God for leading me to that little mission and decided to dedicate my life to Messiah.My acquaintance with a Jewish missionary.It was a few weeks before Passover. The missionary in Rhode Island gave me the address of a Jewish believer in Jesus who lived in New York, and I went there because I had never before seen a Jewish believer in Jesus. As soon as I contacted him, he invited me to his home. He welcomed me with the greeting, “Shalom Aleichem.” We read together from the New Testament in Yiddish.After a while he told me he had written a poem called “The Sufferer,” and started to read it. But this was only a pretense, as it was in reality the 53rd chapter of Isaiah. Then he asked me, “Who is the subject of this poem? Who suffered for our sins? By Whose stripes are we healed?”I answered, “It probably refers to Jesus Christ.” Then he said; “I just copied out and read to you the 53rd chapter of Isaiah. He was the one who wrote about the Messiah.”Imagine my surprise and shock. I did not know the contents of Isaiah 53!The next day I showed the same “poem” to a friend, a rabbi in New York. He did not know either that Isaiah had written the chapter. The only conclusion I could reach was that the main reason so many rabbis and other Jews don't know the Messiah, the Saviour of the Old and New Testament, is that they don't know the Bible. I decided to do everything in my power to bring the Jewish Bible to them.The same evening I came to the New York missionary and told him that I believe in the Bible and in the Lord Jesus. Then and there we knelt and prayed for sin forgiveness and for salvation. I accepted Jesus as my personal Saviour. What a change came over me! I was very happy. I felt a peace, joy and happiness that I had never known before. My whole being turned into a happy life. I was a new creature.God Forgives Sin: When l came home I took the Bible and read the 53rd chapter of Isaiah over and over again. As I read I wondered why I had not heard of Isaiah 53 before. Why didn't the rabbis tell me of this chapter? It was obvious to me that we Jews could not be considered Bible believers if we deny Isaiah 53. As I read more, it became clear to me that Isaiah's prophecy in chapter 53 expresses God's glorious plan of forgiveness, reconciliation with God and salvation.My new education I went to Los Angeles and started my American education in the second grade of elementary school. After finishing 8 grades I graduated from high school. Later I went to Los Angeles City College, and finally to Biola College, where I received a B.A. degree. I was baptized, and ordained a minister of the Gospel. Now my deepest interest is to bring the Gospel to my people, the Jews, that they, too, may accept their Messiah and inherit eternal life. Messiah said, “I am the way, the truth and the life, no man cometh unto the Father except by me” (John 14:6).The GoalAfter I was saved I felt that it is not enough that I know the Light, but had the desire that all the Jewish people should believe in the Messiah of Israel. I saw that this would not be easy. The ones who do not believe, bitterly oppose the preaching of the glorious Gospel to my brethren in the flesh. I knew their prejudice against the Gospel and their worldly views of life. Yet, knowing that the struggle would not be easy, I decided to go on with the work of God. I became more and more interested in spreading the truth among the innocent Jews who were being misled by their “shepherds.” They were blind leaders of the blind who were interested in their own welfare, but cared little for the people.God called me to His service and I was sure that He would protect me and help me to spread the light among those who never heard the true story of Christ.A great force from within pushed me to do the work and this great force was the Holy Spirit Himself. This power of the Holy Spirit told me day and night, “Feed my sheep.” And I answered, “Here I am . I am willing to go to the House of Israel whom the Father loves so much, and to tell them the simple but sure plan of His salvation.”I saw tired and unhappy Jews who were groping in darkness, looking for the truth, and there was nobody to help them. Therefore I was the more determined to go and proclaim the Gospel to the weary and heartbroken ones. Jesus said: “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”ReasonI appeal to all rabbis, leaders of the Jewish people, and Jewish laymen: Come back to our prophets, to our God and His Anointed One.“Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool” (Isaiah 1:18).For further information regarding this testimony write to: Hebrew Witness, Inc., P.O.Box 132, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11229, U.S.A. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit awolinsky.substack.com

Part 3 of the grief travel story takes place in Trastevere, the Jewish Ghetto of Rome, and an island in the Tiber River. This episode includes: A funeral in one of Rome's oldest churches A 2000 year old bridge Heroism at a hospital during WW2 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/karen-wyatt/message

A Journey Through History Rome's history spans over 2,000 years, making it one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. From its legendary founding by Romulus and Remus to its evolution into the capital of the mighty Roman Empire, the city has played a pivotal role in shaping Western civilization. Rome is a treasure trove of architectural marvels that showcase the skill and creativity of generations past. The Colosseum, an imposing amphitheater, symbolizes ancient Roman engineering and entertainment. Its grandeur and the stories of gladiators and epic battles that once took place within its walls continue to inspire awe. If you are taking a tour, book the ground flour tour. You will need half a day to explore the Colosseum.Another architectural gem is the Pantheon, a feat of engineering and design with its perfectly preserved dome and oculus. Originally built as a temple to honor the gods, the Pantheon's dome remains the largest unreinforced concrete dome in the world, a testament to the ingenuity of Roman architects. It is a quick visit and larger than most expect!Architectural MarvelsAnother exciting spot is Largo di Torre Argentina, where Julius Caesar was assassinated. Also known as the Area Sacra, this area is a large sunken square containing the ruins of four ancient temples and the Curia of Pompey. Area Sacra is another quick visit.For more historical sites, visit the Victor Emmanuel II National Monument and the Forum and Palatine Hill. The Victor Emmanuel II National Monument is a large national monument built between 1885 and 1935 to honor Victor Emmanuel II, the first king of a unified Italy. The iconic Roman Forum, a sprawling archaeological site, offers a glimpse into ancient Rome's political, social, and religious life. Walking through these ancient ruins, one can almost hear the echoes of the past and imagine the grandeur of the empire that once ruled a vast expanse of the world.The Forum and Palatine Hill are where you can find Octavian's (also known as Ceaser Agustus) house, the imperial palace, and where Romulus, the founder of Rome, lived. You will need a full day or two to explore the vast area has a multitude of history.All the churches in Rome are spectacular. You can walk into any for a beautiful historical and moving site. A favorite church in Rome was Sant'Ignazio of Loyola Church.Vatican City: A Spiritual CenterNestled within the city of Rome, Vatican City is the smallest independent state in the world and the spiritual epicenter of the Roman Catholic Church. Home to the awe-inspiring St. Peter's Basilica and the Vatican Museums, this tiny enclave is a pilgrimage site for millions of faithful and art enthusiasts.St. Peter's Basilica, with its imposing dome and breathtaking interior, is a masterpiece of Renaissance architecture. The Vatican Museums house an extraordinary collection of art and artifacts amassed by the Catholic Church over centuries, including Michelangelo's stunning frescoes on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.Remember, you must walk up the dome about 500 stairs to get to the top of St. Peter's Basilica. Pay a bit extra to take the elevator or wear comfy shoes because you still need to walk 300 stairs even with taking the elevator. Don't forget to tour the Sistine Chapel. With all its facets, you can spend as little as one and as many as three days at the Vatican. They have self-guided and private tours. Don't forget to book entry & all tours.The Art If you are a lover of "Arte," the Borghese art museum is a must-see. Here, explore the works of Raphael, such as Young Woman with Unicorn, and works by Caravaggio. This museum is also one of the few sites where you don't need to pre-book or get a guide. However, the museum only allows a certain number of people each hour.Culinary DelightsItalian cuisine is renowned worldwide, and Rome is no exception. From classic pasta dishes like carbonara and cacio e pepe to mouth-watering pizzas and gelato, the city's culinary scene is a delight for the senses. Trattorias and osterias line the charming cobblestone streets, offering a chance to savor authentic flavors passed down through generations. Our top picks for all things “buonissimo” are Tempio di Bacco, Gallura. Tempio di Bacco is a delicious local spot where the owner is quite friendly. Gallura is outstanding dining with a modern twist. Don't forget to stop for gelato.Exploring the NeighborhoodsRome's neighborhoods each have a unique character and charm. With its narrow streets and colorful buildings, Trastevere exudes a bohemian atmosphere. The Spanish Steps and the Trevi Fountain are located in the charming area of Piazza di Spagna. The Trevi Fountain and the Spanish Steps are gorgeous. At the top of the Spanish Steps, The Church of the Santissima Trinità dei Monti can be found. At the same time, the historic Jewish Ghetto offers a glimpse into a lesser-known facet of Rome's history. Where to StayBook a room at the Westin Excelsior Rome for the perfect stay when in Rome. Should You Visit Rome?Rome, Italy, is a city that encapsulates the essence of human achievement, creativity, and endurance. From its ancient ruins to its modern-day vibrancy, every corner of Rome tells a story of the past and present. Whether you're a history enthusiast, an art lover, a food connoisseur, or a traveler seeking beauty and inspiration, Rome offers an unforgettable experience that will leave an indelible mark on your heart and soul. So, pack your bags and embark on a journey to the eternal city that has captured the imagination of countless generations.

The Museum Territory of Terror in Lviv Ukraine was built on the site of a former Jewish Ghetto under the Nazis and a former Soviet prison. While its original mission was to document tragic pages of the 20th century, the museum has changed its focus, since the full-scale invasion on February 24, 2022, to preserving Ukrainian art, museum collections, archives, monuments, and museum buildings which are the targets of Russian destruction.Liana Blicharska, research fellow at the Museum Territory of Terror, discusses efforts to save Ukrainian museum collections and to re-produce ones that have been destroyed. They Liliana create audio-visual history installations which are experienced with virtual reality headsets, enabling the visitor to see lost works, buildings, and even towns while simultaneously listening to an audio guide. She also describes her personal online documentary project about the persecution of the Crimean Tartars. The Russian abduction of Potemkin's bones from his tomb in Kherson is also discussed.

Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service. We hear about the Allies' campaign in North Africa in the Second World War in 1943. Ahead of the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in 2025, the BBC is trying to gather as many first-hand accounts from surviving veterans as possible, to preserve for future generations. Working with a number of partners, including the Normandy Memorial Trust and the Royal British Legion, the BBC has spoken to many men and women who served during the war. We are calling the collection World War Two: We were there. We also have the story of the last flight out of the old international Hong Kong airport in 1998. The approach to the airport was known as 'the Kai Tak heart attack' because of it's location between the mountains and the city. As well as the end of the uprising in the Jewish Ghetto in Warsaw, the sinking of the 'Indian Titanic' and the United States' bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade. Contributors: Peter Royle - British Army Captain in the Royal Artillery. Dr Helen Fry - author and historian, specialising in the Second World War. Simha "Kazik" Rotem - a Jewish fighter in the Warsaw Ghetto uprising. Arvind Jhani and Tej Mangat - survivors of the sinking of the SS Tilawa. Captain Kim Sharman - the pilot of the last passenger flight out of Kai Tak. (Photo: Tunis victory parade, 20 May 1943. Credit: Peter Royle)

In May 1943, the uprising in the Jewish Ghetto in Warsaw in Poland came to an end. The Germans had crushed the uprising and deported surviving ghetto residents to concentration camps. Simha "Kazik" Rotem was one of the Jewish fighters who survived to tell his story. He spoke to Louise Hidalgo in 2010. (Photo: Warsaw Ghetto. Credit: HUM Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Many European Jewish youth do not attend Jewish dayschools and lack proper Jewish education. While on a short family getaway to Venice, Italy I met up with Tali Basali who is providing a solution to solve that problem. Join me in the famous Venice Ghetto as I speak to Tali about life in Venice and her special educational project for European Jewish youth. I promise, more Pulse of Israel episodes will be coming about the Jewish Ghetto in Venice, Italy.

