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Forward The real problem with 'A Real Pain' is that it isn't Jewish enough 9 Dec 2024
"A Real Pain," Jesse Eisenberg’s latest film, critically observes the phenomenon of Holocaust tourism through the journey of two cousins on a heritage tour i...
9 Dec 2024
Moment Book Review | The Failure of Aryan Physics 9 Dec 2024
Historian Mark Walker's book, "Hitler's Atomic Bomb," delves into Nazi Germany's nuclear research and the tensions between scientific discovery, fascist ideo...
9 Dec 2024
Future of Jewish Survival of the Jewish Pessimists 9 Dec 2024
Joanne Fedler explores the tension between optimism and realism within Jewish thought and history, referencing figures such as Anne Frank, Etty Hillesum, and...
9 Dec 2024
JTA On a mission to Auschwitz, I found hope amid the ashes 6 Dec 2024
William C. Daroff reflects on his recent trip to Poland as part of the European Jewish Association's annual mission to Auschwitz. Amid rising antisemitism an...
6 Dec 2024
JTA Long Island teens remember fallen Israeli soldier Omer Neutra as a friend and role model 6 Dec 2024
The Long Island Jewish community mourns the death of Israeli soldier Omer Neutra, who grew up in the area and was deeply involved in local Jewish youth progr...
6 Dec 2024
Tablet Havana, 1939 4 Dec 2024
David Lehman's article recounts his uncle Leo Liebe's journey as a Jewish refugee during WWII. After escaping Nazi Germany, Leo lived in Havana, Cuba, in 193...
4 Dec 2024
JTA Thessaloniki breaks ground on new Holocaust museum 3 Dec 2024
Thessaloniki, once home to Europe's largest Jewish community, is set to honor its vibrant Jewish history and tragic past with a new Holocaust Museum. Dr. Alb...
3 Dec 2024
JTA Flags at New York State buildings will be flown at half-staff Tuesday for Omer Neutra 2 Dec 2024
Flags at New York State buildings will be flown at half-staff in remembrance of Omer Neutra, an American-Israeli who was killed by Hamas during an attack on ...
2 Dec 2024
Future of Jewish The Same Old Lies About Jews 1 Dec 2024
Dr. Rae discusses the persistent and harmful comparison between the actions of Israel and the horrors of the Holocaust, criticizing this view as ignorant and...
1 Dec 2024
Unpacked What happened to the 2nd Jewish Temple in Jerusalem #temple #israel #history 1 Dec 2024
The Second Jewish Temple in Jerusalem was a pivotal site for the Jewish people, built under the auspices of Herod the Great. However, in 70 CE, the Roman Emp...
1 Dec 2024
The Beinart Notebook Omer Bartov on Genocide and the ICC 1 Dec 2024
Holocaust scholar Omer Bartov, originally from Israel and currently teaching at Brown University, has critically reflected on the situation in Gaza. Observin...
1 Dec 2024
Jewish Chronicle ‘You need to know about evil to play the Happiest Man on Earth’ 28 Nov 2024
Kenneth Tigar, an accomplished 82-year-old actor, embodies Holocaust survivor Eddie Jaku in the one-man play "The Happiest Man on Earth" in London. The play,...
28 Nov 2024
The Beinart Notebook Omer Bartov on Genocide and the ICC 28 Nov 2024
Renowned Holocaust scholar Omer Bartov, who hails from Israel and teaches at Brown University, engages in a critical discussion with Peter Beinart about the ...
28 Nov 2024
Jewish Chronicle The Happiest Man On Earth review: ‘epic yet intimate’ 27 Nov 2024
"The Happiest Man On Earth" is a captivating one-man show at Southwark Playhouse, adapted from Eddie Jaku's memoir by Mark St. Germain and performed by Kenne...
27 Nov 2024
Unpacked How Did a Salvadoran Colonel Save 40,000 Jews in WW2? | Unpacked 27 Nov 2024
José Arturo Castellanos Contreras, a Salvadoran diplomat, displayed remarkable courage during World War II by saving around 40,000 Jews. Contreras, defying t...
27 Nov 2024
Jewish Chronicle Sussex University awarded five-year grant to study impact of AI on Holocaust distortion and denial 26 Nov 2024
Sussex University has received a significant five-year grant, funded by the Alfred Landecker Foundation, to establish the Landecker Digital Memory Lab. This ...
26 Nov 2024
Forward Hermann Goering’s personal art dealer plundered the world for decades; his victims’ descendants are still seeking justice 25 Nov 2024
"Plunderer," a new PBS documentary, delves into the life of Bruno Lohse, an art dealer for Hermann Goering during the Nazi era, who facilitated the looting o...
