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“We Remember”
International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Lay Of The Land’s (l-r) Yair Chelouche, Rolene Marks & David Kaplan In accordance with the UN’s General Assembly designating January 27 as “the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau as International Holocaust Remembrance Day”, we Remember and Honour “the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust and millions of other victims of Nazism.”
What’s happening in Israel today? See this week’s daily ‘The Israel Brief’ broadcasts on LOTL YouTube by seasoned TV & radio broadcaster, Rolene Marks familiar to Chai FM listeners in South Africa and millions of American listeners to the News/Talk/Sports radio station WINA broadcasting out of Charlottesville, Virginia. You can subscribe to LOTL news from Israel and enjoy at a time of your convenience.
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Articles
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Surviving the Shoah
By David E. Kaplan
Every year on the 27th of January, the world commemorates International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Of the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust – one and a half million were children! Lay Of The Land talks to Roni Wolf from Ra’anana – who narrowly escaped deportation to Auschwitz while staying at the Wezembeek orphanage during the Nazi occupation of Belgium.
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The Long-Term Impact of the Abraham Accords in Africa
By Ben Levitas
With Israel’s increasing integration into a region commonly recognised as “a dangerous neighborhood” coupled with a new US administration promising to re-engage with the world and re-build alliances, appears as positive portends for a new enlightened Middle East with Israel as a major player.
The Long-Term Impact of the Abraham Accords in Africa
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Nhonho and Nomsa
By Martine Alperstein
Away from her native South Africa for close to a quarter century, the writer living in Israel revisits her past by engaging in weekly conversations with those that were so dear to her then and forging fresh relationships that are emerging as new friends dear to her now.
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LOTL Cofounders David E. Kaplan (Editor), Rolene Marks and Yair Chelouche
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