In this week's Reagan Forum podcast, we go back just over one week to April 2, 2023 for our in-person event with Auschwitz Survivor Tova Friedman. This event was our first event as part of our new special exhibition, Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away. which runs through August 13, 2023. Information on this exhibit can be found at ReaganLibrary.com/Auschwitz. Last November, we were contacted by the amazing staff of Holocaust Museum LA. They recommended we speak with Dr. Maria Zalewska, Executive Director of the Auschwitz Birkenau Memorial Foundation about a book she had put together called Honeycake and Latkes. The book is a beautiful collection of heirloom recipes and stories from Auschwitz-Birkenau survivors. She connected us with Tova Friedman whose New York Times bestselling memoir, The Daughter of Auschwitz, shares her string of near-death experiences in a Jewish Ghetto, a Nazi labor camp and Auschwitz. One of her recipes is also in Honeycake and Latkes. Tova is one of the very few Jews to have entered a gas chamber and lived to tell the tale. Tova has been quoted as saying, “I am a survivor. That comes with a survivor's obligation to represent one and a half million Jewish children murdered by the Nazis. They cannot speak. So I must speak on their behalf.” Maria and Tova sat down in conversation to discuss Honeycake and Latkes, as well as The Daughter of Auschwitz.

Joe Mulinaro joins the Passion for Italy Travel crew. He will be having a number of guests join him to discuss their trips to Italy.In this episode of the Podcast, Joe invites his wife, Lori, to discuss her recent trip to Italy where they visited Rome, Florence, Positano, and Capri. In this first show, they discuss the Rome portion of the vacation. They start with their planning and flight. The episode continues with five days of filling their agenda with all the major points of Rome.Monti District, Santa Maria Maggiore, Spanish Steps, Piazza Republica, Altar of the FatherlandVilla Borghese, Laghetto, Piazza del Popolo, Via Del Corso, Trevi FountainVatican Musuem tour, Castel Sant Angelo, Piazza Navona, Pantheon, Campo di Fiore, St Agnes Church, Piazza Venezia, St Peter's BasilicaColosseum, Roman Forum, Palatine Hill, Teatro Marcello, Jewish Ghetto, Capitoline Museum, Tiber IslandSo much, pizza, pasta, wine, gelato and cornetti.

(Claude Schryer)Jacek, what is soundwalking? (Jacek Smolicki)That's a very broad question, but I'll try to answer from two perspectives: my own and from what is kind of more generally considered soundwalking. So, to quote Hildegard Westerkamp, one of the pioneers of that practice, basically, a soundwalk is any kind of excursion into an environment which is motivated by us listening to it. Whether we do it with or without technologies or whether we do it on our own or in a group and the point of soundwalking is to connect or reconnect us with the environment, with how it sounds at the very moment to kind of reaching this sense of immersion in the here and now. My approach to sound is slightly different. I treat soundscapes as a kind of gateways to not only the momentary - the way that the sound  expresses itself in the moment  or the sound expresses events that happen at the moment - but also as gateways into the past and into the future. I like to kind of expand the perspective of soundwalking and use it as a kind of a vehicle to move us between different scales, between different temporalities and between different standpoints or different angles from which we can engage in this act of connecting with the environment. And the way I do it is by encouraging people to listen with whatever listening capacities they have, but also through technologies. And, as a scholar in media, in communications and within a personal interest in technological developments within sonogram, I'm trying to treat technologies as our companions rather than enemies or something that is alien to our human nature and try to build kind organic synergies between the way we implement technologies in our lives and in our ways of understanding nature around us. (Claude Schryer)And all the ethical ramifications of that…(Jacek Smolicki)Exactly and of course, ethical ramifications, so I like to call my approach to soundwalking as kind of a kind of transversal listening or hybrid listening where basically listening becomes like a vector that cuts through different layers of the environment in a kind of geological material sense, but also in a temporal sense. So as we stand here for example, we're not standing only here in this particular geography, but we are at the same time kind of benefiting from other geographies that surround us and we can actually hear, for instance, air traffic and through that sound we can connect with very distant geographies in a most direct sense, the geographies from which those planes arrive or are destined to, but we can also think of the plans around us as some of them are not necessarily native to this geography, right? They come from somewhere else. They pertain to different histories of, for instance, colonization and so on. And the same applies to temporalities. The sounds we hear today are here for some reason, right? They have roots in other sonic events that might not be directly accessible to us and this is also why I like to encourage imagination as a kind of natural component to soundwalking and listening and to enable a more speculative approach to how we listen. So instead of really trying to dissect and understand all the sounds around us to also think more imaginatively about what kinds of sounds existed before we stepped into that environment and what kind of sounds might exist in the future also because of our actions at the very moment.(Claude Schryer)We're doing a soundwalk now here, mostly talking about sound walking, but it's an experience and I've done it over the years and I encourage my listeners to do it because it's a very rewarding practice and it's one you can do anywhere, anytime. So before we run out of time, what would be a good question for people to ask themselves or to keep in mind as they soundwalk? (Jacek Smolicki)I think one important question would be what is my position within the soundscapes that I'm working through and how do I approach the soundscape? What kind of associations dominate my way of experiencing it, for instance, and start basically there and then trying to maybe gradually leave that zone and consider other ways of positioning ourselves in the soundscapes and by doing that, acknowledging the possibilities of other perspectives on the soundscapes and other ways of understanding and coexisting with it. (Claude Schryer)In other words, what is my position in listening ?*This episode with artist Jacek Smolicki was recorded on Friday March 24th, 2023 at 8.38am at the Atlantic Center for the Arts in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. It's a soundwalk about soundwalking but also about the role of acoustic ecology in the ecological crisis. After completing our 5 minute conversation we heard a passing train and continued our conversation, which is part 2 of this episode.I encourage listeners to do your own soundwalks. There are many guides and methods. One of my favorites is Soundwalking by Hildegard Westerkamp and also Jacek's book Soundwalking through time, space and technologies.I am grateful and accountable to the earth and the human labour that provided me with the privilege of producing this episode. (including all the toxic materials and extractive processes behind the computers, recorders, transportation and infrastructure that make this podcast possible).My gesture of reciprocity for this episode is to the Children and Youth Artists' Grief Deck! Artists' Literacies Institute.*Jacek Smolicki (born during martial law in Kraków) is a cross-disciplinary artist, designer, researcher and educator. His work brings temporal, existential and critical dimensions to listening, recording and archiving practices and technologies in diverse contexts.Besides working with historical archives, media, and heritage, Smolicki develops other modes of sensing, recording, and mediating stories and signals from specific sites, scales, and temporalities. His work is manifested through soundwalks, soundscape compositions, diverse forms of writing, site-responsive performances, experimental para-archives, and audio-visual installations.He has performed, published, and exhibited internationally (e.g. In-Sonora Madrid, Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, AudioArt Kraków, Ars Electronica, Linz, and Historical Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo). His broad scope of site-responsive artistic and research work includes projects concerned with the soundscapes of the Swedish Arctic Circle, the Canadian Pacific Coast, the world's tallest wooden radio mast in Gliwice, the UFO testimonies from the Archive for the Unexplained in Sweden, the Jewish Ghetto in Kraków, the former sites of the Yugoslav Wars, Madrid's busking culture, and Alfred Nobel's factory complex in Stockholm, among many other places.In 2017 he completed his PhD in Media and Communications from the School of Arts and Communication at Malmö University where he was a member of Living Archives, a research project funded by the Swedish Research Council.Between 2020-2023 Smolicki pursues an international postdoctorate funded by the Swedish Research Council. Located at Linköping University in Sweden, Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada, and Harvard, USA, his research explores the history and prospects of field recording and soundwalking practices from the perspective of arts, environmental humanities, and philosophy of technology.In 2022/2023 he is a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Harvard.He is also an associate scholar at the Informatics and Media Hub for Digital Existence at Uppsala University. From January 2020 he is a member of BioMe, a research project that investigates ethical implications of AI technologies on everyday life realms. Smolicki explores sonic capture cultures and the impact of AI technologies on human and other-than-human voices.He is a co-founder of Walking Festival of Sound, a transdisciplinary and nomadic event exploring the critical and reflective role of walking through and listening to our everyday surroundings.Since 2008 Smolicki has been working on On-Going Project, a systematic experimentation with various recording techniques and technologies leading to a multifaceted para-archive of contemporary everyday life, culture, and environment. The On-Going Project includes Minuting, a record of public soundscapes performed daily ever since July 2010, for which he received the main prize at the Society for Artistic Research conference in 2022.For info see https://www.smolicki.com/index.html *END NOTES FOR ALL EPISODESHere is a link for more information on season 5. Please note that, in parallel with the production of the conscient podcast and it's francophone counterpart, balado conscient, I publish a Substack newsletter called ‘a calm presence' which are 'short, practical essays for those frightened by the ecological crisis'. To subscribe (free of charge) see https://acalmpresence.substack.com. You'll also find a podcast version of each a calm presence posting on Substack or one your favorite podcast player.Also. please note that a complete transcript of conscient podcast and balado conscient episodes from season 1 to 4 is available on the web version of this site (not available on podcast apps) here: https://conscient-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes.Your feedback is always welcome at claude@conscient.ca and/or on conscient podcast social media: Facebook, X, Instagram or Linkedin. I am grateful and accountable to the earth and the human labour that provided me with the privilege of producing this podcast, including the toxic materials and extractive processes behind the computers, recorders, transportation systems and infrastructure that made this production possible. Claude SchryerLatest update on April 2, 2024

