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Cindy Scarr in Mishpacha · 28 Jun

Isaac Osiel, a Sephardic Jew from Toronto, has unexpectedly become a key figure in Holocaust remembrance by organizing affordable heritage trips to Poland.

0 Holocaust Communities

What Will Become of the Memories?

Cindy Scarr in Mishpacha · 28 Jun

Isaac Osiel, a Sephardic Jew from Toronto, has unexpectedly become a key figure in Holocaust remembrance by organizing affordable heritage trips to Poland.

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Austria once denied its Nazi past. Now it sends young people abroad to confront it.

Stewart Ain in JTA · 26 Jun

In a significant effort to confront its Nazi past, Austria, which long portrayed itself as a victim rather than a perpetrator in World War II, established the Austrian Service Abroad program in 1998.

0 Ethics Holocaust

Museums should return art created under coercion — whether in slavery or Auschwitz

Rafael Medoff in JTA · 19 Jun

The ongoing fight to reclaim artworks created under coercion highlights eerie parallels between the struggles of the descendants of an enslaved Black artist, David Drake, and a Jewish Holocaust survivor, Dina Babbitt.

0 Ethics Holocaust

Museums should return art created under coercion — whether in slavery or Auschwitz

Rafael Medoff in JTA · 19 Jun

The ongoing fight to reclaim artworks created under coercion highlights eerie parallels between the struggles of the descendants of an enslaved Black artist, David Drake, and a Jewish Holocaust survivor, Dina Babbitt.

0 History Antisemitism

13,000 Jews were driven out of Poland in 1968. Now, some are returning to tell their story.

Shira Li Bartov in JTA · 12 Jun

In 1968, a government-led antisemitic campaign in Poland forced 13,000 Jews to leave the country, stripping them of jobs and citizenship.

0 Antisemitism Leadership

Don’t be neutral. Not even once.

eJewishPhilanthropy · 12 Jun

Sara Crown Star, in her acceptance speech for the Simon Wiesenthal Center's Humanitarian Award, highlights the evolution of antisemitic tactics from historical atrocities like the Holocaust to modern digital misinformation campaigns.

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The Man Who Volunteered for Auschwitz

Wayne Chadburn in Future of Jewish · 28 May

Witold Pilecki, a Polish war hero, undertook an extraordinary mission during World War II by voluntarily entering Auschwitz to gather intelligence and organize resistance from within the concentration camp.

0 Television/Film Culture

In Max and Richard Fleischer, was father like son?

PJ Grisar in Forward · 7 May

The article explores the filmic legacy of Max and Richard Fleischer, particularly focusing on their Jewish identities and influences in their work.

0 Antisemitism Education

The new face of Holocaust denial is harder to spot — and more dangerous

Menachem Z. Rosensaft in JTA · 6 May

Menachem Z. Rosensaft addresses the evolving danger of Holocaust denial, illustrated by a New Hampshire legislative incident where Holocaust deniers attempted to influence state education on the subject.

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The new face of Holocaust denial is harder to spot — and more dangerous

Menachem Z. Rosensaft in JTA · 6 May

Menachem Z. Rosensaft addresses the evolving danger of Holocaust denial, illustrated by a New Hampshire legislative incident where Holocaust deniers attempted to influence state education on the subject.

0 Antisemitism Education

The new face of Holocaust denial is harder to spot — and more dangerous

Menachem Z. Rosensaft in JTA · 6 May

Menachem Z. Rosensaft addresses the evolving danger of Holocaust denial, illustrated by a New Hampshire legislative incident where Holocaust deniers attempted to influence state education on the subject.

0 Music Holocaust

In a forgotten 20th century masterwork, a Holocaust story from the perpetrator's perspective

Nina Siegal in Forward · 21 Apr

The Dutch National Opera presents Mieczyslaw Weinberg's powerful opera, 'Die Passagierin' (The Passenger), a compelling piece that explores the Holocaust from a former Nazi camp guard's perspective.

0 Holocaust History

'I'm fragmented, and a surviving remnant': The story of Westerbork prisoner 8331

Terrence Petty in Forward · 20 Apr

Terrence Petty narrates the profound story of Jacob "Jack" Boas, born in Westerbork, a Nazi transit camp in Holland during WWII.

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“Never Again” is starting to sound like a question.

Shane Shmuel in Future of Jewish · 14 Apr

Shane Shmuel reflects on the personal significance of Yom Hashoah, drawing connections between past Holocaust experiences and the resurgence of antisemitism in contemporary Australia.

0 Holocaust Antisemitism

The Holocaust was not just against Jews. It was about us.

Leo Pearlman in Future of Jewish · 13 Apr

Leo Pearlman argues that the Holocaust's primary objective was the annihilation of Jews, and this targeted ideology persists today through modern antisemitism.

0 Music Holocaust

A moving tribute to Soviet Jewry, with uncomfortable contemporary echoes

Noah Hirsch-Rechter in Forward · 13 Apr

Yiddish Glory's new album, "The Silenced Songs of WWII," continues the project of preserving Soviet-Jewish cultural heritage through music, initiated by Moyshe Beregovsky and continued by Anna Shternshis and Psoy Korolenko.

0 Holocaust History

He saved dozens of kids in Auschwitz — he kept it a secret for nearly the rest of his life

Olivia Haynie in Forward · 12 Apr

Judith Richter embarked on a journey to unveil her father Erno Zvi Spiegel's untold heroism during the Holocaust after discovering his story in a LIFE Magazine article.

0 Antisemitism Holocaust

My family and friends questioned why I wanted to visit Israel. That's why I wanted to go.

Philissa Cramer in Forward · 9 Apr

Philissa Cramer, a non-Jewish journalism student, reflects on her journey to Poland rather than Israel due to geopolitical tensions, as part of a program aimed at understanding antisemitism and the Holocaust.

0 Education Antisemitism

My family and friends questioned why I wanted to visit Israel. That’s why I wanted to go.

Lucía Alonso in JTA · 9 Apr

Lucía Alonso, a non-Jewish journalism student, shares her experience of visiting Poland to study the Holocaust and its implications on current antisemitism, after her trip to Israel was postponed due to conflict.

0 Culture History

Stitched in faith, woven in memory, these precious artifacts bind Jews to their history

Cathryn J. Prince in Forward · 2 Apr

The exhibition "Binders of the Covenant" at Fordham University introduces 25 Torah binders from London's Memorial Scrolls Trust to an American audience.

0 Ethics History

Volkswagen sent Jews to die. Now Israel may save its factory.

Mitch Schneider in Future of Jewish · 29 Mar

Amidst Iron Dome parts negotiations, Volkswagen's painful history with forced Jewish labor during the Holocaust contrasts sharply with its potential role in Israeli defense.

0 Antisemitism Leadership

King Charles named patron of British Jewish security nonprofit following ambulance attack

Grace Gilson in Forward · 25 Mar

King Charles III has become the first patron of the Community Security Trust (CST), the UK’s leading antisemitism watchdog, following an arson attack involving ambulances owned by a Jewish volunteer emergency service in north London.

0 History Art

Joseph and Rebecca Bau’s love story is now a global film. Can we save the museum that preserves their legacy?

eJewishPhilanthropy · 23 Mar

The Joseph Bau Museum in Tel Aviv faces the threat of closure as the building housing it is slated for demolition, despite its recognition as a top heritage site.

0 Politics History

The war on Zionism is becoming a war on Jewish history.

Debbie Lechtman in Future of Jewish · 26 Feb

The essay by Debbie Lechtman explores the growing trend of viewing all Jewish-related media and history through an anti-Zionist lens, clarifying this as a broader assault on Jewish history and identity.

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