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Examines the leadership of Rav Dr. Joseph Breuer in rebuilding the Frankfurt Jewish community in America.
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[Music] both of those projects initiatives got off the ground because of the garage prolific team members slain in west [Music] germany germany out of the 24 who were killed were americans who had come to learn in covenant i say one million jewish children who were made to become losers [Music] it is never too little it is never too rav royer lazar nishmas or breuer's daughter and son-in-law rebellion of mordechai mayor silverman of blessed memory and mrs either edith silverman bas problem joseph uh breuer of blessed memory who just she just passed away this uh this past year and this uh episode will be about uh bravo yes rabbi dr joseph uh breuer the uh founder and leader and rabbi of the uh khaladath ishurun community the kahila khaladath ishurun community the kahila in washington heights and about his life and a fascinating life before i get to that um it's a historical uh event this week the death of prince philip the duke of edinburgh and um his place in in jewish history is actually through his mother his mother princess alice you know prince philip was born in greece and his mother stayed in greece even after separation from her husband and was there during the war and was there during the war and she saved at risk to her own life she saved jewish lives during the holocaust she saved a mrs rachel cone and her two children in athens she hid them while most greek jews were deported to auschwitz and she was recognized by yad vashem as a righteous among the nations it's interesting that prince philip himself attended the ceremony at yad vashem when his mother was posthumously uh honored she's actually reburied in israel in 1988 she's buried in harassing of all
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- 10:16resigned from the mainstream community that came much later that came only after 1876 and he…
- 14:57and he taught there he taught literature he taught history so there you go nice connection…
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- 29:53uh keogh was not a continuation of the pre-modern kahila which existed everywhere in europe in…
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- 39:08orthodoxy in 1950 it's it's absolutely amazing there were over 800 members of his community an…
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