April 18, 2025 – Dr. Susanna Kokkonen Numbers 9:1-14; 28:19-25 During Pesach, which we know as the Passover Festival, we celebrate the end of slavery. Passover is often connected to the Hebrew word dror, freedom or liberty. As we recall the story of Passover in...
April 11,2025, Dr. Susanna Kokkonen Pearls of the Torah Portion – An Introduction The original word for the Hebrew Bible is Tanach, which is an acronym of three different words: Torah (Instruction), Nevi’im (Prophets) and Ketuvim (Writings meaning...
March 26, 2025, Dr. Susanna Kokkonen There is one story, one particular story for each period or each year. Usually, the story is accompanied by an image. And what would be the enduring image we have of the beginning of 2025? Among the many stories and images, there...
March 2025, Dr. Susanna Kokkonen Holocaust Remembrance Association strongly condemns all antisemitic incidents taking place daily all over the world. Some may have expected that 2025 would turn out to be better than the two previous years. Sadly, we are witnessing...
We at the Holocaust Remembrance Association are heartbroken and outraged by the brutal murder of Kfir Bibas, only 9 months old, and his 4-year-old brother Ariel, whose bodies were returned in coffins after being taken hostage by Hamas. The deliberate targeting of...
February 18, 2025 Foreign Affairs by Seth Mandel If Hamas’s statement is true, this week will bring a tragic, though not unexpected, close to a painful episode: the fate of the rest of the Bibas family. Yarden Bibas was released this month by Hamas after...
