for Thursday, June 15, 2023

Education ›

0 Education Holocaust

A Missouri school district could ban ‘Maus,’ citing concerns about whether it is ‘explicit sexual material’

Andrew Lapin in Forward

The Nixa Public Schools in Missouri are considering banning Art Spiegelman’s acclaimed Holocaust graphic memoir, "Maus," due to concerns it could violate a new state law against providing explicit sexual material to students, despite no parents having filed complaints.

Holocaust ›

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A German museum curator is personally returning art looted by the Nazis to the descendants of Holocaust victims

Jackie Hajdenberg in Forward

Matthias Weniger, a museum curator at the Bavarian National Museum in Munich, is actively working to return 111 silver items looted by the Nazis from Jewish families during the Holocaust.

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Forward Sicily’s Jews have their first rabbi in 500 years. Italy’s Jewish establishment won’t accept them.

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