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JTA A gift shop at Auschwitz? New films and a graphic memoir explore the contradictions of ‘dark tourism’ 26 Jan 2025
In a time when interest in Holocaust remembrance is surging, a range of new cultural works have emerged exploring the complex emotions tied to visiting Holoc...
26 Jan 2025
JTA Lee Yaron’s account of Oct. 7 attacks named Jewish book of the year 22 Jan 2025
Israeli journalist Lee Yaron's book \"10/7: 100 Human Stories\" has been awarded the Jewish Book of the Year at the 74th National Jewish Book Awards. This re...
22 Jan 2025
JTA Where was God in the Holocaust? A NY poet and activist asks the question in a book of ‘psalms’ 21 Jan 2025
Menachem Rosensaft, a poet and Holocaust survivor born in the Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp, explores the profound theological question of God's prese...
21 Jan 2025
JTA Why everyone is quoting Hannah Arendt, sometimes even accurately 19 Jan 2025
Hannah Arendt, the renowned German-Jewish political theorist, has seen a resurgence in contemporary political discourse, frequently being quoted on social me...
19 Jan 2025
JTA What an obituary writer learned by saying goodbye to hundreds of people 8 Jan 2025
Jewish obituary writer Andrew Silow-Carroll reflects on his experiences editing the Jewish Life Stories newsletter, where obituaries served as a celebration ...
8 Jan 2025
JTA Peter Yarrow, Jewish musician and activist of Peter, Paul and Mary fame, dies at 86 7 Jan 2025
Peter Yarrow, the influential Jewish musician and activist from the iconic 1960s folk group Peter, Paul and Mary, passed away at 86 due to bladder cancer. Kn...
7 Jan 2025
JTA The Lower East Side anti-Jewish riot that changed the way Jews do politics 5 Jan 2025
The article explores the relatively unknown anti-Jewish riot on New York City's Lower East Side in 1902, during Rabbi Jacob Joseph's funeral, which became a ...
5 Jan 2025
Forward The world after Oct. 7, and before Trump 2.0: The essential Jewish conversations of 2024 31 Dec 2024
The year 2024 was marked by intensified Jewish discourse resulting from the trauma of October 7 and the subsequent Israeli conflict, deeply influencing globa...
31 Dec 2024
Forward Yuval Shoham, 22, soldier who searched for his captive friend Hersh Goldberg-Polin, dies in Gaza 30 Dec 2024
Yuval Shoham, a 22-year-old Israeli soldier from Jerusalem's Baka neighborhood, died in an operational accident in Gaza while on a mission searching for his ...
30 Dec 2024
Forward What David Brooks and Bob Dylan teach Jews about heresy 27 Dec 2024
The article delves into Jewish perspectives on the intersections of Judaism and Christianity through the lens of cultural icons like Bob Dylan and David Broo...
27 Dec 2024