(Jacek Smolicki)The ultimate question I'm asking is how can we move away from soundwalk as a kind of framed aesthetic experience or artistic experience and turn it into an existential practice or basically something that is just ingrained in our everyday life and we don't have to frame it anymore. It's just basically part of our way of living. (Claude Schryer)Can you give an example of that? (Jacek Smolicki)An academic example would be the concepts developed by Steven Feld, acoustemology, where basically listening, a kind of sonic way of being in the world is part of your culture, part of existence. You don't tell yourself, okay, I will listen to the world more carefully from now for another hour, and then I can just return back to my everyday life but you basically just keep listening, right? A kind of sonic sensitivity is one of the most important ways of understanding the world as opposed to being pushed to the background and only lifted up during those kinds of frame situations such as a soundwalk. (Claude Schryer)I've been sound walking in an analytical way, so I'll try to make sense of the sounds and where they are and what they're about but there's also an absorption factor where you allow the sounds to speak to you in their own language, right? As opposed to sort of rationally figuring them out. So, if we stop here and listen, what are you hearing? (Jacek Smolicki)I hear a coexistence of culture and nature and at the same time a kind of friction between two realms that in fact are just one realm and we kind of try to maybe separate them. We talked a little bit about this positionality and we hear the whistle of the train. From one perspective, we heard some people here referring to that sound as being very calming and reassuring, but if you think of indigenous people, that sound might mean a completely different thing. It's a form of bordering and creating, some kind of a division, of cutting the land and deciding how the land is to be traversed and utilized. So it definitely has a violent connotation if we look from that perspective and if we listen from that perspective. I think that this is some kind of sensitivity that I'm aiming at, also, while teaching, to be able to also take that thought into consideration when we try to value or kind of assign value to different sounds. I think Dylan Robinson is talking about oscillation. I think he calls it to be able to constantly oscillate, to move from one way of understanding sound to another. And basically by doing that it destabilizing certain certainties that characterizes our way of listening and, and by doing that, becoming open to those other understandings and perceptions… (Claude Schryer)And asking questions. You know, we were on a panel together a few days ago (Stetson University) when we were asking the question, how can listening help the world that is in crisis? and it's an open-ended question because with listening everybody has their own way of listening, but there are certainly deeper ways of listening that we can learn and unlearn as we work our way through these issues. (Jacek Smolicki)Exactly and that we've been talking a lot about hope. We've been talking a lot about how this openness is almost inherently good. I have that feeling. People talk about if we open up our listening and if we invite other perspectives, then we are doing something good. But I think that opening comes with certain responsibilities too, right? I like to think of it in a way that the more open we become to those different perspectives, the more troubled, actually, we should become more concerned rather than content and calm, so there's this disruptive aspect to listening that Hildegard Westerkamp has been writing about, but as we open ourselves, as we include other perspectives, we at the same time disrupted something, right? That we at the same time should be calling ourselves to action and becoming more responsible. So, there's some kind of an obligation I think that should follow that act of opening and deepening our listening. (Claude Schryer)I agree. Thank you for this moment. We will listen again.*This episode with artist Jacek Smolicki was recorded on Friday March 24th, 2023 at 8.44 am at the Atlantic Center for the Arts in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. It's a soundwalk about soundwalking but also about the role of acoustic ecology in the ecological crisis. After completing our first 5 minute conversation (e113 part 1) we heard a passing train and continued our conversation, which is this episode (part 2).I encourage listeners to do your own soundwalks. There are many guides and methods. One of my favorites is Soundwalking by Hildegard Westerkamp but also Jacek's new book Soundwalking through space, time and technologies.I am grateful and accountable to the earth and the human labour that provided me with the privilege of producing this episode. (including all the toxic materials and extractive processes behind the computers, recorders, transportation and infrastructure that make this podcast possible).My gesture of reciprocity for this episode is to the  Children and Youth Artists' Grief Deck! Artists' Literacies Institute.*Jacek Smolicki (born during martial law in Kraków) is a cross-disciplinary artist, designer, researcher and educator. His work brings temporal, existential and critical dimensions to listening, recording and archiving practices and technologies in diverse contexts.Besides working with historical archives, media, and heritage, Smolicki develops other modes of sensing, recording, and mediating stories and signals from specific sites, scales, and temporalities. His work is manifested through soundwalks, soundscape compositions, diverse forms of writing, site-responsive performances, experimental para-archives, and audio-visual installations.He has performed, published, and exhibited internationally (e.g. In-Sonora Madrid, Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, AudioArt Kraków, Ars Electronica, Linz, and Historical Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo). His broad scope of site-responsive artistic and research work includes projects concerned with the soundscapes of the Swedish Arctic Circle, the Canadian Pacific Coast, the world's tallest wooden radio mast in Gliwice, the UFO testimonies from the Archive for the Unexplained in Sweden, the Jewish Ghetto in Kraków, the former sites of the Yugoslav Wars, Madrid's busking culture, and Alfred Nobel's factory complex in Stockholm, among many other places.In 2017 he completed his PhD in Media and Communications from the School of Arts and Communication at Malmö University where he was a member of Living Archives, a research project funded by the Swedish Research Council.Between 2020-2023 Smolicki pursues an international postdoctorate funded by the Swedish Research Council. Located at Linköping University in Sweden, Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada, and Harvard, USA, his research explores the history and prospects of field recording and soundwalking practices from the perspective of arts, environmental humanities, and philosophy of technology.In 2022/2023 he is a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Harvard.He is also an associate scholar at the Informatics and Media Hub for Digital Existence at Uppsala University. From January 2020 he is a member of BioMe, a research project that investigates ethical implications of AI technologies on everyday life realms. Smolicki explores sonic capture cultures and the impact of AI technologies on human and other-than-human voices.He is a co-founder of Walking Festival of Sound, a transdisciplinary and nomadic event exploring the critical and reflective role of walking through and listening to our everyday surroundings.Since 2008 Smolicki has been working on On-Going Project, a systematic experimentation with various recording techniques and technologies leading to a multifaceted para-archive of contemporary everyday life, culture, and environment. The On-Going Project includes Minuting, a record of public soundscapes performed daily ever since July 2010, for which he received the main prize at the Society for Artistic Research conference in 2022.For info see https://www.smolicki.com/index.html. *END NOTES FOR ALL EPISODESHere is a link for more information on season 5. Please note that, in parallel with the production of the conscient podcast and it's francophone counterpart, balado conscient, I publish a Substack newsletter called ‘a calm presence' which are 'short, practical essays for those frightened by the ecological crisis'. To subscribe (free of charge) see https://acalmpresence.substack.com. You'll also find a podcast version of each a calm presence posting on Substack or one your favorite podcast player.Also. please note that a complete transcript of conscient podcast and balado conscient episodes from season 1 to 4 is available on the web version of this site (not available on podcast apps) here: https://conscient-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes.Your feedback is always welcome at claude@conscient.ca and/or on conscient podcast social media: Facebook, X, Instagram or Linkedin. I am grateful and accountable to the earth and the human labour that provided me with the privilege of producing this podcast, including the toxic materials and extractive processes behind the computers, recorders, transportation systems and infrastructure that made this production possible. Claude SchryerLatest update on April 2, 2024

Playwright Katori Hall discusses her Pulitzer Prize-winning play “The Hot Wing King.” The show is on stage at the Alliance Theatre through March 5. Plus, renowned pianist and filmmaker Hershey Felder discusses his documentary “Musical Tales of the Venetian Jewish Ghetto." The film has its world premiere at the Atlanta Jewish Film Fesitval on February 20. We also hear from WABE's H. Johnson about the master jazz whistler, Ron McCroby.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Venice is often described as a classic example of "overtourism" in Europe. But what's really going on in this famous Italian city? This week, Italian journalist Anna Momigliano joins the show to talk about the history and evolution of tourism in Venice, and to share how visitors to this beloved city can actually have a positive impact during their stay. As Anna explains, it all comes down to how, when, and *for how long* you visit the city. Listen up for her specific suggestions for how to plan a fun and meaningful trip to Venice. Thanks so much for joining us! Subscribe to Paige's newsletter: paigemcclanahan.com/newsletter Some of Anna's recent journalism on tourism in Venice Venice Tourism May Never Be the Same. It Could Be Better, The New York Times (unlocked link, good for 2 weeks): https://bit.ly/3Fexupf Venice and Cruise Ships: A Delicate Balance, The New York Times (unlocked): https://bit.ly/3VANMhw ‘Little Venice' Finally Gets its Moment, The New York Times (unlocked): http://bit.ly/3GVYvis Follow Anna on Twitter: https://twitter.com/annamomi Lots of Venice info from Anna Venice Sustainable Tourism is run by the association of tourist guides who support sustainable tourism. They focus on organized tours in areas that are less crowded and might actually need extra visitors. In some cases, some of the proceedings go to the restoration of art that was damaged in the 2019 flood. Try emailing them to ask what tours are available venicesustainabletourism.com Edipo Re organizes cultural events and boat tours of the lagoon edipore.it Slow Venice is a tour operator focusing on “slow” experiences in Venice and its surrounding lagoon slowvenice.it/en Three Venice museums that could use more visitors: Museo di Palazzo Grimani. It's in the Sestiere Castello (or Castello district). A medieval palazzo that was redecorated in the 1500s, it has a stunning architecture and art collection. Also hosts exhibits polomusealeveneto.beniculturali.it/musei/museo-di-palazzo-grimani Jewish Museum of Venice. The Sestiere Cannareggio (or Cannareggio district) is home to the Jewish Ghetto, a very lively place with plenty of restaurants and nice architecture to walk around. Don't miss the museum museoebraico.it/en/museum Scuola Grande di san Rocco. Perhaps the most famous of the “Scuole Grandi” of Venice, despite being in the San Polo district this place is (relatively…) overlooked by tourists, despite the fact that it's pure Venice in all its splendor scuolagrandesanrocco.org/home

For this episode's full show notes, download the free CERCA app, available for iOS. Get maps, photos, and info on the places mentioned. Plus, ad-free listening, bonus content, and early access to other episodes in this guide.--- The Jewish Ghetto of Rome is a hidden gem for visitors but it's imperative to walk these streets with a bit of history ringing in your ears. In this episode we're going to shed a light on some of the darkness to walk these streets right. ~This Cerca Guide was written and voiced by Virginia Vigliar. Additional research by Victoria Emma Watson Cheyne.Visit CercaTravel.com for more news on where Cerca is going and to sign up for special access to new features. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode Monica is talking to Luisella Romeo, tour guide in Venice, about Virtual tours, the Jewish Ghetto, tours for the visually impaired and for disabled people, about rowing and sailing in Venice.Embark on a dual adventure with our latest podcast episode as we explore the wonders of virtual tours in Venice and the inclusivity of specially curated experiences for disabled individuals! Discover the magic of navigating the iconic canals and historic streets from the comfort of your home, as we guide you through the immersive world of virtual exploration. Plus, join us in shedding light on the accessible side of Venice, where tailored tours ensure everyone can savor the beauty of this enchanting city. Ready to unlock the secrets of Venice's virtual wonders and inclusive adventures? Dive into our podcast now!

An interesting meld of films today thanks to our guests TONY AHEDO talking his film ICON, and STEPHEN EDWARDS discussing at length his "must see" documentary, SYNDROME K. First up is writer/director/editor TONY AHEDO who makes his narrative feature directorial debut with ICON, a coming of age story focused on high school students Sam and Ana and the effects of an unplanned pregnancy. While we have seen plenty of films, tv movies, reality shows, etc. with a theme of teen pregnancy, ICON is one of the rare instances where the story is told from the POV of the young father-to-be. And then we jump right into a conversation with documentarian and acclaimed composer STEPHEN EDWARDS talking his new documentary, SYNDROME K. One of my "must see" documentaries of the year, SYNDROME K is fascinating. Showcasing a little-known aspect in the history of WWII and Italy, in October 1943, three dedicated doctors at the Fatebenefratelli Hospital on Tiber Island across from the "Jewish Ghetto" of Rome saved dozens of Jews from the Nazis, hiding them in the hospital as patients in isolation due to suffering from the highly contagious disease SYNDROME K; a fake contagion designed to keep the Nazis away. Comprised of extremely rare archival footage from the Nazi roundup in the ghetto, an interview with Dr. Adriano Ossicini – the last surviving doctor who conceived the SYNDROME K plan, interviews from the SHOAH archives, period images, recreations, interviews with survivors and their descendants, as well as present-day footage, the result is stunning. And adding a final layer of poignancy as narrator is Ray Liotta in his final narration prior to his death. Listen as Stephen goes into detail about the story, the research process, working with his co-writer Gregory Ballard, developing a throughline and the editing process as a whole, score and the cinematic lyricism of the project, and more. http://eliasentertainmentnetwork.com

Rome's Jewish Ghetto is an often overlooked treasure of Rome. This neighborhood is rich in archaeological and cultural heritage, delicious traditional Roman cuisine and religious history that dates back many centuries. Rome's Jewish community is probably the oldest in the world outside of the Middle East, dating back to around 161 BC. No one knows the Jewish Ghetto better than Micaela Pavoncello. Listen to my fascinating chat with Micaela as she recounts some of her amazing & personal stories about her Jewish Ghetto neighborhood.

