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A Family’s Sacrifice // Uriah Bayer’s non jewish family moved to Israel from Germany to assist the Jewish people after the Holocaust. Uriah’s death fighting in Gaza is the ultimate expression of that effort.
10 Jan 2024
This article tells the story of Gideon Bayer, a German Christian who moved to Israel with his family to assist Holocaust survivors. Gideon's son, Uriah, was ...
10 Jan 2024
Mishpacha
The Glass Horse
9 Jan 2024
This personal essay tells the story of the author's trip to Europe, where they visited various Jewish sites and experienced deep emotions. During their visit...
9 Jan 2024
Forward
A heartbreaking story of Nazi-era heroism — but why did it take so long for it to get here?
9 Jan 2024
"One Life" is a new film based on the book "If It's Not Impossible," depicting the heroic efforts of a small group of middle-class Brits in the late 1930s wh...
9 Jan 2024
Kveller
This Video of Holocaust Survivor and Olympian Agnes Keleti Is So Moving
9 Jan 2024
Agnes Keleti, a 100-year-old Holocaust survivor and gymnast, is the oldest surviving Olympic champion and the most decorated Jewish female Olympic athlete of...
9 Jan 2024
The Beinart Notebook
Omer Bartov on Israel, Gaza and the Charge of Genocide
9 Jan 2024
Omer Bartov, a prominent scholar of the Holocaust and professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Brown University, discusses the issue of genocide in the...
9 Jan 2024
eJewishPhilanthropy
The Kindertransport’s complex legacy
9 Jan 2024
The Kindertransport, which brought over 10,000 child refugees, primarily Jewish, to Britain in the late 1930s, is often portrayed as a successful state-run r...
9 Jan 2024
Future of Jewish
Recency bias is sabotaging the Jewish People.
8 Jan 2024
The article discusses the concept of recency bias and its impact on the Jewish people. It argues that recency bias is causing short-term decision-making that...
8 Jan 2024
Moment
From the Newsletter | A Wise Person Once Said…What Exactly?
8 Jan 2024
The "Moments Wisdom Project" is a series of interviews with individuals who have lived long Jewish lives and gained wisdom. Many of those featured are Holoca...
8 Jan 2024
JTA
Why Golden Globes attendees are wearing yellow ribbon pins at the 2024 awards ceremony
8 Jan 2024
At the 2024 Golden Globes awards ceremony, attendees are wearing yellow ribbon pins on their red carpet outfits. The pins are a symbol of solidarity with Isr...
8 Jan 2024
Future of Jewish
The Wisdom of Jewish Trauma
6 Jan 2024
The article explores the concept of Jewish trauma and its generational effects. It discusses how traumatic experiences, such as the Holocaust, can be passed ...
6 Jan 2024
JTA
The real story behind ‘One Life,’ the movie starring Anthony Hopkins as Nicholas Winton, who rescued Jewish children from the Nazis
5 Jan 2024
The article discusses the real story behind the movie "One Life," which portrays the efforts of Nicholas Winton, a British stockbroker who rescued Jewish chi...
5 Jan 2024
Kveller
Dark Comedy ‘The Anne Frank Gift Shop’ Is a Must Watch
5 Jan 2024
"The Anne Frank Gift Shop" is a dark comedy film that explores the question of how to sell the memory of the Holocaust to a younger generation. The film high...
5 Jan 2024
Forward
Israel faces charges of genocide at the International Court of Justice. Here’s why, and how Israel will respond.
4 Jan 2024
Israel is facing charges of genocide at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) by South Africa, which claims that Israel is committing genocide in its war ...
4 Jan 2024
Forward
Holocaust survivor who became a bat mitzvah at 91 dies in Buenos Aires
4 Jan 2024
Eugenia Unger, a Holocaust survivor and one of the founding members of the Holocaust Museum of Buenos Aires, passed away at the age of 97. In 2017, she gaine...
4 Jan 2024
JTA
Holocaust survivor who became a bat mitzvah at 91 dies in Buenos Aires
4 Jan 2024
Eugenia Unger, a Holocaust survivor and founding member of the Holocaust Museum of Buenos Aires, passed away at the age of 97. In 2017, she made headlines wh...
4 Jan 2024
Between The Lines
‘95 Percent Paradise, Five Percent Hell’
4 Jan 2024
Filmmaker Yahav Winner, who grew up in Kfar Aza near the Gaza border, made a film called "The Boy" that explores the trauma and constant conflict experienced...
4 Jan 2024
Forward
Elon Musk to visit Auschwitz ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day
4 Jan 2024
Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and owner of the social media platform X, is planning to visit the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in Poland ahead of Inter...
4 Jan 2024
Forward
A visionary theater maker never thought he’d be 'Jewish director' — then the times demanded it
3 Jan 2024
Igor Golyak, a theater director known for his innovative use of technology, has embarked on a Jewish-focused season of productions. Golyak, who discovered hi...
3 Jan 2024
Forward
Berlin police investigating vandalism of Kindertransport memorial following pro-Palestinian demonstrations
3 Jan 2024
The Berlin police are investigating the vandalism of a memorial dedicated to Jewish children rescued from the Nazis during New Year's Eve demonstrations. The...
3 Jan 2024
Kveller
Alanis Morissette Discovers She’s ‘Super Jewish’ on ‘Finding Your Roots’
3 Jan 2024
In a recent episode of the PBS show Finding Your Roots, singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette discovers her Jewish heritage for the first time at the age of 28...
3 Jan 2024
Forward
A Greek Holocaust survivor in Vermont knows how to save humanity. He just needs us to listen.
3 Jan 2024
Albert Levis, a Greek Holocaust survivor and owner of the Wilburton Inn in Vermont, has dedicated his life to promoting his Formal Theory of Behavior, which ...
