Olivia Haynie | Authors

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Forward He saved dozens of kids in Auschwitz — he kept it a secret for nearly the rest of his life 12 Apr

Judith Richter embarked on a journey to unveil her father Erno Zvi Spiegel's untold heroism during the Holocaust after discovering his story in a LIFE Magazi...

12 Apr

Forward I’m probably going to be on the government’s list of Jews at UPenn 12 Apr

Olivia Haynie reflects on the changes she observed at the University of Pennsylvania regarding activism and tensions surrounding Israel and Gaza. As a gradua...

12 Apr

Forward While sculpting Jesus, this Jewish artist wrestled with his demons 30 Mar

Jimmy Grashow, a Jewish artist whose work captivated audiences with its intricate, detailed cardboard sculptures, became the focus of the documentary "Jimmy ...

30 Mar

Forward How a Jewish-owned yarn store knitted the symbol of the anti-ICE movement 12 Mar

The Needle & Skein yarn shop in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, became a hub of activism when Paul Neary, a designer at the shop, created the "Melt the ICE" hat p...

12 Mar

Forward Tensions in Israel loom large in these Oscar-nominated shorts 4 Mar

Oscar-nominated short films, "Butchers Stain" and "Children No More: Were and Are Gone," poignantly highlight the persistent societal rifts in Israel followi...

4 Mar

Forward What rabbinic wisdom taught me in the wake of the BAFTA scandal 27 Feb

The BAFTA Awards faced a storm of controversy after John Davidson, featured in a film about living with Tourette Syndrome, involuntarily shouted a racial slu...

27 Feb

Forward How the Jewish Museum brought Black film history to new audiences 17 Feb

In the midst of tense Black-Jewish relations during the 1970s, the Jewish Museum under Karl Katz's direction, sought to bridge communities by showcasing race...

17 Feb

Forward Art theft, angels and neo-Nazis force a reckoning with the past in ‘The Tavern at the End of History’ 11 Feb

Morris Collins' novel "The Tavern at the End of History" explores the tensions between memory and morality through a story about art theft, the Holocaust, an...

11 Feb

Forward In ‘Black and Jewish America,’ Henry Louis Gates Jr explores the history of Black-Jewish partnership and conflict 2 Feb

The PBS series "Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History," narrated by Henry Louis Gates Jr., investigates the complex historical relationship between...

2 Feb

Forward He could have avoided persecution in Nazi Germany — he got bar mitzvahed instead 25 Jan

Gerd Pips Phillipsohn, born to a Jewish father and an Aryan mother in Nazi Germany, chose to embrace his Jewish identity through a bar mitzvah, despite the p...

25 Jan