Meryl chats with Michelle Cameron about her novel, Beyond The Ghetto Gates, which tells the little known story of how Napoleon liberated the Jewish Ghetto in Ancona, Italy. Michelle Cameron is the award-winning author of works of historical fiction and poetry: including Beyond the Ghetto Gates (2020), The Fruit of Her Hands: The Story of Shira of Ashkenaz (2009), and In the Shadow of the Globe (2003). Beyond the Ghetto Gates won a Silver medal for Historical Fiction, The Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPYs); was First Place, Best in Category for the Chanticleer Goethe Awards; and was a finalist in the 2020 Foreword Indies. Michelle lived in Israel for fifteen years (including three weeks in a bomb shelter during the Yom Kippur War) and served as an officer in the Israeli army teaching air force cadets technical English. She is a director of The Writers Circle, an NJ-based organization that offers creative writing programs to children, teens, and adults. She lives in New Jersey with her husband and has two grown children. More about Michelle here: Website: https://michelle-cameron.com Facebook Author page: https://www.facebook.com/michellecameronauthor/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michellecameronwriter/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/mcameron_writer

Meryl chats with Michelle about her novel, Beyond The Ghetto Gates, which tells the little known story of how Napoleon liberated the Jewish Ghetto in Ancona, Italy. Michelle Cameron is the award-winning author of works of historical fiction and poetry: including Beyond the Ghetto Gates (2020), The Fruit of Her Hands: The Story of Shira of Ashkenaz (2009), and In the Shadow of the Globe (2003). Beyond the Ghetto Gates won a Silver medal for Historical Fiction, The Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPYs); was First Place, Best in Category for the Chanticleer Goethe Awards; and was a finalist in the 2020 Foreword Indies. Michelle lived in Israel for fifteen years (including three weeks in a bomb shelter during the Yom Kippur War) and served as an officer in the Israeli army teaching air force cadets technical English. She is a director of The Writers Circle, an NJ-based organization that offers creative writing programs to children, teens, and adults. She lives in New Jersey with her husband and has two grown children. Website: https://michelle-cameron.com Facebook Author page: https://www.facebook.com/michellecameronauthor/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michellecameronwriter/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/mcameron_writer On People of the Book, award-winning author Meryl Ain chats with notable authors, and brings you the best in books with Jewish content. From novels to memoirs to short stories to scholarly tomes, we cover a wide range of reads. Our freewheeling conversations are thought provoking and intimate. They span historical themes, contemporary issues, the writing process, and the influences that inspire and empower writers to tell their stories and share them with the world. Meryl is the award-winning author of The Takeaway Men, a post-Holocaust novel. The sequel will be published in April 2023. She is also the founder of the Facebook group, Jews Love To Read! People of the Book is a copyrighted work © of Meryl Ain and Authors on The Air Global Radio Network. Website: merylain.com/ https://www.facebook.com/PeopleOfTheBookWithMerylAin facebook.com/MerylAinAuthor/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/455865462463744 Twitter: @DrMerylAin Instagram: meryl_ain @Copyright by Authors on the Air Global Radio Network #AuthorsOnTheAir #AuthorsOnTheAirGlobalRadioNetwork #AOTA #[MichelleCameron #BeyondtheGhettoGates #HistoricalFiction #PeopleoftheBook #MerylAin #TheTakeawayMen #TheWritingLife #HistoricalResearch #JewishHistoricalFiction #LetsTalkJewishBooks #JewsLoveToRead #Ketubah #Napoleon #NapoleonandtheJews #JewishGhettoItaly

Meryl chats with Michelle about her novel, Beyond The Ghetto Gates, which tells the little known story of how Napoleon liberated the Jewish Ghetto in Ancona, Italy. Michelle Cameron is the award-winning author of works of historical fiction and poetry: including Beyond the Ghetto Gates (2020), The Fruit of Her Hands: The Story of Shira of Ashkenaz (2009), and In the Shadow of the Globe (2003). Beyond the Ghetto Gates won a Silver medal for Historical Fiction, The Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPYs); was First Place, Best in Category for the Chanticleer Goethe Awards; and was a finalist in the 2020 Foreword Indies. Michelle lived in Israel for fifteen years (including three weeks in a bomb shelter during the Yom Kippur War) and served as an officer in the Israeli army teaching air force cadets technical English. She is a director of The Writers Circle, an NJ-based organization that offers creative writing programs to children, teens, and adults. She lives in New Jersey with her husband and has two grown children. Website: https://michelle-cameron.com Facebook Author page: https://www.facebook.com/michellecameronauthor/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michellecameronwriter/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/mcameron_writer On People of the Book, award-winning author Meryl Ain chats with notable authors, and brings you the best in books with Jewish content. From novels to memoirs to short stories to scholarly tomes, we cover a wide range of reads. Our freewheeling conversations are thought provoking and intimate. They span historical themes, contemporary issues, the writing process, and the influences that inspire and empower writers to tell their stories and share them with the world. Meryl is the award-winning author of The Takeaway Men, a post-Holocaust novel. The sequel will be published in April 2023. She is also the founder of the Facebook group, Jews Love To Read! People of the Book is a copyrighted work © of Meryl Ain and Authors on The Air Global Radio Network. Website: merylain.com/ https://www.facebook.com/PeopleOfTheBookWithMerylAin facebook.com/MerylAinAuthor/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/455865462463744 Twitter: @DrMerylAin Instagram: meryl_ain @Copyright by Authors on the Air Global Radio Network #AuthorsOnTheAir #AuthorsOnTheAirGlobalRadioNetwork #AOTA #[MichelleCameron #BeyondtheGhettoGates #HistoricalFiction #PeopleoftheBook #MerylAin #TheTakeawayMen #TheWritingLife #HistoricalResearch #JewishHistoricalFiction #LetsTalkJewishBooks #JewsLoveToRead #Ketubah #Napoleon #NapoleonandtheJews #JewishGhettoItaly

