This online exhibition features artworks created by Jewish women during the Holocaust era as well as some signifying a final memorial to the endeavors of women artists who were murdered during the Shoah The exhibition offers a glimpse into the treasures of Yad Vashem’s Art Collection while commemorating these artists and their works The artists belong to different generations come from various social and cultural backgrounds and have differing artistic training as well as the numerous styles and techniques – reflect the cultural richness of female Jewish artists who lived in Europe prior to and during the Holocaust Some of the paintings and drawings allude to the cruel reality of life in the ghetto while others express the artists’ longing to escape into the realm of beauty and aesthetics The works left behind by the murdered artists stand in strong contrast with their tragic fate They are a rare and moving testimony to the existence and productivity of their creators The Yad Vashem website had recently undergone a major upgrade The page you are looking for has apparently been moved We are therefore redirecting you to what we hope will be a useful landing page For any questions/clarifications/problems, please contact: webmaster@yadvashem.org.il 2016Get email notification for articles from Galili Shahar FollowFeb 5 2016“Tzionut Umelankolia: Hahaim Haktzarim Shel Yisrael Zarchi" (“The Short Life of Israel Zarchi: A Melancholic Zionist”) The funeral of the 18-year-old who died in a motorcycle collision in County Mayo will take place on Tuesday Kacper Swierkowski (18) of 43 Knockaphunta Park died following a road traffic accident on Wednesday The fatal single-vehicle accident involving a motorcycle occurred shortly before 5pm at Cloonkeen near Castlebar on the R309 Kacper was the son of Robert and Jolanta and brother of David and Patryk He was a student of Davitt College in Castlebar His remains will repose at Kilcoyne’s Funeral Home Removal from Kilcoyne’s Funeral Home on Tuesday The Funeral Mass will be live streamed on churchtv.ie/castlebar or can be listened to in Castlebar on the Castlebar Parish Radio 105.3 FM A GoFundMe page set up for the family has raised almost €25,000 The funds will be used to assist with funeral costs Jola and Robert might have to take of work Gardaí are continuing to appeal to any witnesses of the crash to come forward who were in the vicinity at the time are urged to provide this footage to investigating Gardaí Anyone with information is asked to contact Castlebar Garda Station at 094 9038200 the Garda Confidential Line at 1800 666 111 Kacper is survived by his parents Robert and Jolanta and brothers David and Patryk grandparents Iza and Henryk and Teresa and all his cousins neighbours and his fellow students in Davitt College visit gofundme.com/f/donate-in-memory-of-kacper-swierkowski Gaelic FootballFrank Roche: Historic four-in-a-row for Tribesmen and Mayo in microcosm as Kevin McStay’s men squander another Connacht finalFor Galway yet another way to squander a game that was there for the taking.