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0 Television/Film History

Can ‘September 5,’ a film about Israeli hostages in a time of Israeli hostages, survive the news cycle?

PJ Grisar in Forward · 20 Nov

The film "September 5," directed by Tim Fehlbaum, recounts the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre where 11 Israeli athletes were killed, focusing on the ABC Sports coverage as a lens to explore media's role during such events.

0 Literature Holocaust

In the shadows of Nazi viciousness, an unlikely story of love and heroism blooms

Julia M. Klein in Forward · 15 Nov

The Sunflower House by Adriana Allegri is a compelling historical fiction novel set against the backdrop of Nazi Germany's notorious Lebensborn program, with echoes of romance and heroism.

0 Sports History

Statistician Stan inducted into Athletics Hall of Fame

Jewish Chronicle · 8 Nov

Stan Greenberg, a distinguished Jewish athletics statistician, was recently inducted into the England Athletics Hall of Fame, joining other notable Jewish figures such as Harold Abrahams and Ludwig Gutman.

0 History Education

These Brooklyn high schoolers retraced a Holocaust survivor’s experience during Kristallnacht — without ever leaving the classroom

Jackie Hajdenberg in JTA · 6 Nov

In an innovative educational initiative, students at Brooklyn's Edward R. Murrow High School engaged in a virtual reality tour of Charlotte Knobloch's experiences during the Holocaust, particularly focusing on the Kristallnacht pogrom, without leaving their classroom.

0 Holocaust History

In Germany, Kristallnacht goes by a different name. Here’s why.

Toby Axelrod in Forward · 8 Nov 2022

In Germany, the annual remembrance of Kristallnacht is marked under a different name—"November Pogrom"—to better reflect the brutal and violent nature of the events on November 9-10, 1938, when Nazi anti-Jewish riots destroyed synagogues and Jewish-owned businesses, killing at least 91 Jews.