Preserved From the Beast (23) (Audio) David Eells - 12/1/21 The Apostate POW Camp and Famine of the Soul Issac Payne - 11/11/21 (David's notes in red)  I dreamed I was in the spirit observing inside a POW camp run by Asians. (These ‘Asians' represent the apostate church leaders who bare strange children or ‘Christians' that don't look like the Father or Christ. Hos 5:7  They have dealt treacherously against Jehovah; for they have borne strange children: now shall the new moon devour them with their fields. They have taken captive so many of God's people, but, as we will see, the elect of God will escape the death and destruction of their false doctrines.)  In the dream, I suspected they were Communist Chinese. (In the natural, the communist Chinese have perpetrated a non-conventional warfare against the US through social, economic and biological warfare and the resulting medical tyranny through lockdowns, masks and killer vaccine mandates that are quickly depopulating the West and the rest of the world as well. We are all POW's of the Banking elites who are trying to foist communism upon the remainder of the free world. Spiritually speaking there are a lot of who are spiritual communists in that they blindly have to obey the fat cats at the top and they have a doctrine of no difference of eternal rewards or glories.) I was inside a prisoner barracks where there were American Army infantry soldiers who were MIA POW's. I then noticed that the area this concentration camp was located in was Maceo, Ky. where I was raised. The street it was on was Kelley Cemetery Road. (Many of God's people are MIA/POW's. Kelley means,”Warrior" in Irish and spiritually represents the the death of spiritual warfare through God's people by their imprisonment to false apostate doctrines that rob them of faith so that they never believe that they can be free in Christ by doing spiritual warfare against their enemies.) (I believe that this represents that the war, Communist invasion, famine, & slavery will occur in what people call home “The USA.”)  I noticed the commanding Captain of this American Army POW platoon (Representing the Apostate leadership in the Church) was sitting on the ground in front of one of the beds in the barracks in a deep state of depression. (The apostate leadership sitting in front of the bed represents standing in the way of God's people entering in to the rest by ceasing to be justified by self works. Mat 23:13  But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye shut the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye enter not in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering in to enter.)  As he was zoned out looking in the distance of the barracks the First Lieutenant of the platoon walked up and shot him in the head killing him. This started a series of murders within the platoon of all the senior ranking officers. Then the First Lieutenant was shot and killed by his 2nd Lieutenant. Then the 2nd Lieutenant was killed by his lower ranking peer; a Chief Warrant Officer 5. (As I watched all this unfold, it dawned on me that this dream was unfolding from the end to the beginning. This particular dream was started at the end and would finish at the beginning revealing all that took place before hand to lead up to the killing of each superior officer in this platoon.) (As we will see, God is going to turn all the factious apostate shepherds against one another and punish them for the atrocities they have committed against His sheep. When you sow faction you reap faction. They will reap what they've sown. Three armies came against Jerusalem, the Bride, but God fought for them dividing them to kill each other off (2 Ch. 20).  Eze. 34:17-22 And as for you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I judge between sheep and sheep, the rams and the he-goats. 18 Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have fed upon the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pasture? and to have drunk of the clear waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet? 19 And as for my sheep, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet, and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet. 20 Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah unto them: Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep. 21 Because ye thrust with side and with shoulder, and push all the diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad; 22 therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between sheep and sheep.  Gal. 5:15 But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.) The murders continued unfolding until the lowest Jr. ranking army personnel had killed his superior. The last murder happened outside. (Outside the Shepherd's tents? Representing that the only survivors will be those apostate leaders who are granted repentance by God.) I watched the lowest ranking Army superior was standing alone with no other superiors. This man was a simpleton and very distraught with the things he had seen. (Representing a humbling and repentance and realizing that they didn't know as much as they thought they did and are in need of teaching by the Man-child ministers.)  (I'm not sure but I think that maybe all these people killed each other for the atrocities that they may have committed in this concentration camp to survive. (Biting and devouring one another.) I think this also follows the law of sowing and reaping. The Lord woke me up the night before this dream and gave me a word of knowledge and revelation concerning my brother regarding sowing and reaping. Gal 6:7- 8  Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth unto his own flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth unto the Spirit shall of the spirit reap eternal life.)   I was then outside of the barracks in the spirit and I observed two pilots pushing a destroyed B-52 bomber. They were pushing the cockpit down a dirt road inside the camp. On the dirt road was ammunition that was live and as they pushed this B-52 bomber, weapons would fire live ammunition rounds in their direction littering the B-52 cockpit with bullets. It was as if they were forced into a game of a Chinese version of Russian roulette. (Many of the apostate Church leaders are from beneath and earthly because their beliefs and doctrines don't teach about abiding in Christ in heavenly places. John 8:23-24 And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world. 24 I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for except ye believe that I am he, ye shall die in your sins. Many people and apostate leaders are playing Russian roulette with their spiritual lives and the lives of their followers. They disobey the Word of God and think they won't come under judgment; that's spiritual Russian roulette. Rom. 8:13 If we live after the flesh we must die but if by the Spirit we put to death the deeds of the flesh we will live. ) Then, I was suddenly translated back in time. (Again, this dream started at the end and finished at the beginning, revealing what led up to the murders of all the superior officers within the platoon.) Where I was translated was a place that resembled the ghetto of Warsaw in WW2. (Warsaw was the biggest Jewish Ghetto during WW2.) (A ghetto is a place where there is a very low standard of living like many churches today. Warsaw is also a play on words. In the natural, we've never seen war like this before. It is completely unconventional and covert. It is the DS elite banker's plan to depopulate the globe. This may be what Jesus was referring to in Mat. 24 when He said, “Rumors of wars.”)  What I saw was horrendous. I was witnessing a drastic famine. Everyone in this ghetto was literally walking skin and bones. They were so skinny that most of them were naked because their clothes wouldn't fit them. (There has been a famine of the true gospel for almost 2000 years that has progressively gotten worse up to this day. The majority of the ‘lukewarm' Church is wretched, poor, miserable, blind and naked and they don't even realize it. Rev. 3:15-21 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. 16 So because thou art lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spew thee out of my mouth. 17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art the wretched one and miserable and poor and blind and naked:  18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold refined by fire, that thou mayest become rich; and white garments, that thou mayest clothe thyself, and that the shame of thy nakedness be not made manifest; and eye salve to anoint thine eyes, that thou mayest see. In the natural, the DS is setting us up for a global famine through supply chain disruptions of food, fuel, fertilizer etc.) To illustrate how terrible this famine was, the majority were literally skeletons without even skin. Some had small amounts of muscle attached to their skeletons. However, these skeletons were alive still. They didn't even have eyes as their skull was hollowed out and dark emptiness was the only thing that was visible. (The captives of the apostate Church are spiritually famished and blind even though they claim they have the truth and can see. John 9:39-41 And Jesus said, For judgment came I into this world, that they that see not may see; and that they that see may become blind. 40 Those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and said unto him, Are we also blind? 41 Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye would have no sin: but now ye say, We see: your sin remaineth.) I observed some of the famished people in this ghetto who still had skin and they had such an excess of loose skin, especially over their hands, that it made their hands useless. (I believe this represents the works of the flesh that leads to famine and captivity.) (John 6:63  It is the spirit that giveth life; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I have spoken unto you are spirit, and are life.)  These starved people and skeletons that were alive were huddled together outside the entrance door of an old three-story brick building. (As we will see later in this dream, this 3 story building represents the process of sanctification and bearing the fruit of Christ 30, 60 and 100 fold that allows Isaac and a fellow detainee to escape the POW camp. If the other prisoners remain and do not 'come out from among them' they will partake of Babylon's plagues and judgments never bearing the fruit of Christ to enter the kingdom. Rev. 18:4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come forth, my people, out of her, that ye have no fellowship with her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.) I could see the wind as if it were smoke blowing hard across this Warsaw-like ghetto. These famished skeletons were being blown by the smoke-like-wind and were parallel with the ground blowing in the wind and trying not to be blown away. (Eph 4:14  that we may be no longer children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error.)  They were hanging onto the three-story building and a light pole that wasn't illuminated desperately trying to save what was left of themselves. (The light of the true gospel empowers us to bear fruit and these people were starving to death for that light. When Jesus came those people were starving and they hung on His every word. “Those who sat in darkness saw a great light." Jesus said, “I am the bread of life.” These that are desperately trying to hang on to the 3 story building could represent the truth seekers of God's elect that are trapped in apostate religion. The Lord will grant them the grace to repent and lay hold of the true gospel that will lead to a great revival of the valley of dry bones referenced in  Eze. 37:1-10 The hand of Jehovah was upon me, and he brought me out in the Spirit of Jehovah, and set me down in the midst of the valley; and it was full of bones. 2 And he caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry.  3 And he said unto me, Son of man, (Representing the Man-child) can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord Jehovah, thou knowest. 4 Again he said unto me, Prophesy over these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of Jehovah. 5 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah unto these bones: Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live. 6 And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.  7 So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and, behold, an earthquake; and the bones came together, bone to its bone. 8 And I beheld, and, lo, there were sinews upon them, and flesh came up, and skin covered them above; but there was no breath in them. 9 Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live. (Wind and breath and spirit are the same word in Hebrew. So this is speaking about an outpouring of the Holy Spirit through the Man-child ministry, which even now most of the church has not received.) 10 So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.) Again, I was translated back in time previously at this Warsaw-like ghetto. I could see what I think was the American Army platoon that destroyed themselves. A few of the Army men were sitting at a picnic table. As I observed behind them, I saw a massive pile, 30 to 40 ft. tall, full of skeletons and famished dead people. There were so many that the weight would have been tons & tons. (I can only assume that the platoon officers that murdered one another and were sitting at the picnic table near the huge pile of dead bodies represents that they had eaten the flesh of the dead to preserve themselves, piled the dead bodies into these piles, and committed war time atrocities.) (Mic 3:1-4  And I said, Hear, I pray you, ye heads of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel: is it not for you to know justice?  2  ye who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;  3  who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them, and break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.  4  Then shall they cry unto Jehovah, but he will not answer them; yea, he will hide his face from them at that time, according as they have wrought evil in their doings.) A fire was set to this pile of dead people and skeletons. As I watched, the dead flesh smoldered, and the bones glowed like a red-hot iron in this unquenchable fire. I noticed many feet and legs were sticking out of this inferno. (These represent the followers of the apostate church leadership who led them down the road to hell.) (I think this represents the outcome of walking in the flesh. Isa. 66:24 And they shall go forth, and look upon the dead bodies of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.) The fire ravished the pile of bones and skeletons. Even though there wasn't much combustible flesh, the fire took a foot hold on the skeletons and grew in might. I witnessed black smoke and hot embers get carried off with the wind from this inferno. Every where in this ghetto were massive piles of the bones of the dead. These piles were bigger than any WW2 mass graveyards. (History repeats on larger and larger scales physically and spiritually.) At this point in the dream, I was now one of the prisoners in this ghetto and no longer observing in the spirit. (I believe that Isaac is acting out a part in this dream representing those who will escape and overcome their flesh and apostasy through the faith granted to them through the ministry of the Man-child.)  The POWs were walking in a single file line to perform manual labor or be transferred somewhere else. (This represents justification by our own works of the flesh.) I didn't know what the Asian Communist's plans were. All I knew is that we were being transported somewhere. However, I stepped out of line and headed toward the right. I did this to escape and while escaping I saw before me with every few steps a squeeze container of mustard and ketchup. (These squeeze containers resembled what you see at an old restaurant diner.) (Meaning the original gospel that we heard from the beginning. As we will see, the mustard and ketchup represent faith of a mustard seed that allows us to bear the fruit of Christ and escape the POW camp of apostasy in the Harlot church system.) Everywhere the mustard and ketchup containers were, I would pick them up and consume them. I always started with the mustard first, picking it up and squeezing it into my mouth; filling it with the mustard. Next I would take the ketchup and squeeze a mouthful of ketchup into my mouth. (I think the mustard represents faith [in the Word.]) (Rom 10:17  So belief cometh of hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.) Luke 17:5 & 6 And the apostles said unto the Lord, increase our faith. And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye would say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou rooted up, and be thou planted into the sea; and it would obey you.) (I think the ketchup represents fruit. (Tomatoes are a fruit.) Mat 7:20 Therefore by their fruits ye shall know them. Through faith [in the Word] we will produce fruit. John 15:16 Ye did not choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that ye should go  and bear fruit, and that your fruit should abide: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you. When we ask, we must ask in faith hence the mustard before the ketchup. Mat 21:22  And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive. I believe the fruit is the image of Christ.)  As I finished eating the mustard and the ketchup, I walked into the entrance of the 3 story brick building. (When we consume the Word of God it gives us the grace and the faith to believe the promises of Christ in us our hope of glory and we are able to bear His fruit 3 stories tall, 30, 60 and 100 fold to escape death and imprisonment of sin.)  As I turned to the right to walk up a flight of stairs there was again a mustard and ketchup squeeze bottle. Again, I consumed the mustard and then the ketchup. As I got to the second level, I found more mustard and ketchup. I repeated this same process of consuming the mustard first and ketchup second until I was on the third floor. (2 Co. 3:18 But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord the Spirit. The glories are star, moon and sun/Son glory.) I noticed the third floor didn't have a roof. (Representing an unobstructed view of heavenly things with greater spiritual maturity and understanding of the image of Christ and the Father.) At that time a fellow prisoner that had also escaped came up the stairs and walked onto the third floor. (This man represents a corporate body of people who will follow the first fruits Man-child company into maturity in Christ.)  He was standing near the entrance talking to me. He looked healthy like me. As he and I were the only people that had escaped, I believe he had partaken of the mustard and ketchup also. I realized that the mustard and ketchup was hidden to everyone else. They apparently had a high calorie count. (Rev.  2:17 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. To him that overcometh, to him will I give of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and upon the stone a new name written, which no one knoweth but he that receiveth it.)    I stood in the middle of the third floor having the mustard and ketchup with me. Then I woke up. (Once we have overcome and come into the maturity of Christ in the kingdom we will have all the faith and fruit we need to be able to share with others so that they too can escape the apostate POW camp.) After about 30 minutes, I fell asleep again and Jesus appeared elevated, standing in front of me. (Jesus is highly exalted because He conquered sin and death on the cross and was given the keys of hell and death. He has all authority which is the right to use power over His enemies and ours. Isa. 6:1 In the year that king Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and his train filled the temple.)  He was very tall around 7 to 8 ft. He had a beard and hair a few inches above his shoulders. He was also very muscular with broad shoulders. (He is the stronger man in Luke 11:21-23  When the strong man (the devil) fully armed guardeth his own court, his goods are in peace: but when a stronger than he (Jesus) shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him his whole armor wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils. He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.)  Jesus wore a maroon baseball cap that I had seen him wear before in another dream. (The maroon cap represents the authority of the Blood that He shed on the cross.) (Briefly In that dream Jesus had defeated an army of naked people (Because they had not put on the works of Christ.) running toward him trying to attack him from behind. (This represent all the factious slanderers and back stabbers who fell away from God's elect and have nothing better to do than attack Jesus in their brethren. "Whatsoever you have done unto the least of these my brethren you've done it unto me.") In the dream He stayed facing the East and swung a baseball bat behind him. (Representing the fact that all our enemies were already defeated at the cross.)  It was so fast and effective it was like a blur and all the knees and legs of the people that weren't covered, whose legs were exposed flesh, were destroyed. (Representing a walk that is naked and not clothed with Christ.) And he said, all the while looking at me, “That was easy.” Rev 2:27 and he shall rule them with a rod of iron, as the vessels of the potter are broken into shivers; as I also have received of my Father.) Back to this dream: Jesus stood before me as the stronger man, and he said something to me in regards of the dream that Father just gave to me about the POWs and Concentration camps. He said to me, “You have to give fuel to get fuel.” I believe he said this regarding escaping the judgements and having provisions (i.e. The high calorie mustard and ketchup.) It had fueled me in the dream so that I didn't perish with famine and become a skeleton. (Gathering the spoils is plundering what belonged to the devil and bringing it into God's kingdom like our lives and property. We were bought with a price, the blood of Jesus.) Also, Father gave me a vision last night. I was laying in bed and I saw a street at a T-shaped intersection. The sign was on the left, but the road followed to the right and there was a wilderness beyond. The road I saw ended at the T. (T is for Tribulation which is the wilderness.)  The street name on the sign was i-Genesis. That was the end of the vision.  The next morning, I was talking to my family about the dreams and vision. I asked Israel, my oldest son, what he thought this means. (Israel has a gift from God for interpreting dreams. He has had very good and accurate interpretations.) He said to me, “Didn't Joseph interpret a dream about famine and wasn't it to prepare for seven years of famine.”  I said, “Yes! He did.” It dawned on me that that had all happened in Genesis. I'm not sure what i-Genesis means? (Genesis means the Beginning or Origin.  Also in the beginning of Genesis, Adam sinned when he ate, what many assume, is an apple. Sin forced mankind into tribulation from that day. Apple's company logo is an apple with a bite taken out symbolizing Adams sin. Everything that Apple makes begins with an ‘i'; iPads, iPods, iPhones, etc. The beginning of the disclosure of the greatest sins of mankind are being seen now. The “i” is the ego, which rules in all who are not ruled by God.  The sins being revealed in government and Church are in complete disregard of others and their needs and rights. We are seeing the beginning of the destruction of mankind and their sins. Mat 24: 6-8  And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars; see that ye be not troubled: for these things must needs come to pass; but the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there shall be famines and earthquakes in divers places. But all these things are the beginning of travail. This will ultimately give way to the new beginning that God is creating out of the ashes of the death of the old creation culminating in the 1000 year reign of Christ; the i-Genesis of God.)    The Devil, the DS, and the Harlot Want To Ensnare Us  Claire Pienaar - 11/25/21 (David's notes in red) I dreamed that I (Representing the first fruits Bride body) was in a small white cottage and I was minding my own business. (The white house represents living the sanctified life.) (1 Ti. 6:6 But godliness with contentment is great gain.)  (Minding my own business reminds me of “going about my Father's business” from Luk 2:49  And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? knew ye not that I must be in my Father's house? ) (1Th. 4:11 and that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your hands, even as we charged you;) I knew there was a huge golden tower or castle that was behind my house. A lady outside my house who was the owner of the tower called to me. (As we will see, The golden tower or castle represents the wealthy Harlot Church system who is in league with the Beast and the lady outside Claire's white cottage represents this latter day Harlot Church.)  She told or asked me to go into the tower to collect something for her. I was not sure whether it was for her or for me, but I went to fetch it. I walked inside the gold tower and picked up something up off the display cabinet or altar at the front of the tower and put it in a white bag. It was something small but expensive and it looked like a gilded, golden make-up pallet or flip-open-mirror. (The Harlot falsely makes up themselves in their own mirror to be the Bride.) (Riaan: As we will see, the daughters of the Harlot Church will try to deceive the true Bride with a false Jesus represented by the small expensive mirror). I took the white bag back to my front gate, with the intention of showing the woman that I had retrieved what she had asked. In the next moment, I was surrounded by the police and men in SWAT uniforms and was taken to another grey tower, across the road. Once in the tower, they cuffed my hands behind my back and I was seated behind a large round table. (The Beast enforces the Harlots edicts for political power through out history as it did with Jesus and the Apostles. Psa. 140:5  The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; They have spread a net by the wayside; They have set gins for me.) All around me were screens and monitors, with all this TV coverage of what I had done. (The factious slanderers are always against the Bride.) There were also police reports about me strewn across the screens. All these lies and fake videos about me stealing came up on the screen and I was shocked but did not let it show. I did not steal, I went to fetch something that the owner of the tower wanted with the intention of giving it to her. (Psa. 140:1-4 Deliver me, O Jehovah, from the evil man; Preserve me from the violent man: 2 Who devise mischiefs in their heart; Continually do they gather themselves together for war. 3 They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent; Adders poison is under their lips. 4 Keep me, O Jehovah, from the hands of the wicked; Preserve me from the violent man: Who have purposed to thrust aside my steps.) The owners of each of the towers were sisters who looked like twins. (The Church that looks like the world is a Harlot. The political and religious are both Beasts and they are both Harlots. The Beast leadership have sold themselves to do evil for gain just like the Harlot.) The sister who owned the golden tower was slightly older than the other. In my dream, I realized that they had set me up so they could receive more of a payout from their insurance companies and get more money. (1 Ti. 6:9-10 9 But they that are minded to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and hurtful lusts, such as drown men in destruction and perdition. 10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil: which some reaching after have been led astray from the faith, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.) They were dressed in black lingerie garments and had thick make-up on. (These are the harlots who prostitute themselves to the Beast kingdom [and vice-versa] in an effort to gain more money and power.  (Even today we see conservatives joining with the lost New Age Beast people for power. They will ultimately turn on you.) They told me I had to look like them and then the charges would be dropped. I said, “There is no way I can accept those terms.” (Just like satan tempted Jesus in His wilderness to fall down and worship him and he would give Him the kingdoms of the world, so we are tempted to conform to the worldly apostate systems of men, they say, in order to advance in this kingdom for the Beast and Harlot are joined as one in Revelation 17.)  In the dream I was wearing a long white garment; it was not a robe or a dress, but something more bright and shiny. (I believe I may represent the Bride in this dream, as my name means “brilliant” which is a definition of the “lampros garment” in Rev 19:8 And it was given unto her that she should array herself in fine linen, bright and pure: for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.). (We are to look in God's mirror to see Jesus so we will be like Him. 2 Co 3:18  But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord the Spirit.)  These sisters were getting so mad at me and were bringing men in to beat me. (As they did Jesus and the Apostles.) The table I was sitting at opened in half and exposed torture chambers underground that they threatened me with. (Song 5:7 The watchmen that go about the city found me, They smote me, they wounded me; The keepers of the walls took away my mantle from me.) I remember looking at the screens and thinking “God knows what happened. He knows the truth and He fights for me”. (Luke 8:17 For nothing is hid, that shall not be made manifest; nor anything secret, that shall not be known and come to light.) Then I was translated out of this really vulnerable position and I was back in the little white cottage and this time these people could not come in to the yard to get me. (Riaan: His power is made perfect in weakness.). They kept on using media and all kinds of things like protests and placards and chanting to get into my mind and tell me “We're going to get you”. In the dream I kept my mind on Jesus and they could not reach me. I had no fear and it felt like I was watching all of this from a higher vantage point, perhaps out of my body. (I believe the Lord was showing me what the DS and Religious Faction and Harlot will be doing in the coming days. (They prostitute themselves to each others system in order to gain power until the Beast attains power and burns the Harlot with fire in Rev 17.)  This is not the way of the Bride; it's only through humility that we have power, and through the Holy Spirit who builds up Christ in us.) (Riaan: We must remain humbly in the secret place of the Most High, represented by the small white cottage). I asked the Lord for a word by faith at random when I remembered this dream a few days later, and received 1 Sa 4:3, with my finger on “covenant of The Lord”.  And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath Jehovah smitten us to-day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of Jehovah out of Shiloh unto us, that it may come among us, and save us out of the hand of our enemies. (By not keeping the covenant in their midst they lost the battle. Even when they later brought it into their midst it was under false shepherds and was taken under the Beast.) I asked the Lord who I represent in the dream, and received Psalm 109, with my finger on “I am gone like the shadow when it declineth” (in context 21-31)  But deal thou with me, O Jehovah the Lord, for thy name's sake: Because thy lovingkindness is good, deliver thou me; 22 For I am poor and needy, And my heart is wounded within me. 23 I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust. 24 My knees are weak through fasting; And my flesh faileth of fatness. 25 I am become also a reproach unto them: When they see me, they shake their head. 26 Help me, O Jehovah my God; Oh save me according to thy lovingkindness: 27 That they may know that this is thy hand; That thou, Jehovah, hast done it.  28 Let them curse, but bless thou: When they arise, they shall be put to shame, But thy servant shall rejoice. 29 Let mine adversaries be clothed with dishonor, And let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe. 30 I will give great thanks unto Jehovah with my mouth; Yea, I will praise him among the multitude. 31 For he will stand at the right hand of the needy, To save him from them that judge his soul. (Riaan: The bride must remain in the secret place and only be guided by the Holy Spirit's voice. The verse at the end confirms that the promise (the covenant) is within the house, the secret place, if you go out without the promises the enemy will try to smite you.).   Select LanguageAfrikaansAlbanianAmharicArabicArmenianAzerbaijaniBasqueBelarusianBengaliBosnianBulgarianCatalanCebuanoChichewaChinese (Simplified)Chinese (Traditional)CorsicanCroatianCzechDanishDutchEsperantoEstonianFilipinoFinnishFrenchFrisianGalicianGeorgianGermanGreekGujaratiHaitian CreoleHausaHawaiianHebrewHindiHmongHungarianIcelandicIgboIndonesianIrishItalianJapaneseJavaneseKannadaKazakhKhmerKinyarwandaKoreanKurdish (Kurmanji)KyrgyzLaoLatinLatvianLithuanianLuxembourgishMacedonianMalagasyMalayMalayalamMalteseMaoriMarathiMongolianMyanmar (Burmese)NepaliNorwegianOdia (Oriya)PashtoPersianPolishPortuguesePunjabiRomanianRussianSamoanScots GaelicSerbianSesothoShonaSindhiSinhalaSlovakSlovenianSomaliSpanishSundaneseSwahiliSwedishTajikTamilTatarTeluguThaiTurkishTurkmenUkrainianUrduUyghurUzbekVietnameseWelshXhosaYiddishYorubaZulu Powered by Translate Printer-friendly version

