Category Archives: Jewish Exponent
Philadelphia Family Uncovers Grandfather’s Secret History of Saving Jews
How did a country as small and poor as Albania in the 1940s emerge from the Holocaust with a larger Jewish population than before the war, a statistic no other European country matched? The country’s resident population of Jews swelled from 200 at the start of World War II to 1,800 to 3,000 by the war’s end. At a Sept. Read more » »
Letters to the Editor: June 4
Marina Furman: Former Refusenik Works to Support Israel at Jewish National Fund-USA (Cover story, May 21) Your wonderful article about Marina Furman brought back special memories. Read more » »
Donald Wittenberg, Longtime Philadelphia School Leader and Holocaust Educator, Dies at 79
Ellen Braunstein Donald M. WittenbergCourtesy of the family Donald M. Wittenberg, a longtime Philadelphia educator who spent more than four decades in the city’s public schools and in retirement devoted many years to Holocaust education, died on March 5 of complications related to myasthenia gravis. He was 79. Read more » »
Grocer Albert ‘Al’ A. Chazin Dies at 96
By Ellen Braunstein Al Chazin (Photo Courtesy of Family) Albert “Al” A. Chazin was the kind of grocer customers came looking for by name — the familiar voice in the produce department, the person who remembered what you liked, and the one who would talk with you long enough to make a routine stop feel like a visit. Read more » »
Remember When: Philadelphia Remembers Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Philadelphia Jewish Exponent archives The assassination of historic civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968 led to a 15-year battle to get a federal holiday honoring King signed into law. Now, the third Monday in January serves as a perpetual reminder of his work and desire for a better world. Read more » »
BBYO International Conference Coming to Philly for First Time
Four Jewish teens attending the 2025 BBYO IC in Denver. (Courtesy of BBYO) In February, for the first time in the nearly two-decade history of the B’nai B’rith Youth Organization’s International Convention, the organization’s “Super Bowl” will take place in Philadelphia. The city will play host to the Jewish teen movement’s gathering from Feb. Read more » »
Opinion: Ruminations on Rabin
A memorial candle lit during a ceremony commemorating the 24th anniversary of the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, at the president’s residence in Jerusalem on Nov. 10, 2019. Read more » »
Samuel Domsky: More Than 25 Years Later, Charity Started by Dresher Man Still Helping Philly Jews
Samuel Domsky is the founder of the Philly chapter of a national nonprofit. (Photo Courtesy of Samuel Domsky) Samuel Domsky is a Dresher resident and Temple Sinai member who has always wanted to help people. In his professional life and personal life, Domsky wants to make a difference, especially for other Jews. Read more » »
Jewish Leaders Welcome Hostage Release Agreement
Hostage Square in Tel Aviv. Photo credit: wikicommons/Chenspec. Zoe Bell National and international Jewish organizations reacted positively to Wednesday’s news of a cease-fire and hostage release agreement to end the Israel-Hamas war. Read more » »
Stop the Campus Descent Into Hate
Ilana Argentar Ilana Argentar A trunk full of books, a bicycle and $30. That’s what my mom says she and her family had with them when they left Poland as refugees in 1979. My grandparents and great-grandparents survived the Holocaust, but life in Poland after the war was still not great for Jews. Read more » »
