So chuffed to share I'm part of the team @mystorylocker who are utilizing my favourite media 'the power of audio' to help capture even more people's stories.
Might just be the perfect Chrimbo pressie you're looking for 🎙
#storylocker#MyStoryLocker#LifeStoriesSharedForever
En Tailandia, un padre, como era obligatorio llevar zapatillas blancas el día del deporte, mandó a su hijo pequeño al colegio con calcetines blancos puestos sobre unas zapatillas negras
Just woken up and had a joyful stroll down Brighton’s palace pier with @MirandaKeeling 🙏 thank you I was transported back to when I used to live there 🙌
https://t.co/9Pwz9iQRap
Decorating my 8 Yr old sons bedroom with a leopard print stencil listening to @theflaminglips Yoshimi @BBC6Music thanks to @huwstephens 🙌 just brilliant!
Israel Opera sings a beautiful rendition of 'Bring Him Home' from Les Misérables as a tribute to the 220+ innocent Israelis who were ruthlessly kidnapped by Hamas terrorists and are currently being held hostage in Gaza.
We say, with a unified voice: #BringThemHome.
💙A LETTER FROM HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS TO ISRAELI SOLDIERS💙
To Our Dear Israeli Soldiers,
We are a group of Holocaust survivors who live in South Jersey. There is important information we wish to pass on to you in this time of tragedy and horror. We are horrified by Hamas’ brutal and inhumane attack on innocent civilians in Israel. We cry for their families and our Homeland Israel. We cry for Jews everywhere. We are witnessing our 2nd Holocaust.
You do not need to pray for strength. You do not need to work to achieve a strong heart or a strong will. You especially do not need to ask for courage. You already have these attributes. They were placed in you while you were still in your mothers’ wombs. Your mothers and fathers received them before they were born. They have been passed on from generation to generation of Jewish people and will forever be passed on. You have already passed these on to your children and grandchildren.
Our ancestors, from over 5,000 years ago, survived 40 years in the desert before they reached Eretz Israel. They fought hostile people who tried to kill us even back then. In every generation someone has tried to destroy us, but they did not succeed. We survived and thrived. We survived the modern-day Haman and the Nazis along with their collaborators. We survived the Communist rule. Your ancestors survived the ancient Greeks, Babylonians, Inquisition, expulsions from country to country and many pogroms.
After the Shoah, so many of us lost everything, but created our own futures, and the futures of our children and grandchildren by using our brains, our “Yiddishe Kopf.” We learned how to adapt to a new country, language, customs, and neighbors. Our courage, stamina, and will to live helped to overcome all obstacles that were placed in our way so we viewed them as mere “stepping stones.”
Our will to survive cannot be learned. It is inborn, and it is in you and everyone worldwide fighting for Israel. You did not have to work for it or to earn it as it is part of your Jewish heritage, and it is thousands of years old. It is in your genetic code, and the rest of the world is always amazed when they see the evidence of this tremendous intelligence and strength, but we are not. Because we know who we are, where we came from, and what we are capable of overcoming.
We, who have lived through impossible times and seen evil throughout our years want you to recognize how special you are. We believe in you and know that you will triumph against Hamas and their collaborators. We have already done it and you will too. Am Yisrael Chai!
With Our Love, Support and Prayers-May Hashem Watch Over You and Keep You Safe!
B’Shalom,
Ruth, Survivor of Austria
Joel, Survivor of Germany, Theresienstadt Concentration Camp
Nella, Survivor of Poland as a Hidden Child
Diana, Survivor of Ukraine
Inge, Survivor of Germany
Izrail, Survivor of Leningrad Siege, Russia
Ludmila, Survivor of Russia
Galina, Survivor of Belarus
Lev, Survivor of Russia
Rabbi Yaakov Jungreis, Survivor of Hungary, Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp
Inna, Survivor of Russia
Florence, Survivor of Poland
Fred, Survivor of Holland, Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp
Rachel, Survivor of Germany
And, all of the Holocaust Survivors in our South Jersey community
Very proud of my little man following in my footsteps with a new gig voicing for an animated series. More details to follow 🙌He absolutely loved it and thank you @TheVOGallery for looking after us. We’ll see you soon 🎙️
I’m about to turn 46 and move into our first home having finally got on the ladder.. our family building was impacted by fertility issues and cost - glad to opinions like this being shared.
‘I would like to have a baby but the costs are too high’
https://t.co/s9LZ1NeEN6
This is my favourite podcast - which I discovered looking at the shortlist for @britpodawards I’m in awe of @CatherineECarr and your interview technique with the strangers you talk to, and just where you go with your line of questioning, which I think is genius 🙏 please support
Interrupting a guy on the way to the shops for my podcast… I am reminded again of that saying about ‘being kind to people, because you don’t know what they’re going through’.
@ChooseLoveNEWS@RefugeeTales@RefugeeAction@RefugeesAtHome ❤️
https://t.co/44SdFiyWih
What a treat to get to meet @StuartMaconie this morning having been on @BBCBreakfast for our work @fertmatterswork .. hate asking for selfies but I did cause he’s ace! Good luck with the book Sir 👍