25 Nov 2024
Forward Ursula Haverbeck, infamous German Holocaust denier known as ‘Nazi grandma,’ dies at 96 22 Nov 2024
Ursula Haverbeck, known as the 'Nazi grandma,' was a prominent German Holocaust denier who passed away at 96 while awaiting her latest prison term. Her outsp...
22 Nov 2024
Forward A Jewish museum in Tulsa held a funeral for remains of Holocaust victims it kept for years 22 Nov 2024
The Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art in Tulsa, Oklahoma, recently provided a proper Jewish burial for the remains of several unidentified Holocaust victim...
22 Nov 2024
Not That Kind of Rabbi headphones Filmmaker Allan Novak turns the camera on his family: the oldest living Holocaust survivors in the world 20 Nov 2024
Allan Novak, a veteran director, turned his lens inward to document his family, known as the world's oldest living Holocaust survivor siblings, in his film '...
20 Nov 2024
Not That Kind of Rabbi headphones Filmmaker Allan Novak turns the camera on his family: the oldest living Holocaust survivors in the world 20 Nov 2024
Allan Novak's documentary, "Crossing the River: From Poland to Paradise," highlights the extraordinary resilience and survival of his mother and her siblings...
20 Nov 2024
Not That Kind of Rabbi headphones Filmmaker Allan Novak turns the camera on his family: the oldest living Holocaust survivors in the world 20 Nov 2024
Veteran filmmaker Allan Novak created "Crossing the River: From Poland to Paradise," a documentary about his family, the world's oldest living Holocaust surv...
20 Nov 2024
Forward How a son of Holocaust survivors joined a commune and helped to free 'Hurricane' Carter 19 Nov 2024
Sam Chaiton's memoir, "We Used to Dream of Freedom," weaves together the narratives of growing up as the child of Holocaust survivors and his role in the eff...
19 Nov 2024
Forward In the shadows of Nazi viciousness, an unlikely story of love and heroism blooms 15 Nov 2024
The Sunflower House by Adriana Allegri is a compelling historical fiction novel set against the backdrop of Nazi Germany's notorious Lebensborn program, with...
15 Nov 2024
JTA My survivor parents taught me to loathe Germany. Was I ready to forgive? 13 Nov 2024
Stewart Florsheim reflects on his complex journey of reconciling with Germany, a country connected to his family's Holocaust trauma. Raised by a Holocaust su...
13 Nov 2024
Jewish Chronicle Meet the Holocaust survivor who became a TikTok sensation 13 Nov 2024
Gidon Lev, an 89-year-old Holocaust survivor living in Israel, has become an unexpected TikTok sensation, amassing nearly 500,000 followers by sharing his ex...
13 Nov 2024
Mishpacha The Glass Wall  11 Nov 2024
Cindy Scarr explores the intergenerational trauma of Holocaust survivors' families in her reflective piece "The Glass Wall." She recounts the enduring emotio...
11 Nov 2024
Forward Who is Stephen Miller, Trump’s Jewish adviser and likely White House deputy chief of staff? 11 Nov 2024
Stephen Miller, a long-time adviser to Donald Trump, is poised to become Deputy Chief of Staff at the White House. Born into a Jewish family in Santa Monica,...
11 Nov 2024
Forward Hidden in plain sight, a Holocaust memorial takes on new significance 11 Nov 2024
Harriet Feigenbaum's Holocaust memorial, situated outside Madison Square Park in New York City, is easily overlooked despite its 38-foot height. Created in 1...
11 Nov 2024
Future of Jewish The Hidden Message From Nazi Germany's 'Night of Broken Glass' 10 Nov 2024
Marking the 86th anniversary of Kristallnacht, Pat Johnson, director of Upstanders Canada, emphasizes the historical significance and enduring lessons of the...
10 Nov 2024
JTA A survivor kept the key from a German synagogue destroyed on Kristallnacht. 86 years later, the relic is returning home. 10 Nov 2024
In a powerful gesture of remembrance and historical continuity, the key to a synagogue in Bielefeld, Germany, destroyed during Kristallnacht in 1938, has bee...
10 Nov 2024
Jewish History Lectures Response to J-P Himka, Sheptytsky and the Jewish Community 10 Nov 2024
This video features a response by a scholar to the remarks of J-P Himka regarding Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky's relationship with the Jewish community dur...
10 Nov 2024
Forward A reunion project for Holocaust survivors and their families runs a race against time 9 Nov 2024
The Holocaust Reunion Project, founded by genealogists Jennifer Mendelsohn and Adina Newman, is actively working to reconnect Holocaust survivors and their f...
9 Nov 2024
Jewdicious A Braver Jew You'll Never Find 7 Nov 2024
Hannah Senesh, a brave and dedicated Jewish paratrooper, left an indelible mark on Jewish history through her courage and commitment to the Zionist cause. Af...
