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This poignant narrative reflects on the harrowing experiences of Jewish children in the Lodz ghetto during World War II. Recounting memories of teaching a br...

The text discusses various articles and responses published in the Spring 2019 edition of "Letters." It begins with a review of the film "Black Honey," dedic...

Giorgio Bassani's "Memory Garden" centers around his novel "The Novel of Ferrara," a reflection on the Italian Jews' fate during Mussolini's rule and the Hol...

During the Holocaust, North African Jews faced discrimination and persecution under French and Italian racial laws, economic disenfranchisement, and internme...

The debate on social media between Hasidim and academics revolves around whether the revered Rabbi Kalonymus Kalmish Shapiro lost his faith during the Holoca...

Simon Levis Sullam's book, "The Italian Executioners: The Genocide of the Jews of Italy," challenges the notion that Italy was peripheral to the Holocaust by...

The article discusses the growing market for Nazi memorabilia, increasingly purchased by Jewish buyers. Families of WWII veterans are selling such artifacts,...

Howard Kaplan, an observant Jew in Israel, continues a Christmas tradition started by his mother Toby, who was saved during the Holocaust by Aleksandra Taras...

"Black Honey, The Life and Poetry of Avraham Sutzkever" is a documentary highlighting the story of Avraham Sutzkever, a prominent Yiddish poet who survived t...

Doron Rabinovici, an Israeli author living in Vienna, explores the complexities of Jewish identity in postwar Austria through his novels, essays, and politic...

Talya Zax explores the persistent cultural fascination with imagining alternative narratives for Anne Frank, focusing on the trend where male authors depict ...

A recent report by CNN reveals alarming statistics on antisemitism in Europe, with one-third of Europeans lacking knowledge about the Holocaust, one-fourth b...

Harvey Milk, San Francisco's outspoken Jewish politician, was assassinated in 1978 by Supervisor Dan White, leading to significant ramifications for the city...

In a poignant reflection on the Holocaust, Lilly Maier recounts the reunion of an elderly Viennese man, Arthur Kern, with his childhood home in Vienna after ...

In the discussion of "Of Were-Owls and Wandering Jews," the text explores different works of literature with Jewish themes or characters. It delves into the ...

The article reflects on the experiences of German and Austrian Jews in 1938 leading up to Kristallnacht, as depicted in the 1938Projekt online exhibit by the...

During the four days of Kristallnacht in 1938, violence erupted in small villages like Nentershausen in Hessen, Germany. The pogroms were prompted by the ass...

The text discusses the banality of the Eichmann trial, highlighting Adolf Eichmann's role as an ordinary German bureaucrat who orchestrated the Holocaust, fo...

Professor Alon Confino explores the Nazi goal of erasing Jews from not just the present and future, but also from the past. This reflects the Nazis' desire t...

Dr. Stefan Ihrig discusses how Turkish nationalism during the aftermath of WWI influenced the Nazis in the early Weimar years and beyond in his book "Atatürk...

Dr. Stefan Ihrig's book "Atatürk in the Nazi Imagination" explores how Turkish nationalism following WWI influenced the Nazis, serving as inspiration during ...

Director Stan Zimmerman's new production of "The Diary of Anne Frank" brings a fresh perspective by casting LatinX actors in the roles traditionally played b...

Dr. Keith Kahn-Harris delves into the topic of denialism in his latest book, "Denial: The Unspeakable Truth," shedding light on its rise as a pervasive force...

"Morituri" is a lesser-known film from Marlon Brando's career where he plays a German engineer during World War II coerced by British intelligence into a spy...

The article lists nine Holocaust movies suitable to watch on Tisha B'Av, a Jewish day of mourning traditionally observed with fasting and reflection on destr...

"Shoah" by Claude Lanzmann is a groundbreaking film that delves deeply into the horrors of the Holocaust, offering a meticulous and unrelenting portrayal of ...

In this podcast episode, Don Futterman, Allison Kaplan Sommer, and Noah Efron discuss the controversial joint declaration by the Prime Ministers of Israel an...

Bernard Malamud's short story "The German Refugee" serves as a parable for the Jewish day of mourning, Tishah Be-Av, exploring themes of loss, suffering, and...

Mexico just elected a new president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, known for his anti-establishment and anti-corruption platform, in a sweeping victory. Dina ...

Claude Lanzmann, a seminal figure in Holocaust documentary filmmaking, passed away at 92. Known for his monumental 1985 film "Shoah," Lanzmann pioneered a ne...

Through examining Armando Lucas Correa's novel 'The German Girl,' the article explores the historical tragedy of the SS St. Louis, a ship carrying Jewish ref...

During the Holocaust in the Vilna Ghetto, Jewish inmates faced intense scrutiny at the ghetto gate, with some risking their lives to smuggle various contraba...

The French publishing house Gallimard's decision to republish three anti-Semitic pamphlets by the controversial author Louis-Ferdinand Céline, known for his ...

Jewish Life magazine engaged with prominent African American leader Dr. W. E. B. Du Bois in the late 1940s and early 1950s, seeking to connect the struggles ...

Professor Jeffrey Herf discusses the varying attitudes towards Israel held by East Germany and the radical left in West Germany from 1967 to 1989, within the...

In Japan, a unique connection exists between the Japanese Christian community and Israel, highlighted by the story of Reverend Makoto Otsuka and his Holocaus...

Anne Frank's diary continues to profoundly resonate with Japanese readers, particularly young women, despite the cultural differences and historical context....

The Auschwitz Jewish Center in Oswiecim, Poland, aims to preserve and teach about the rich Jewish history of the town, now primarily known for the Auschwitz-...

An Israeli reporter convinced Dr. Daniel Brown to share his story of being Hitler's nephew's grandson and a Jew, leading to public sensationalism and traumat...

In 1968, following an anti-Zionist campaign by the Polish government, over 13,000 Polish Jews fled to Denmark, including Marian Marzyski, a successful filmma...

The Austrian Mauthausen Committee, representing Nazi-era concentration camp survivors, has excluded the far-right Freedom Party (FPO) from a memorial service...

The poem "Neo-Poland" addresses the Polish government's restrictions on discussing the Holocaust, highlighting how societies often try to suppress dark aspec...

The text discusses the evolution of Holocaust research from the 1940s to the present day, highlighting key developments and challenges. It notes the initial ...

The article details the evolving commemoration of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising from its immediate aftermath during the Holocaust to contemporary observances. I...

"Hitler's Hollywood" by German documentarian Rdiger Suchsland delves into the world of Nazi cinema from 1933 to 1945, exploring the films made under the regi...

Rabbi Herschel Schacter, a young Orthodox rabbi, entered the Buchenwald Concentration Camp in April 1945 as part of the American Army after serving in variou...

Ben Frisch, a Jewish teacher of 34 years at Friends Seminary, a private Quaker school in Manhattan, was fired for making a Nazi joke during a math lesson, ca...

In March 2018, the Polish Attorney General declared unconstitutional a recent law criminalizing any assertion that Poland was partly responsible for Nazi cri...

Patrick Modiano, a French novelist and Nobel Prize winner, explores the themes of occupation and collaboration during World War II in his works, including "L...

Poland's Law and Justice Party (PiS) passed a bill criminalizing accusations of Polish complicity in Nazi crimes and historical distortions, aiming to whitew...