Lieutenant John Withers, an African American soldier in the segregated US Army, risked his future to provide shelter for two Holocaust survivors, Shlomo Joskowicz and Mieczyslaw Wajgenszperg.

In this episode of Unorthodox, the hosts observe Tisha B'Av, a day of mourning for the destruction of the ancient temples in Jerusalem.

"Camp Mountain Lake, 1977" is a collection of photographs taken by Andy Sweet, a young photographer who was tragically murdered in 1982.

Eva Kor, a Holocaust survivor and advocate for forgiveness, is portrayed in an interactive biography that uses advanced technology to share her story and insights with future generations.

The article discusses the recent controversial firing of librarians from the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, which houses a significant collection of Yiddish books.

Esther Safran Foer, not a writer by profession, shares her family's story in her memoir, "I Want You To Know We're Still Here," recounting her journey to Ukraine to uncover her father's Holocaust experiences.

Professor Dan Porat's book "Bitter Reckoning: Israel Tries Holocaust Survivors as Nazi Collaborators" sheds light on a lesser-known chapter of Jewish history between 1950-1972 when former Jewish kapos were tried in Israel.

In a discussion recalling childhood memories within a Jewish context, two writers recount their experiences with bokser, the carob pods traditionally eaten on Tu B'Shevat.

The article discusses how Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, has taken strikingly accomplished portraits of Holocaust survivors and their grandchildren for an exhibit commemorating the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.

Simon Phippen, an 85-year-old resident of Andover, England, is officially registering himself as alive at Yad Vashem after being listed as dead for over six decades.

In 1988, East Germany under Erich Honecker made unprecedented efforts to engage with its Jewish community, organizing events around the 50th anniversary of Kristallnacht.

In remembrance of the Tree of Life shooting a year earlier, an exhibition titled "Lest We Forget" featuring oversize images of Holocaust survivors by Luigi Toscano was displayed around the University of Pittsburgh campus.

The Jewish Peoples School of Montreal, known as the Folks Shule, was founded in response to the unique cultural and historical circumstances in Montreal, where Jews faced exclusion from public schools dominated by Catholics and Protestants.

"The Birobidzhan Affair: A Yiddish Writer in Siberia" explores the tragic story of Israel Emiot, a Yiddish poet who believed in the Soviet project to create a Jewish state only to be betrayed by Stalin twice, leading to his imprisonment in Siberia.

Doron Rabinovici, an Israeli author living in Vienna, explores the complexities of Jewish identity in postwar Austria through his novels, essays, and political activism.

Jeff Beals, a former CIA analyst and Democratic candidate for New York's 19th congressional district, is campaigning in a diverse region that swung from supporting Obama to Trump.

In 1968, following an anti-Zionist campaign by the Polish government, over 13,000 Polish Jews fled to Denmark, including Marian Marzyski, a successful filmmaker who documented their experiences on a boat in the film "Skibet/Hatikvah."

The Austrian Mauthausen Committee, representing Nazi-era concentration camp survivors, has excluded the far-right Freedom Party (FPO) from a memorial service due to the FPO's historical Nazi ties and ongoing connections to far-right publications.

In the post-World War II era, the Jewish Agency established a covert arms procurement network in the United States under the Haganah, involving a diverse group of Americans, including Jewish gangsters, who provided crucial support for the future state of Israel.

Rabbi Herschel Schacter, a young Orthodox rabbi, entered the Buchenwald Concentration Camp in April 1945 as part of the American Army after serving in various locations.

The text delves into a mother's journey with her sleepless daughter, Zelda, and the challenges they faced with sleep studies, parenting approaches, and struggles with sleep training.

The text explores the correspondence between two lesser-known female writers, Zenia Larsson and Chava Rosenfarb, both survivors of the Holocaust who were born in Lodz, Poland.

In preparation for International Holocaust Remembrance Day, an interview was conducted with Sandy Myers and Desiree Nazarian from Selfhelp Community Services, an organization aiding Holocaust survivors in New York.

Selfhelp, a non-profit organization, focuses on aiding Holocaust survivors by providing various services.

The text describes a personal journey within a Jewish shtiebel, focusing on the author's interactions with Rabbi Moshe Halevi Steinberg.