Surviving the Holocaust In our season 2 finale we present the story of Dr. Alex Hershaft. We talk about living in the Jewish Ghetto of Warsaw, Poland. We talk about what life was like inside the walls the Nazi party put up to limit the movement of the Jews inside the walls and why it was essentially just a large concentration camp. He talks about living near an actual concentration camp and the sights he saw, and what traumatic images were burned into his memory. But there was a turning point. He was able to escape and eventually able to move to America and begin his studies. We then talk about how and why he became an animal rights activist and why he feels so strongly and passionately about the topic at hand. And when you hear his story, and see it from his perspective, it becomes awfully to refute his logic. We also talk about the lessons he's learned and how we can avoid, as a society, remaking those same mistakes and treating people once again like animals. For more information on Dr. Hershaft and his work in the fields of Human and Animal Rights - please visit the following - www.neveragain.global - Human Rights www.farmusa.org - Animal Rights On a side note, it has been my absolute pleasure over the last two seasons to bring you stories of everyday people overcoming tremendous obstacles in their life. I am taking a small break to focus on my family and the health of my daughter, but I will be back for a season 3 with more amazing and inspiring guests! See you all very soon! Support Focused on Forward by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/focused-on-forward

Written in Italy in the 16th century by Jewish dramatist Leone De' Sommi Portaleone, who also wrote what is considered to be the oldest extant Hebrew-language play, the poem "In Defense of Women" touches on the role of women in drama and reveals a great deal about the cultural considerations and power dynamics of this time when women were coming to the fore on the theatrical stages of Northern Italy, Rome, and Venice in the professional world of the commedia dell'arte.Intercut with selections from the poem and other works of the era performed by theatre dybbuk actors, Dr. Erith Jaffe-Berg, Professor of theatre at the Department of Theatre, Film and Digital Production, University of California at Riverside, guides us through the text's meaning and its relevance to both historical and contemporary issues of equity and belonging.The live recording from which this episode was created was presented on May 20, 2021 in collaboration with San Diego Repertory's Lipinsky Family San Diego Jewish Arts Festival (JFEST), with scholar and student participation from the Department of Theatre, Film and Digital Production at the University of California, Riverside.This episode is made possible in part by a grant from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.

