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Carla Olman Peperzak, a 100-year-old Holocaust survivor, had a middle school named after her in Spokane, Washington. Peperzak was born in Amsterdam in 1923 a...

Doctors Against Genocide, an organization opposing the war in Gaza, canceled their planned gathering at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C...

A group of over 200 writers on the newsletter platform Substack published a letter expressing concern about the platform hosting and supporting neo-Nazi figu...

This text addresses the question of why bad things happen to good people, particularly in the context of tragedies that befall the Jewish people. The author ...

The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous, a nonprofit organization based in New Jersey, is giving its largest ever holiday payment to 93 righteous gentiles wh...

This article provides a guide for Jewish viewers looking for movies to watch during the Christmas season. It highlights several movies that have Jewish theme...

Chava Rosenfarb, a renowned Yiddish writer, is being celebrated in Lodz, Poland, where she was once imprisoned during the Holocaust. Rosenfarb's stories are ...

The text discusses the significance of the communal day of saying Mourners Kaddish, which falls on the 10th of Tevet. Instituted after the Holocaust, this da...

The article discusses the actions and decisions of Pope Pius XII during the Holocaust. While the pope expressed sympathy for those suffering, he failed to sp...

"The Gospel According to Chaim" is a new Yiddish-language play based on the true story of Chaim Einspruch, a former Hasidic man who translated the New Testam...

Steve McQueen's documentary film, Occupied City, explores modern and Holocaust-era Amsterdam through contemporary footage. The film aims to shed light on the...

The article discusses the song "Sunbeams" and its significance in the film "The Zone of Interest." The song was composed by Joseph Wulf, a Holocaust survivor...

Latvia and Lithuania have enacted laws that allow Holocaust survivors and their descendants to apply for restitution of stolen property. The restitution prog...

In this conversation with Holocaust survivor Manfred Lindenbaum, he shares his remarkable story of escaping on the Kindertransport to England at the age of s...

Unorthodox is featuring stories from Israel, including a visit to Roy Shimshon's dog sanctuary in Southern Israel, where he cares for nearly 100 dogs separat...

Saul Dreier, a 98-year-old Holocaust survivor and founder of the Holocaust Survivor Band, fulfilled his dream of playing the drums at the White House Hanukka...

The article discusses the phenomenon of psychic numbing and how it can limit comprehension and empathy towards large-scale tragedies, such as the Oct. 7 atta...

The author recounts her experience of initially opposing her daughter getting a tattoo due to their Jewish heritage and the historical association of tattoos...

In 2013, then-Vice President Joe Biden launched the White House Holocaust Survivor Initiative, a program aimed at addressing the unique needs of Holocaust su...

Unorthodox is currently reporting on the aftermath of the brutal attack on Kibbutz Kfar Aza by Hamas in Israel. The journalists meet with a local resident, C...

Masha Gessen, a Jewish writer, will still receive the Hannah Arendt Prize despite controversy surrounding their recent essay on Gaza. The German foundation i...

Since the terror attack on October 7, Israelis and diaspora Jews have begun embracing and reinventing the Star of David as a symbol of pride and identity. Pr...

As the 30th anniversary of the film approaches, it is important to reevaluate Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List. While the film has received criticism for ...

Guy Stern, a German Jewish refugee and member of the Ritchie Boys, a renowned World War II military intelligence unit, has passed away at the age of 101. Aft...

Tamara Podemski, an artist of Jewish and Indigenous descent, draws on the survival of her ancestors in her work, influenced by their experiences of generatio...

In this episode, host Avishay Artsy discusses with educators Sarah Ellen Zarrow and Jody Spiegel the topic of Holocaust education in response to the rising a...

In this article, Stephen D. Smith discusses the denial of genocide as a final act of genocide itself. Smith highlights the recent denial of Hamas atrocities,...

Despite growing up with a sense of inferiority about the simplicity of Ashkenazi Ukrainian-Russian cuisine, the author rediscovers the importance of their gr...

The article discusses a new documentary called "Nina & Irena," which explores the intergenerational silence and unspoken trauma between Holocaust survivors a...

"We Must Not Think of Ourselves" by Lauren Grodstein explores the Jewish resistance during the Holocaust, focusing on the experiences of narrator Adam Paskow...

This article recounts the author's visit to Berdychiv, Ukraine, the hometown of Vasily Grossman, a renowned Jewish writer. The author explores the town's Hol...

The article reflects on the 25th anniversary of the film "Life is Beautiful" and its use of Holocaust humor. The film, directed by Roberto Benigni, tells the...

The author highlights the enslavement and slaughter of Black Africans by Arab Muslims, drawing parallels between the recent Hamas attacks in Israel and histo...

The authors, a couple of Modern Orthodox-trained rabbis from New York, moved to the Neuklln neighborhood in Berlin, known for its large Arab and Turkish immi...

"The Zone of Interest" is a film adaptation of Martin Amis' novel about Rudolf Höss, the commandant of Auschwitz. The film portrays Höss' idyllic family life...

The National Holocaust Centre and Museum has launched a new racism response unit to address the increasing antisemitism after the Hamas attack on Israel. The...

The Museum of Jewish Heritage recently hosted Rebecca Day, an event to honor the American Girl doll, Rebecca Rubin, who tells the story of Jewish immigration...

Thirteen-year-old Ariel Zohar recently celebrated his bar mitzvah wearing the tefillin (phylacteries) that were passed down to him from his paternal grandfat...

The article discusses the recent controversy surrounding actress Julianna Margulies and her comments about the lack of support for Jews and Israel from some ...

Three different artists, including Yonia Fain, Samuel Bak, and Andi Arnovitz, use art to process and give voice to the atrocities committed by Hamas on Octob...

Manny Lindenbaum, a Holocaust survivor, reflects on his experiences and the importance of making a positive impact on others. Separated from his family and h...

This week's Antisemitism Monitor highlights several instances of antisemitism from around the world. In Poland, Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro criticized f...

The Antisemitism Monitor for the week of August 28, 2023 highlights various instances of antisemitism around the world. One notable incident involves the bac...

Deborah Lyons has been appointed as Canada's new special envoy on Holocaust remembrance and combating antisemitism, succeeding Irwin Cotler. In the face of r...

"I Have My Mother's Eyes" is a new Canadian chamber opera premiering at the Chutzpah Festival in Vancouver, spotlighting the legacy of Chiune Sugihara, known...

Stella Levi, a Holocaust survivor from Rhodes now living in New York City, is the subject of a new book called One Hundred Saturdays by Michael Frank. The bo...

The live taping of Bonjour Chai discusses the challenges of media consumption in the context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, highlighting how different ...

"Winter Journey" is a poignant film that intertwines fiction and documentary elements, exploring the story of a widower, a father, and a Holocaust survivor p...

Canadian social worker Joy Frenkiel, a resident of Ramat Gan, Israel, assists bereaved families in identifying the remains of victims of Hamas attacks. Frenk...

The text reflects on responding to tragedies, referencing Noah from the Torah story and discussing the normal emotions triggered by trauma, suggesting the im...