7 Nov 2024
What Matters Now headphones What Matters Now to Rabbi Yitz Greenberg in conversation with Yossi Klein Halevi 7 Nov 2024
Rabbi Irving Yitz Greenberg, a key figure in post-Holocaust Jewish identity, discusses his latest work, "The Triumph of Life," which proposes a new understan...
7 Nov 2024
Mishpacha Finding Hope on the Other Side 5 Nov 2024
Bronia Brandman, a Holocaust survivor and speaker, reflects on her journey of healing and sharing her experiences to help others cope with trauma. After rema...
5 Nov 2024
Forward How Quincy Jones scored with the gritty story of a Harlem Holocaust survivor 5 Nov 2024
Quincy Jones, who passed away at the age of 91, made a significant impact on film music with his score for Sidney Lumet's 1964 film "The Pawnbroker," a groun...
5 Nov 2024
Forward A Holocaust exhibit — and Jewish staffer — are involved in a controversy over the National Archives 1 Nov 2024
Ellis Brachman, a senior advisor at the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, is at the center of a controversy regarding the downplaying of dif...
1 Nov 2024
Hadassah Alice Hoffman Won’t Let Anne Frank Be Forgotten 31 Oct 2024
Alice Hoffman's novel "When We Flew Away: A Novel of Anne Frank Before the Diary" explores Anne Frank's life before her family went into hiding, shedding lig...
31 Oct 2024
Kveller For Jesse Eisenberg, His Holocaust Movie ‘A Real Pain’ Is Personal 31 Oct 2024
Jesse Eisenberg's film "A Real Pain" offers a refreshingly unique take on Holocaust movies, combining both humor and sensitivity in its portrayal of a herita...
31 Oct 2024
Culturally Jewish headphones Live from the Toronto Holocaust Museum: Talking zombies on Halloween Eve 31 Oct 2024
Michael Fraiman, producer of the Culturally Jewish podcast, discusses his audio drama 'Justice: A Holocaust Zombie Story,' which combines Holocaust education...
31 Oct 2024
Forward ZOOM conversation with Oct. 7 survivor Freda Golan, in Yiddish 30 Oct 2024
Freda Golan, a survivor of the October 7 attacks in Israel, participated in a Zoom conversation conducted in Yiddish to share her experiences. During the dis...
30 Oct 2024
Future of Jewish Donald Trump is no Adolf Hitler. 29 Oct 2024
Joshua Hoffman argues that equating Donald Trump with Adolf Hitler is an intellectually dishonest oversimplification that minimizes the unprecedented atrocit...
29 Oct 2024
Israel: State of a Nation October 7th Unleashed Radical Evil Unseen Since the Holocaust 29 Oct 2024
Peter Berkowitz, a former senior official at the US State Department, discusses the unprecedented level of radical evil witnessed in the events of October 7t...
29 Oct 2024
Forward Holocaust survivor condemns Harris labeling Trump a ‘fascist’ 27 Oct 2024
A Holocaust survivor, Jerry Wartski, aged 94, expressed strong disapproval of Vice President Kamala Harris's characterization of former President Donald Trum...
27 Oct 2024
JTA Trump campaign ad features Holocaust survivor rebutting Harris’ ‘fascist’ allegation 27 Oct 2024
A new campaign ad by Donald Trump employs Holocaust survivor Jerry Wartski to counter Kamala Harris's characterization of Trump as a fascist. Wartski, a 94-y...
27 Oct 2024
Forward "How can neighbors turn on neighbors?” Descendants of a 1941 pogrom debate the answer 25 Oct 2024
The revival of Tadeusz Sobodzianeks' play "Our Class" at the Lynn F. Angelson Theatre delves into the harrowing events of the 1941 Jedwabne pogrom, where Pol...
25 Oct 2024
Forward My mother survived the Holocaust — only to have antisemitism land on her doorstep here. 23 Oct 2024
Brian Sokol shares the story of his mother, Helene Hirschberg Sokol, a Holocaust survivor who faced renewed antisemitism in Somerville, Massachusetts. Helene...
23 Oct 2024
Kveller Adrien Brody Plays a Holocaust Survivor in the Upcoming ‘The Brutalist’ 23 Oct 2024
Adrien Brody returns to a familiar narrative with "The Brutalist", portraying a Hungarian Jewish Holocaust survivor and architect named László Tóth. Directed...
23 Oct 2024
Jewish Chronicle ‘The Holocaust was the biggest smash and grab job in history’ 23 Oct 2024
Jamie Kastner's documentary film, "The Spoils," uncovers the ongoing battle for restitution of art stolen during the Holocaust. Scheduled for its British pre...
23 Oct 2024