Best of the Blog + Questions to Readers
Dear Friends,
The following blog posts received the most views thus far since we began the blog five years ago on March 30th: To date, the blog has received over 67,200 views from readers in 155 countries.
Edgar Rosenberg’s Testimony with Recollections and Reflections by Bill Mohr
Additional Rosenberg Photographs and Memorabilia
Affidavit in Support of Mohr Family Application to Enter U.S
We will be deeply grateful if you share your experiences as a result of the blog including:
Did you find long lost relatives?
What information presented was most valuable to you?
What did you find the most inspirational?Please feel free to share other things of particular significance as a result of reading the blog.
Thank you for your interest and participation in this mini-survey.
Best wishes,
Harriet and Bill
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Click HERE to go to Harriet’s new blog, “Spotlight on Women and Violence,” which has been accessed by readers in 63 countries; the latest, Sri Lanka.
Israel commemorates 9/11 attacks
Ceremonies in Israel and around the world commemorate the September 11, 2001 terror attacks.
US ambassador Dan Shapiro speaking at the September 11 memorial in Jerusalem.. (photo credit:KKL-JNF)
Jerusalem Post September 11, 2014
People around Israel commemorated on Thursday the 13th anniversary of the September 11 terror attacks, in which al-Qaida terrorists killed almost 3,000 people in the US.
A memorial ceremony was held by the Jewish National Fund at the site of the 9/11 Living Memorial in Jerusalem. US Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro spoke at the ceremony along with other ambassadors from around the world, as well as representatives of the Israeli families who lost their loved ones in the attacks.
To read more, click HERE
New terror fight casts shadow over 9/11 ceremonies
Thirteenth anniversary of the terror attack marked by a speech by Obama that vowed US action against the Islamic State
Times of Israel
By Rachelle Blidner and Jonathan Lemire September 11, 2014
Sam Pulia, mayor of Westchester, Ill., and a former police officer of the same town, mourns over the name of his cousin, New York firefighter Thomas Anthony Casoria, who was killed in the South Tower in the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, prior to the the memorial observances held at the site of the World Trade Center in New York, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014 (photo credit: AP/Andrew Burton, Pool)
NEW YORK (AP) — With the solemn toll of a bell and a moment of silence, the nation paused Thursday to mark the 13th anniversary of the September 11 attacks at the hallowed site just hours after President Barack Obama promised to root out and destroy a new group of terrorists threatening the US.
Family and friends of those who died read the names of the nearly 3,000 people killed in New York, at the Pentagon and near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Thelma Stuart, whose husband, Walwyn Wellington Stuart Jr., 28, was a Port Authority Police Department officer, said the nation should pray for its leaders, “that God will grant them wisdom, knowledge and understanding on directing them on moving forward.”
To read more, click HERE
France: The appeal of extremism
More and more young people from Europe are fighting with Islamists in Syria and Iraq. Many were recruited by militant networks and preachers. In France, hundreds of young people have already joined the jihadist fighters.
The majority come from non-religious families. Many were first approached by Islamists who claimed to be social workers, while others were recruited over the internet. More than 700 young French men and women have already heeded the call to go to Syria. When they arrive, they find themselves confronted with a reality that is more violent and brutal than they had anticipated. Only a few manage to leave the militant fold – and others die in the civil war.
To watch 5-minute video, click HERE and scroll down in the right panel to France: The appeal of extremism.
Source: DW TV European Journal
Remembering U.S./Israel Dual Citizen Steven Sotloff (Video)
Journalist covered world’s most dangerous places
September 3, 2014, 7:32 AM|Sotloff’s reporting trips have taken him to Libya, Egypt, Bahrain, Somalia and Turkey, but he vanished August 2013 while on assignment in Syria. A video was released Tuesday showing Sotloff being beheaded by ISIS. Jan Crawford reports
Source: CBS This Morning – September 3, 2014
How you can help save ISIS Hostage Steve Sotloff
Petition to save Steve Sotloff calls on Obama to ‘take immediate action’ to rescue him
To sign the petition to save Steve Sotloff, click HERE
Steve Sotloff was spotted in the same video in which James Foley was beheaded by an ISIS jihadist. The ISIS executioner warned Sotloff’s life ‘depends on (Obama’s) next decision.’
Steven Sotloff, a journalist working for Time magazine, was captured
Aug. 4, 2013 crossing into northern Syria from Turkey.
Interview with Ron Dermer, Israel’s Ambassador to the United States
Israeli Ambassador Ron Dermer
To watch 16 minute interview with Charlie Rose, click HERE
Update on Israel
Kerry slams Hamas for bucking ceasefire with Israel
LAST UPDATED: 07/15/2014 14:11
I cannot condemn strongly enough the actions of Hamas in so brazenly firing rockets in the face of a goodwill effort to offer a ceasefire,” he says.
John Kerry Photo: REUTERS
VIENNA — US Secretary of State John Kerry blamed Hamas for powering through a ceasefire with Israel, brokered by the Egyptian government and accepted by Israel’s cabinet Tuesday morning.
At least 35 rockets have been fired from the Gaza Strip since the ceasefire was set to begin, mere hours ago.
“I cannot condemn strongly enough the actions of Hamas in so brazenly firing rockets in multiple numbers in the face of a goodwill effort to offer a ceasefire, in which Egypt and Israel worked together, that the international community strongly supports,” Kerry told reporters in Vienna on Tuesday morning.
Kerry said that Hamas is “purposely playing politics” by continuing the rocket fire, using innocents as “human shields… against the laws of war.” “And that is why they are a terrorist organization,” Kerry added.
The secretary is ready to fly back to the region at any moment, he said, and is declining to do so now in the hopes that Egypt’s effort to broker a ceasefire itself will bear fruit. But the US fears the potential for an even greater escalation of violence, he said.
“Perhaps reason could prevail” within Hamas, Kerry continued, “if the political wing could deal with the military wing.”
Kerry canceled a trip to the Middle East on Tuesday morning, relying instead on a ceasefire brokered by the Egyptian government between Israel and the Palestinians to at least temporarily end the conflict.
Israel’s government has accepted the proposal, but Hamas – the primary perpetrator of rocket fire from Gaza against Israeli cities and towns over the last month – has yet to respond to the paper, which calls for an end to hostilities followed by dialogue.
“The Egyptian proposal for a ceasefire and negotiations provides an opportunity to end the violence and restore calm,” Kerry said. “We welcome the Israeli cabinet’s decision to accept it. We urge all other parties to accept the proposal.”
Kerry will instead return to Washington from Vienna, where he has been engaging Iranian leadership directly over its controversial nuclear program.
“Secretary Kerry has been deeply engaged in conversations with Prime Minister Netanyahu, Egyptian government officials and President Abbas throughout this difficult period, and the United States remains committed to working with them and our regional partners to find a resolution to this dangerous and volatile situation,” State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said.
