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With a new book, Polish priest uncovers buried past of a Jewish community destroyed by Nazis

Lianne Kolirin in Jewish Insider · 9 May

Polish Catholic priest Leszek Szkudlarek delves into the forgotten Jewish history of Chocz, a town in central Poland, after discovering school yearbook photos that included Jewish students.

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Rock star Alanis Morissette uncovers her family’s Holocaust history on PBS’ ‘Finding Your Roots’

Jacob Gurvis in Forward · 2 Jan

Musician Alanis Morissette discovers her family's Jewish history on the PBS series Finding Your Roots.

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Poland Is the Past

David Olivestone in Jewish Action · 3 Dec 2023

The author shares personal experiences and reflections on the relationship between Polish and Jewish identity.

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[…] - "They did not mean to kill the children. / They meant to."

Fady Joudah in Jewish Currents · 10 Nov 2023

This article discusses Fady Joudah's poem and its exploration of the violence and erasure embedded in language and colonialism.

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I'm retired and I don't drive. How do I fill and face the days ahead?

Beth Harpaz in Forward · 8 Jun 2023

The article provides a list of 18 ideas for how to handle retirement without driving.

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Why I bought a headstone for a Holocaust survivor I never knew

Beth Harpaz in Forward · 26 May 2023

In this personal essay, the author recounts their journey to buy a headstone for a Holocaust survivor named Josef Hamerman.

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Why this cemetery researcher is preserving the history of 80,000 Jews buried in Quebec

The CJN Daily with Ellin Bessner · 11 Apr 2023

Gary Perlman, a retired software developer leading the Jewish Genealogical Society's cemetery project in Montreal, is preserving the history of nearly 80,000 Jews buried in Quebec.

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For this Black, Jewish choreographer, dance can ‘fill in the blanks of history’

Rebecca Salzhauer in Forward · 27 Feb 2023

Adam McKinney, the incoming artistic director of the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, has used dance as a way to explore his own Black, Jewish, and Native American heritage.

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Is White Sox ace Dylan Cease Jewish? We tried to find out.

Louis Keene in Forward · 18 Jan 2023

Dylan Cease, the Chicago White Sox pitcher, gained attention from Jewish baseball fans due to his appearance on Team Israel's early roster for the World Baseball Classic, sparking curiosity about his Jewish heritage.

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He thought his family was wiped out in the Holocaust. Then he discovered 75,000 distant relatives—including Bob Dylan and Bette Midler

The CJN Daily with Ellin Bessner · 30 Aug 2022

This episode of The CJN Daily delves into the remarkable story of the Kuklya family, whose extensive genealogy project uncovered 75,000 relatives, including some famous names, despite many being lost in the Holocaust.

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It took a war in Ukraine for this woman to finally find the family that saved her grandparents' lives

The CJN Daily with Ellin Bessner · 7 Jun 2022

In this episode of The CJN Daily, the emotional reunion between Dori Ekstein and Danute Protc uncovers the story of two families connected by survival during the Holocaust.

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Recognize these faces? A Dutch research team is asking Canadians to help identify its country's lost Jews

The CJN Daily with Ellin Bessner · 11 May 2022

This episode discusses a Dutch research project called "Behind the Star," which seeks to identify Jews in wartime photographs from the Netherlands and document their fates.

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A Mother-Daughter Collaboration, Decades in the Making

Jamie Betesh Carter in Tablet · 6 May 2022

76-year-old Annie Gottlieb and her 98-year-old mother, Jean, collaborated for five years to publish a family memoir titled "Braided Generations: The Living, the Lost, and the Power of Belonging."

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To Ukraine With Love

Samantha Shokin in Tablet · 17 Aug 2021

The author shares her journey to Ukraine to connect with her Jewish Ukrainian roots.

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One Canadian's quest to identify 861 unknown Israeli soldiers

The CJN Daily with Ellin Bessner · 10 Jun 2021

Stephen Glazer, a Toronto-born social worker, is involved in the Israeli non-profit organization Giving a Face to the Fallen, which seeks to identify and memorialize unknown Israeli soldiers from the state's early years.

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Gleaning the Wisdom of Ruth

Stuart Halpern in Lehrhaus · 11 May 2021

In their book Reading Ruth: Birth, Redemption, and the Way of Israel, Leon Kass and Hannah Mandelbaum provide a commentary on the biblical book of Ruth.

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Shining a Light; Ep 226

Unorthodox · 30 Apr 2020

This episode of Unorthodox features a conversation with Michael O'Loughlin about the Catholic Church's response to the AIDS crisis, including stories of compassion from within the church community.

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‘If not for the Forward, I’d never have been born.’

Forward · 9 Jan 2020

The article tells the love story of Harry Korniarski and Ester Gelman Leichner, whose meeting in New Orleans was facilitated by The Forward, a Yiddish newspaper.

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Sababa Secrets: Ep. 194

Unorthodox · 5 Sep 2019

In this episode, the hosts of Unorthodox engage in discussions with food writer Adeena Sussman about her Israeli-inspired cookbook, Sababa, and author Dani Shapiro about her memoir detailing unexpected genealogy revelations.

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My Great-Grandfather, the Jewish Cowboy

Wayne Hoffman in Tablet · 23 Jan 2019

This article explores the remarkable and lesser-known story of the writer’s great-grandfather, David Feinstein, a Jewish immigrant who embraced a cowboy's life on the Canadian prairies in the early 20th century.

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The Mayflower Maidel

Rebecca Klempner in Tablet · 20 Nov 2018

The author reflects on their upcoming Thanksgiving celebration, which will be different as they recently discovered their descent from Mayflower passengers and Native Americans.

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Relatively Speaking: Ep. 109

Unorthodox · 30 Oct 2017

In this live episode from JCC Manhattan, host Mark Oppenheimer reunites with writer A.J. Jacobs, who shares his genealogical discoveries and surprise family connections, including being distantly related to host Mark.

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Relatively Speaking: Ep. 109

Unorthodox · 30 Oct 2017

In episode 109 of "Relatively Speaking," live from JCC Manhattan, writer A.J. Jacobs discusses his latest book on genealogy, sharing stories of discovering famous and infamous relatives and revealing surprising connections to the hosts.

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