News; Czech photographer wins Sony World Prize; Škoda Auto and VW after 30 years; Anna Hájková's new book on wartime Jewish Ghetto in Terezín

News; Czech photographer wins Sony World Prize; Škoda Auto and VW after 30 years; Anna Hájková's new book on wartime Jewish Ghetto in Terezín

Join Rob and Caterina as they go over why the Jewish Quarter was the first tour that she ever did and why she decided also to do it as a virtual tour presentation too. The Jewish Community in Rome is without a doubt one of the most interesting communities in Rome. The Jewish people have been here for over 2000 years and we discuss how much they have contributed to Roman Society today. Notwithstanding  the oppression that they have faced since the creation of the Ghetto and many other moments of terrible persecutions, this community is thriving today and is deeply connected to the Eternal City. There is also some lovely discussion of wine and Jewish/Roman cultural food and our ever popular TE Travel Tips segment where our guides share with you their best tips to help you prepare for your trip to Italy! 

March 13 was the 78th anniversary of the liquidation of the Krakow Jewish Ghetto. Listen as we describe its short history and how it is and isn't commemorated in the neighborhood of Podgórze. 

Stefano Paris, Founder of I for Italia, enables you to dream, plan, and travel in Italy with their passionate, local experts. His team delivers Live Virtual Tours that are interactive and immersive experiences that offer insight into Italy's authentic lifestyle without leaving the comfort of your home.   00:00 Welcome 00:35  Introducing Stefano Paris and ‘I For Italia’ 02:40  Experiencing Italy Authentically through the Eyes of Locals 03:00  “Eternally Hungry in Rome” - An Introduction to Food in Italy Beginning with Breakfast 06:00 Maritozzo Con Panna at Pasticceria Regoli 08:00  Coffee Rules in Italy 10:00  Italian Moment:  How To Order Your Breakfast   Into the Heart of Rome 16:00 Historical Perspectives from the Center of Rome 20:26  Giordano Bruno: Philosopher, Mathematician, Poet, Alchemist   Mid-Morning Snack 27:50  White Pizza with Mortadella at Forno Roscioli 44:08  The History of Rome’s Jewish Ghetto’s and their Influence upon Roman Food Lunchtime in Rome 48:45  Lunch at Sora Margherita 50:10  Carciofo Alla Giudia - Jewish Style Artichoke 50:30  Italian Moment: How to Order Lunch with a Glass of Wine 52:44  Dessert: Crostata Ricotta E Viscole at Pasticceria Boccione   Back to the Tour 59:40  Piazza Navona and the Stadio Di Domiziano 01:01:20  The Architectural Rivalry and Egyptian Obelisks 01:05:20  Time for a Negroni Aperitif   Dinner with Stefano - A Casa Mia! 01:08:00 Pasta Carbonara 01:10:00  Rules for Making Perfect Carbonara 01:14:50  Authenticity, Passion, and a Global Family 01:15:40. Staying Connected with Stefano and ‘I For Italia’ 01:20:00  Stefano’s Favorite Foods 01:22:40  Final Thoughts   To learn more about I for Italia and Stefano, be sure to visit them at www.iforitalia.com. Be sure to follow them on instagram at @i_for_italia

Cannaregio boat and street works in Venice reimagined by Moana McReynolds. "I was inspired to research the neighborhood of my sample and was interested to learn that this was the site of the world’s first Jewish Ghetto. From this starting point I was led to the story of “Sarra Copia Sulam (d. 1641) , renowned for having written a Manifesto in which she upholds the principle of the immortality of the soul as applicable both to Christians and to Jews. With this work Copia enters the annals of one of the most heated controversies of her age and secures a unique place for herself within Italian literature.” "Learning about her life, courage and struggles led me to her writings. I found a sonnet that reads as a prayer to god to silence the tongues of those who are causing her anguish by their malice and false words. I was inspired to loop the water and construction noises from your sample into a steady rhythm along with drum in 3/4 time.  "The water and construction sounds could symbolize the water of time and the hard work that women have had to do to gain and retain their voices throughout history. In the age of social media and fake news I found her sonnet especially relevant. "These are the lyrics I sang and recorded.  Sonnet By Sara Copia Sullam O LORD, Thou know’st my inmost hope and thought, Thou know’st whene’er before Thy judgment throne I shed salt tears, and uttered many a moan. ’Twas not for vanities that I besought. O turn on me Thy look with mercy fraught, And see how envious malice makes me groan! The pall upon my heart by error thrown, Remove; illume me with Thy radiant thought. At truth let not the wicked scorner mock, O Thou, that breath’dst in me a spark divine.       The lying tongue’s deceit with silence blight,   Protect me from its venom, Thou, my Rock,  And show the spiteful sland’rer by this sign That Thou dost shield me with Thy endless might."

Syndrome K is a documentary, which tells the story of three doctors  Adriano Ossicini. Prof Giovanni Borromeo, Vittorio Sacerdoti who saved members of Rome's Jewish community by convincing the Nazis that these Jews were infected with a deadly and contagious disease that the doctors called Syndrome K. (It is thought that the K is mocking in nature and represents the K in Albert Kesselring- the General of the German army  and chief for Italy or the K in Herbert Kappler, the chief, colonel of the SS in Rome.) The occupying Nazis deported over 1,000 Jews to Auschwitz from the Jewish Ghetto in Rome in October 1943. During that period, some Jewish people sought refuge in Fatebenefratelli hospital where the doctors invented the disease to protect them. The hospital is located on Tiber Island in Rome and 200 meters from the Jewish ghetto and near to the great synogogue of Rome. At the time it was run by Catholic friars and controlled by the Vatican. Resa engages guest discussants Dr. Ignazio Roberto Maria Marino, a transplant surgeon, scientist, and former politician, who was Mayor of Rome from 2013 to 2015, Dr. Silvana Boccanfuso, a phD historian with extensive training and experience leading tours in Europe and specifically Italy, and an author of a 2019 biography of Ursula Hirschmann, and Stephen Edwards, the film director and producer, who is best known for his work as a film composer.  Further reading: 2016 article on Syndrome K There are almost 30,000 Jewish people in Italy today. They are concentrated in Rome (13,000) and Milan (8,000), with smaller communities in Turin (900), Florence (1,000), Venice (600) and Livorno, was (600). Other communities number in the few hundred can be found in Bologna, Genoa, Triste, Ancona, Naples Padua, Pisa, Modena, Siena, Parma, Verona and other areas.   

In the autumn of 1943, SS-Brigadeführer Franz Kutschera was transferred to Warsaw with the aim of pacifying Polish resistance to the Nazi German occupation. As soon as he took up his post, the number of street arrests and public executions grew rapidly, and Kutschera was soon nicknamed the ‘Butcher of Warsaw’. As a result, he also became a wanted target by the Polish underground, which started to track him with the intention of gunning him down. After a failed attempt on Kutschera’s life in the final days of January 1944, another attempt was made in the early hours of the 1st of February. This time, the plan worked… Kutschera’s limousine was ambushed and he was shot by a gunshot to the head. The next day, in retaliation for the killing, the Nazis rounded up and shot 100 Poles near the site, while a further 200 were killed in what was left of the Jewish Ghetto. The people of Warsaw were also told they would have to pay a fine… to the tune of 100 million złoty. How to listen Unseen is available as a downloadable podcast, although it is best experienced through the Echoes geolocative storytelling app available for iOS and Android. After loading the app, search for soundwalks in Warsaw and you’ll find Unseen.

