Tag: Holocaust Survivors

Doctors Against Genocide, an organization opposing the war in Gaza, canceled their planned gathering at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., after accusations of antisemitism.
This article discusses the importance of asking questions and challenging assumptions when it comes to understanding Israel, Zionism, and Israelis.
In 2023, Jewish communal mourning was marked by the passing of influential figures such as tennis player Dick Savitt, composer Burt Bacharach, and actor Richard Belzer.
Latvia and Lithuania have enacted laws that allow Holocaust survivors and their descendants to apply for restitution of stolen property.
Saul Dreier, a 98-year-old Holocaust survivor and founder of the Holocaust Survivor Band, fulfilled his dream of playing the drums at the White House Hanukkah party.
Tamara Podemski, an artist of Jewish and Indigenous descent, draws on the survival of her ancestors in her work, influenced by their experiences of generational trauma from the Holocaust and residential schools.
President Joe Biden hosted the annual White House Hanukkah party, emphasizing the importance of Israel and its meaning to Jews as a stronghold against persecution.
Three different artists, including Yonia Fain, Samuel Bak, and Andi Arnovitz, use art to process and give voice to the atrocities committed by Hamas on October 7.
This text discusses the significance of food in the lives of Holocaust survivors.
The US House of Representatives has voted to expel George Santos, a freshman Republican representative from New York, who fabricated his Jewish identity and made false claims about his heritage.
Dina Porat, a historian at Yad Vashem, discusses the concept of revenge in Israeli society in the aftermath of recent events.
Rep. George Santos, a Republican from Long Island, has been found to have likely committed substantial violations of federal law by the Ethics Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives.
In this personal essay, the author reflects on his journey from being a progressive supporter of the Palestinian cause to feeling disillusioned with the progressive left due to its refusal to acknowledge or address rising antisemitism.
This 2006 article explores the relationship between Jews and tattoos.
Clashes occurred between pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel protesters in Skokie, Illinois, resulting in two arrests and a man being beaten.
Etgar Keret, a well-known Israeli author, discusses the emotional toll that the recent conflict with Gaza has taken on the Israeli people.
The author reflects on the current state of danger and suffering for both Israel and Jews worldwide, and the necessity of special prayers during such times.
U.S. Representative George Santos (R-N.Y.) got into a heated confrontation on Capitol Hill when a man asked him about his actions regarding the Israeli army's bombing campaign in Gaza.
This personal essay reflects on the experiences of the author's survivor parents attending a High Holidays-only prayer community at the Riverside Plaza Hotel in Manhattan in the 1960s.
The Jewish culinary history of South Carolina dates back to the late 1600s when Sephardic Jews, exiled from Spain and Portugal during the Inquisition, sought refuge in the state.
The Chabad-Lubavitch movement has been reaching out to Jews in remote areas of Australia since the 1980s through its Chabad of RARA (Regional and Rural Australia) branch.
The Chabad-Lubavitch movement has been reaching out to Jews living in rural and remote areas of Australia since the 1980s through its Chabad of RARA (Regional and Rural Australia) branch.
In these three recently published memoirs by 20th-century Jewish refugees to America, the authors reflect on their immigrant experiences and the baggage they've carried with them.
In this article, the author describes how they stumbled upon thousands of Holocaust-era letters while researching a column called "Seeking Relatives" in the Forward newspaper's archives.
Isaac Metzker, a legendary editor at the Forward, is credited with overseeing the Seeking Relatives column, which helped thousands of Jewish refugees and Holocaust survivors start new lives in the U.S. However, Metzker rarely spoke about his work and even declined to personally cover the trial of Adolf Eichmann.