Three Surrey areas where Jewish children found refuge during World War Two
On Holocaust Memorial Day, SurreyLive looks back at the places that provided refuge for Jewish people at an important time in history
Updated
Orphaned Jewish children in the garden at Weir Courtney, c.1946. Reproduced courtesy of Hazel Hawkes. (Image: Surrey History Centre. Reproduced courtesy of Hazel Hawkes. (SHC ref. Z/448/1a))
Get the latest email updates for Surrey with our FREE daily newsletterInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later.
Subscribe here
When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes theyâll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. OurPrivacy Noticeexplains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time.
Claiming Descent From the Maccabees By Joel S. Davidi Weisberger | December 10, 2020
The Talmud in tractate Bava Batra 3:1 relates that the Hasmonean dynasty came to a tragic end with the death of the last survivor of Herod’s purges, a young woman whose name is not given.
Herod was a servant of the Hasmoneans, and there was a “little girl” among them upon whom he cast his eyes. One day he heard a voice saying that a servant who should rebel that day would succeed. Then he slew all his superiors except this little girl; and when she saw that he intended to marry her, she ascended to the roof and proclaimed: “If it happen that one shall claim himself descended from the Hasmoneans, be it known that he is a slave for all the Hasmoneans were slain except myself, and I now commit suicide by throwing myself from this roof.”
Olga Markus grew up in Kiev, Ukraine and has dedicated her professional life to Jewish non-profit world. She holds an MA in Russian Language and Literature and an MA in Religious Education. She served as Senior Educator of West London Synagogue of British Jews, coordinated educational programming for the World Union for Progressive Judaism in Russia, served as Educator-in-residence at Washington Hebrew Congregation, and worked as an Assistant Executive Director at COJECO. Olga Markus works as the Program Director, Jewish Education and Engagement at the JFNA, helping to strengthen Jewish identity of Russian-speaking Jews and to provide meaningful and innovative opportunities for Jewish engagement to RSJ communities in North America.