3 Jan 2024
Forward
Rock star Alanis Morissette uncovers her family’s Holocaust history on PBS’ ‘Finding Your Roots’
2 Jan 2024
Musician Alanis Morissette discovers her family's Jewish history on the PBS series Finding Your Roots. Morissette, who was raised Catholic and is now a pract...
2 Jan 2024
Tablet
No-Fly Zone
2 Jan 2024
The author recounts a skiing accident that he and his family experienced during a vacation in the Dolomites. As they discuss the accident and their injuries,...
2 Jan 2024
Forward
Shenna Bellows, who blocked Trump from Maine’s primary ballot, used to run the state’s Holocaust center
29 Dec 2023
Shenna Bellows, the former executive director of the Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine, recently made a consequential ruling as Maine's secretary of...
29 Dec 2023
Moment
Four Novels of 2023 That Are More Jewish Than You Thought
29 Dec 2023
Four novels published in 2023 are explored in this article, highlighting their Jewish themes and connections. "Forget I Told You This" by Hilary Zaid is set ...
29 Dec 2023
People of the Pod
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Countering the Denial and Distortion of the 10/7 Hamas Attack
28 Dec 2023
The USC Shoah Foundation is collecting testimonies of survivors of the October 7 Hamas terrorist attack to counter denial of the attack. Dr. Robert Williams,...
28 Dec 2023
Forward
I didn't understand Holocaust denial until Oct. 7
28 Dec 2023
In this personal essay, the author reflects on their grandmother's experience as a Holocaust survivor and the increasing prevalence of Holocaust denial. The ...
28 Dec 2023
Jewish Review of Books
Ruby Sees Red
28 Dec 2023
Israeli American novelist Ruby Namdar discusses the novelistic plight of American Jewry and Israeli Jewry in the aftermath of October 7. Namdar reflects on t...
28 Dec 2023
JTA
The real Auschwitz commandant — and Yiddish resistance song — behind ‘The Zone of Interest’
28 Dec 2023
"The Zone of Interest" is a film directed by Jonathan Glazer that depicts the lives of the Hss family, who lived in a cottage adjacent to the Auschwitz death...
28 Dec 2023
Tablet
Spokane School Takes the Name of a Holocaust Survivor
27 Dec 2023
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...
27 Dec 2023
Forward
Group opposing war in Gaza cancels Holocaust museum event after critics call it antisemitic
26 Dec 2023
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...
26 Dec 2023
JNS
‘We don’t like Nazis either,’ Substack says, opts not to ban them
26 Dec 2023
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...
26 Dec 2023
Emes Ve-Emunah
Why Did God Do This to Us?!
25 Dec 2023
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 ...
25 Dec 2023
JNS
This Christmas, Jewish nonprofit doles out its largest disbursement to ‘righteous gentiles’
24 Dec 2023
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...
24 Dec 2023
JTA
What to watch on Christmas? Your Jewish guide to this winter’s biggest movies
22 Dec 2023
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...
22 Dec 2023
Forward
Why it's time to celebrate a glorious Yiddish writer who would have turned 100 this year
22 Dec 2023
Chava Rosenfarb, a renowned Yiddish writer, is being celebrated in Lodz, Poland, where she was once imprisoned during the Holocaust. Rosenfarb's stories are ...
22 Dec 2023
JTA
This day of communal Kaddish, enacted after the Holocaust, is just right for this moment
22 Dec 2023
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...
22 Dec 2023
Tablet
What the Pope Knew
22 Dec 2023
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...
22 Dec 2023
JTA
A new play tells the true story of a former Hasid who translated the New Testament into Yiddish
21 Dec 2023
"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...
21 Dec 2023
Forward
Steve McQueen’s over-4-hour tour of modern and Holocaust-era Amsterdam makes history mundane — and unbearably boring
20 Dec 2023
Steve McQueen's documentary film, Occupied City, explores modern and Holocaust-era Amsterdam through contemporary footage. The film aims to shed light on the...
20 Dec 2023
Forward
The song, and the Holocaust survivor, behind the year’s most stunning moment in film
19 Dec 2023
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...
19 Dec 2023
Forward
In a shift, Latvia and Lithuania are paying Holocaust survivors and heirs for their stolen property
19 Dec 2023
Latvia and Lithuania have enacted laws that allow Holocaust survivors and their descendants to apply for restitution of stolen property. The restitution prog...
19 Dec 2023
Moment
An Inspirational Conversation with Holocaust Survivor Manfred Lindenbaum
19 Dec 2023
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...
19 Dec 2023
Unorthodox
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Unorthodox in Israel: Dogs of War
19 Dec 2023
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...
19 Dec 2023
Forward
That 98-year-old man on drums at the White House Hanukkah party? A Holocaust survivor fulfilling a dream
18 Dec 2023
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...
18 Dec 2023
Forward
How psychic numbing can limit comprehension of the Oct. 7 attacks
18 Dec 2023
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...
18 Dec 2023
Kveller
How My Jewish Daughter Changed My Thinking on Tattoos
18 Dec 2023
The author recounts her experience of initially opposing her daughter getting a tattoo due to their Jewish heritage and the historical association of tattoos...
18 Dec 2023
eJewishPhilanthropy
10 years on, the impact of Biden’s Holocaust survivor initiative is still growing
18 Dec 2023
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...
18 Dec 2023
Unorthodox
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Unorthodox in Israel: Kfar Aza
18 Dec 2023
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...
18 Dec 2023
Forward
Masha Gessen will receive Hannah Arendt Prize after all, following controversy over Gaza essay
15 Dec 2023
Masha Gessen, a Jewish writer, will still receive the Hannah Arendt Prize despite controversy surrounding their recent essay on Gaza. The German foundation i...
15 Dec 2023