Ghiora Aharoni is an artist and designer whose work is centrally premised on humankind’s interconnected existence, as well as a nonlinear concept of time. Descriptively, his work is at the “intersection of art, design and architecture.”  Experientially, his work is the soul’s conscious expansiveness across time. Aharoni’s own faith is foundational to his creativity, but his explorations and creations are not limited to any one religious belief, culture or medium.  Instead, his artwork frequently expresses an interest in exploring dualities, such as the intersection of religion and science, and the intertwined relationships of seemingly disparate cultures. Much of his work involves text, traditional objects or symbols—such as cultural artifacts or sacred texts—that have been recontextualized and imbued with meaning that asks the viewer to question or reconsider their conventional social/cultural significance.   An Israeli-born descendent of Yemeni Jews, Aharoni grew up near Tel Aviv, and his grandfather introduced him to the central texts of Jewish mysticism at an early age. At 21, he left Israel to study at the City University of New York where he graduated summa cum laude from the Spitzer School of Architecture, and later went on to receive a Master of Architecture from Yale University. In 2004, he opened Ghiora Aharoni Design Studio  to “engage with all the disciplines” he adores. The studio’s work encompasses interior design, art, product design and museum exhibitions. The design principles that govern his studio are “guided by the tenets of gesamtkunstwerk—engaging multiple disciplines to create a total work of art.” Every year, Aharoni, takes a month-long sabbatical. He always travels with an amulet in his bag that belonged to his great-grandmother, and usually goes to India, where spiritual practices co-exist with architecture in a similar juxtaposition as his art and design. In India, he says the ancient resides within the urban center and one can time travel by walking a few hundred yards. "In much of Aharoni’s work," it has been said, "the unification of multiple narratives offers an exquisite commentary on the potential of human life in a celestial universe – whether it be Indian and Jewish, divinity and humanity, or the natural and industrial materials integrated in his design work in the form of walnut and steel. To paraphrase Aharoni, ultimately there is an expansive vitality, which springs from intercultural co-existence, and an unending dynamic process that resonates in both divine and mortal existence." Aharoni’s work is in the permanent collection of the Pompidou Center in Paris, The Vatican Library in Rome, The Beit Hatfutsot Museum in Tel Aviv, The Kiran Nadar Museum in New Delhi and the Morgan Library & Museum in New York—as well as numerous private collections in North America, Europe, Israel and India. In February of this year, Aharoni was the Artist-in-Residence at the India Art Fair in Delhi, and his sculptures were on view at the Jewish Historical Museum in Amsterdam from March through August 2019 in the exhibition Kabbalah: The Art of Jewish Mysticism. In February 2019 he was invited to present a solo artist project at the India Art Fair in New Delhi that explored cultural interconnectivity via sculptures and works on paper, some of which included Hindru© (a phrase-based melding of Hindi and Urdu he created in 2016). In 2018, his work was exhibited at the Jewish Museum in Vienna, Austria. From November 2017 through October 2018, Aharoni’s solo exhibition, The Road to Sanchi, was on view at the Rubin Museum in New York. Aharoni traveled to four different pilgrimage sites (Buddhist, Hindu, Sufi, and Jewish) throughout India to create the art for The Road to Sanchi, which invite viewers “to question our relationship to time and imagine a world where past, present, and future can exist simultaneously.” The sacred sites are never seen so the work becomes a pilgrimage for the viewer, an expression of India’s history of cultural plurality, a co-mingling of sacred and secular, and a focus on the act and action of pilgrimage for the benefit of one’s future self. In 2017, his work was selected for the Jerusalem Biennale. Aharoni also added two works to his eight-part series Menorah Project, the Antiochus Scroll Menorah and Paradesi Menorah. The work represents the core values of respect and advocacy, intercultural understanding and the “narrative of victory over oppression” which Aharoni characterizes as “our obligation to defend cultural freedom and to engender light in a time of darkness,” as well as, “the responsibility of the individual in the role of social vigilance.” In 2016 in conjunction with the Biennale, two of his sculptures were exhibited in Divided Waters, a group exhibition of international contemporary art at the Palazzo Fontana in Venice, Italy, commemorating the 500th anniversary of the founding of the Jewish Ghetto in Venice. In the spring of 2016, Aharoni was commissioned to create a public art installation—a series of stainless steel sculptures of Hebrabic/Arabrew© (a combination of Hebrew and Arabic that he conceived in 1999 while at Yale)—at the New York Live Arts Performance Center in Chelsea. In May of 2012, he was commissioned to create a large-scale art installation at the 14thStreet Y in Manhattan of Hebrabic/Arabrew© entitled, The Divine Domesticated. Four panels from the installation were permanently installed that fall in the theater lobby of the Y. Missives, Aharoni’s first solo exhibition in India, opened the Fall 2013 season at the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum in Mumbai, India. Inspired by the discovery of a trove of his mother’s love letters written as an adolescent in Israel, the artworks and installations included collages with reproductions of his mother’s letters and his drawings, installations of vintage photographs with the letters, and antique Phulkaris embroidered with snippets of her letters. The exhibition reflects the confluence/fluidity of time, universal notions of desire and collective memory, as well as his love for India.  Aharoni’s designs and commissioned pieces are also in numerous private collections. Since establishing his studio, Aharoni has designed many residential and commercial projects in New York—ranging from the DeKooning residence and a duplex penthouse in a landmark building in the West Village to a storefront studio/performance space in Williamsburg and the offices of an art law firm on 57th Street. Aharoni’s work has been published internationally in books—most recently in The Word is Art from Thames & Hudson—as well as newspapers, journals and magazines including The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, Elle Decor U.K., L’Architecture d’Aujourd’hui, Architectural Digest Spain, Art India, IDEAT, Elle Decor Italia and New York Magazine. His essay proposing the displacement of Jerusalem’s monuments was included in the book “The Next Jerusalem.” Prior to opening his own studio, Aharoni worked at several distinguished architectural firms including Polshek Partnership [now known as Ennead Architects] and Studio Daniel Libeskind. While at Polshek Partnership, he worked on the design for Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall; the space planning and design of The American Museum of Natural History’s subterranean entrance and public spaces; as well as the space planning of The New York Botanical Garden’s Museum Building. His design work for Studio Daniel Libeskind included the competition submission for The Ground Zero World Trade Center Design Study, and the façade design for Hyundai Development Company, Seoul, Korea. In addition, Aharoni was on the winning design competition team with Zaha Hadid and Arata Isozaki for the building and urban planning of Milan, Italy’s Fiera Convention Center. Of his designs and art, one sculpture that is particularly stirring, timeless and relevant today is “Parting Waters”— a sculpture that Aharoni completed a few years ago just before Passover. It was inspired by the biblical story of Exodus and the current-day Syrian and African refugees. Descriptively, “Parting Waters” is composed of wooden crates containing slender-necked beakers used to test if milk was diluted with water in the mid-20th century. Had the beakers been filled with diluted milk, the water would have risen into the necks, forming columns of water—an allegory of Moses’ parting of the Red Sea, representing both the Israelites’ and contemporary refugees’ journey, “the universal human desire for freedom and the leap into the unknown.” Experientially, Parting Waters transports the viewer’s soul into that compassionate space bridging past, present and future where faith is foundational to creation. His work will be exhibited later this year in the Asia Society Triennial in New York.   Join us in conversation with this gifted creator of sacred containers and spaces for the divine!

Will, Henry and Mom (Allison) talk to Dad about their vacation to Italy on the cusp of the Coronavirus pandemic, flying from Dallas to Montreal, then Montreal to Rome, having our own jumbo jet almost to ourselves, hand sanitizer, walking around the streets of Rome without crowds, the scenic town of Tivoli, castles, the Roman Forum, the Jewish Ghetto, a friendly restaurant dog, the Mouth of Truth, the fountains and lack of restrooms of Rome, lockdown in Italy, a eight-and-a-half-hour hold times, Italian McDonald's, cannoli, gelato, empty Roman streets, Allison's great idea to buy a deck of cards, being stuck at a hotel in Rome during total lockdown, playing cards, then traveling home without incident, and living in quarantine.  Finally, for Treat Yourself, Dad and the boys try three flavors of Jones Soda Co. sodas, including birthday cake, berry lemonade and green apple.

For centuries, Rome's Jewish ghetto has been the site of both relentless persecution and the undying pride and solidarity of a tight-knit community. Though most of the old ghetto has been torn down, you can still find a few reminders of the Roman Jews' storied past and lively present. Don't forget to download the handy PDF companion map at https://www.ricksteves.com/audiotours.

For centuries, Rome's Jewish ghetto has been the site of both relentless persecution and the undying pride and solidarity of a tight-knit community. Though most of the old ghetto has been torn down, you can still find a few reminders of the Roman Jews' storied past and lively present. Don't forget to download the handy PDF companion map at http://www.ricksteves.com/audiotours.

Annie Polland, author, public historian, and senior vice president of programs and education at the Tenement Museum in New York, joins us on The Shmooze to talk about “The Jewish Ghetto in Postcards: From Eastern Europe to the Lower East Side”, an exhibition of early 20th-century postcards from the Blavatnik Archive Foundation. Episode 0163 November 10, 2017 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, Massachusetts

May 24, 2016. This program, "La Città degli Ebrei/The City of the Jews: Segregated Space and the Admission of Strangers in the Jewish Ghetto of Venice," marked the 500th anniversary of the establishment of the Jewish Ghetto of Venice in 1516. The event was held in collaboration with the Embassy of Italy and the Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Maryland. For transcript, captions, and more information, visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=7452

NSN Jewish Unity Initiative Mission to Venice, Italy in commemoration of the 500th Anniversary of the Jewish Ghetto. Featuring special guests and review of NSN Melave Malka in the Venetian Jewish ghetto.

In the first part of a two part podcast, you’ll learn all about the northern coastal towns of Puglia and why they are some of the best in the world, including Peschici, Vieste, Margherita di Savoia, Barletta, and Trani. So put on your sunscreen and join us for amazing ports, beaches, seafood and more. Topics we cover Our impression of Peschici and Vieste in the Gargano Why the drives are worth the visit to these towns Why Monte Sant’Angelo is one of the two most important religious sites dedicated to the archangel Michael And what makes Monte Sant’Angelo’s archangel appearances are so special The beautiful drive around Margherita di Savoia The fact that our sea salts come from the flats of Margherita di Savoia, in three varieties: Sea Salt Lemon Sea Salt Italian Herb Sea Salt Where we got the name Erbe di Puglia Barletta and it’s giant legend, no, really a legend about a giant and the statue in Barletta Trani a cute port town in Puglia [link] The funny thing about Trani weddings How it’s tourist friendly without being touristy The boat at Trani we hope guests rent at some point, which includes sailing, fishing, grilled fish and karaoke A culinary tour that is staying with us now lead by Michael Howell His food film festival in Canada called Devour! Why we love the cathedral so much in Trani What famous person’s bones you can find in the Trani cathedral (Hint: he comes around every Christmas, and it’s not Jesus) Trani’s Jewish Ghetto  

In this video, we'll take a trip to Rome's Jewish Quarter, one of the oldest Jewish communities in Europe. At www.ricksteves.com, you'll find money-saving travel tips, small-group tours, guidebooks, TV shows, radio programs, podcasts, and more on this destination.

In this video, we'll take a trip to Rome's Jewish Quarter, one of the oldest Jewish communities in Europe. At www.ricksteves.com, you'll find money-saving travel tips, small-group tours, guidebooks, TV shows, radio programs, podcasts, and more on this destination.

Oyneg Shabbat was the contemporaneous and clandestine project to record the history, life and death of the Jewish Ghetto in Warsaw during World War II.

The seventh season of Rick Steves' Europe — 14 new episodes — debuts this October on public television (check your local listings). In this third of three shows on the Eternal City, we'll explore this grand metropolis — so rich in art and culture — on a more intimate scale, delving into its back lanes and unheralded corners. Venturing through the crusty Trastevere district, visiting the historic Jewish Ghetto, and enjoying art treasures in a string of rarely visited churches, we uncover charms of hidden Rome that compete with its marquee sights. For more information on the Rick Steves' Europe TV series — including episode descriptions, scripts, participating stations, travel information on destinations and more — visit www.ricksteves.com.

The seventh season of Rick Steves' Europe — 14 new episodes — debuts this October on public television (check your local listings). In this third of three shows on the Eternal City, we'll explore this grand metropolis — so rich in art and culture — on a more intimate scale, delving into its back lanes and unheralded corners. Venturing through the crusty Trastevere district, visiting the historic Jewish Ghetto, and enjoying art treasures in a string of rarely visited churches, we uncover charms of hidden Rome that compete with its marquee sights. For more information on the Rick Steves' Europe TV series — including episode descriptions, scripts, participating stations, travel information on destinations and more — visit www.ricksteves.com.

Rick is joined by a tour guide raised in Rome who knows her city inside out. We'll check in on the city's now-trendy Jewish Ghetto, get practical tips for planning a visit, and hear what some of our listeners have discovered in Rome. For more information on Travel with Rick Steves - including episode descriptions, program archives and related details - visit www.ricksteves.com.

Rick brings centuries of Roman history to life as he takes a closer look at some of the sites found on the streets of Rome, checks in on the city's now-trendy Jewish Ghetto, offers practical tips for planning a visit, hears what some of our listeners have discovered in their own travels and chats with a local guide who not only knows her city inside out, but also explains how it teaches us about ourselves today. For more information on Travel with Rick Steves - including episode descriptions, program archives and related details - visit www.ricksteves.com.

Rick learns about Islam -- where it's commonly practiced in Turkey from friends who live in Istanbul. He then places a call to Rome to chat with a resident of that city's little-known Jewish Ghetto, whose family emigrated there from Jerusalem two thousand years ago. We'll also hear from a listener who recently returned from a trip to Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula. For more information on Travel with Rick Steves - including episode descriptions, program archives and related details - visit www.ricksteves.com.