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The article discusses the author's decision to pay $120 to see the Canadian prog/hard rock band Rush in concert, possibly for the last time, despite the high...

The legal battle over Oskar Schindler's suitcase, containing valuable documents including his famous lists of Jewish workers saved during the Holocaust, has ...

In this essay reflecting on the impact of watching "Roots" and "Holocaust" for the first time, the author explores the significance of these groundbreaking m...

Artist Alexsandro Palombo sparked controversy with his series of drawings depicting 'The Simpsons' as famished inmates of Auschwitz, using Nazi Holocaust ima...

Swastikas and the word "Hitler" were found graffitied at the former Mauthausen concentration camp, now a museum and memorial. The graffiti, done with a felt ...

Professor Menachem Klein's book, "Lives in Common: Arabs and Jews in Jerusalem, Jaffa and Hebron," delves into the historical Jewish-Arab coexistence in Pale...

The harrowing account, "In the Boxcar," captures a group of Holocaust victims crammed into a train car heading towards an uncertain fate. Amidst the confusio...

The article discusses a list of 10 movies suitable for International Holocaust Remembrance Day, excluding some well-known choices like "The Diary of Anne Fra...

Professor Stuart Cohen discusses how World War One significantly shifted the Jewish perspective on military service, leading to a renewed appreciation for th...

In a unique tribute to the resilience of survivors, Saul Dreier, a Holocaust survivor, formed a klezmer band to honor Alice Herz-Sommer, a fellow survivor re...

Professors Alan Wolfe and Dennis Klein examine different aspects of Jewish identity and experience. Wolfe discusses why Jews in the West may not appreciate t...

Götz Aly's book "Why the Germans?" delves into the historical roots of German anti-Semitism leading to the Holocaust. Aly argues that envy of Jewish economic...

Martin Greenfield is a renowned figure in mens fashion, having tailored suits for top personalities like President Obama and celebrities such as Michael Jack...

Judy Blume's 1977 book "Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself" follows a 10-year-old girl in 1947 Miami Beach who is convinced that Adolf Hitler might be liv...

Rachel Delia Benaim reflects on her feelings of Sephardic guilt during Holocaust remembrance days, such as Kristallnacht. While her family found refuge in Ma...

Israeli artist Dani Gal's installation "As from Afar" at the Jewish Museum explores the unexpected late-life friendship between Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal ...

Israeli historian Otto Dov Kulka's book "Landscapes of the Metropolis of Death," based on his experience as a child in Auschwitz, is praised for its poetic a...

Richard Wolin criticizes the interpretation of Hannah Arendt's "banality of evil" thesis, pointing out factual errors and challenging the emphasis on Martin ...

In the 1960s, the memory of the Holocaust quietly haunted the era despite the intense focus on changing the world. The aftermath of World War II, McCarthyism...

Hannah Arendt's analysis of the Adolf Eichmann trial in "Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil" stirred controversy with her proposition th...

The response to Amy Newman Smith's article "Killer Backdrop" questions the focus and criticisms of Holocaust-related fiction, wondering if any examples meet ...

Konstanty Gebert in response to "The Ukrainian Question" discusses the differing perspectives in Eastern European countries like Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, a...

Amy Newman Smith and Erika Dreifus engage in a discussion regarding the quality and ethical considerations of fiction based on the Holocaust and Nazi era. Sm...

The article responds to Dovid Katz's views on the ethical complexities surrounding Ukrainian nationalism and Russian separatism, particularly in relation to ...

Helen Bamber, a Jewish human rights activist, passed away at 89 after a lifelong commitment to aiding victims of torture and violence. Born in 1925, she prot...

The author reflects on how her experiences at a Labor Zionist youth camp shaped her Jewish identity, particularly in relation to observing Tisha B'Av. She di...

The author reflects on spending Tisha B'Av in Rome near the Arch of Titus, a symbol of the destruction of the Second Temple. Coming from a Soviet background,...

Bruno Kreisky, a prominent Austrian politician of Jewish descent, played a crucial role in turning the left against Israel in the 1970s. Despite his Jewish b...

Rabbi Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar, a prominent Haredi Jewish leader in Hungary, faced criticism for his actions before and during the Holocaust. He held extrem...

Nasya Kamrat, filmmaker and granddaughter of Holocaust survivor Irving Kamrat, is working on an animated documentary project called "Unspeakable," aiming to ...

"Saving Private Ryan," directed by Steven Spielberg, at its core, portrays an act of compassion mirroring Jewish law and custom, reflecting the biblical prin...

Yehiel Feiner, known as Ka-Tzetnik 135633, a survivor of Auschwitz, considered his writings as a chronicle of the horrors he experienced rather than literary...

The article discusses the emotional impact of visiting the Yad Vashem Museum in Jerusalem, focusing on the personal stories and exhibits that aim to bring th...

"In the Illuminated Dark" is a collection of poetry by Israeli poet Tuvia Ruebner, dedicated to his sister who perished in the Holocaust. Ruebner's work refl...

The heirs of the Jewish Schocken family, who owned a department store chain before World War II, have won a restitution case against Germany, receiving nearl...

A Holocaust memorial designed by Daniel Libeskind was recently dedicated at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, making it the second such memorial on state-owne...

The grandfather of Elliot Rodger, the suspect in the California mass killing, was George Rodger, a renowned British photojournalist known for taking iconic p...

Allison, Don, Eilon, and Noah engage in a discussion covering three main points: the concern over trivializing the Holocaust by applying it to current politi...

Anna Goldenberg reflects on the emotional complexity of viewing Nazi-approved art at the Neue Galerie's exhibition of 'Degenerate Art.' The exhibit juxtapose...

Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian President, has a controversial history of Holocaust denial rooted in his 1982 dissertation that claims Zionists collaborated w...

Renowned poet Jerome Rothenberg recounted the tale of staying in a hotel suite in Poland in 1988 that had once belonged to Hitler, complete with a balcony fr...

In the film "The German Doctor," director Luca Puenzo creates a fictionalized account of Josef Mengele's time in Patagonia, Argentina, portraying him as a fr...

"The German Doctor" is a film adapted by Argentinian filmmaker Lucia Puenzo from her novel "Wakolda," which explores a chance meeting between a mysterious do...

"The Eternal Nazi" by Nicholas Kulish and Souad Mekhennet is a compelling account of the hunt for Nazi doctor Aribert Heim, infamous for his sadistic medical...

In 1938, as the Nazis annexed Austria, Hollywood studios like Twentieth Century-Fox faced a repeat of the purge of Jews they had experienced in Germany. Dr. ...

Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish businessman and diplomat during World War II, rescued thousands of Hungarian Jews from the Holocaust. Bengt Jangfeldt's new biogr...

The Russian Jewish Congress faced criticism for renting out the Poklonnaya Hill Memorial Synagogue, serving as a synagogue and Holocaust memorial, to a bank ...

Seventy-five years ago, the Nazi-controlled newspaper Essener Nationalzeitung referred to President Franklin D. Roosevelt as the "Jewish Pope," mocking his s...

The Bergen-Belsen Diary of Chava Rosenfarb offers a poignant glimpse into the immediate post-liberation experiences of Holocaust survivors. Written at the Be...

This piece tells the story of how the author, born into a Christian family, discovered and eventually reclaimed their Jewish roots. The author's father, who ...