Ehud Olmert's Harbin Roots: A Manchurian Jewish Story

Sat, 09 May 2026 12:00:00 +0300

In June 2004, Ehud Olmert — then Israel’s deputy prime minister and trade minister — slipped away from a business delegation in northeastern China for a private errand. He drove out to the Huangshan Jewish Cemetery on the wooded outskirts of Harbin and stood at the grave of his grandfather, Yosef Olmert. He laid stones on the headstone, recited the kaddish in Hebrew alongside his brother Amram, and afterwards spoke at length about a Chinese city he had never lived in but had grown up inside.

The Israeli Who Denied a Genocide on Yom HaShoah

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 18:00:00 +0300

Tomorrow, 14 April 2026, Israel stops. Sirens sound, cafes close, and for two minutes the country stands in silence for the six million murdered in the Shoah. It is the one day on the Jewish calendar reserved above all others for the moral obligation lo od pa’am — never again, and never to anyone.

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Ehud Olmert's Harbin Roots: A Manchurian Jewish Story

The Israeli Who Denied a Genocide on Yom HaShoah