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The non-Jewish playwright teaching Edinburgh Fringe audiences about antisemitism

Jewish Chronicle · 23 Aug

Jonathan Salt, a non-Jewish teacher and playwright, is educating audiences at the Edinburgh Fringe about antisemitism through his one-man play, "Confessions of a Butterfly."

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#190 - Korczak, Heroism & Kiddush Hashem

Jewish History Uncensored · 16 May

Rabbi Arnie Wittenstein explores the Jewish identity and heroism embodied by Janusz Korczak, a Polish pediatrician and writer who demonstrated profound commitment to his beliefs despite facing antisemitism and the horrors of the Holocaust.

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#189 - October 7th, The Holocaust, Heroism, & Korchak

Jewish History Uncensored · 5 May

Rabbi Arnie Wittenstein examines the complexities of comparing modern atrocities with historical tragedies like the Holocaust and discusses whether such events should be commemorated together.

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An Indian Play in Warsaw

Michal Leibowitz in Jewish Review of Books · 28 Dec 2021

"A Play for the End of the World" by Jai Chakrabarti is a novel that tells the story of a fictional survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto orphanage who travels to rural India in 1972 to help a group of refugees stage a play.

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2019’s Best Holocaust Books for Kids

Marjorie Ingall in Tablet · 24 Jan 2020

In 2019, a notable amount of 27 Holocaust books for kids and teens were published, prompting a reflection on the dominating presence of Holocaust narratives in Jewish literature, overshadowing other aspects of Jewish identity.

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The Warsaw Ghetto: An Eyewitness Account

JA Mag in Jewish Action · 13 Mar 2018

Dr. Hillel Seidman, a Chassidic Jew, documented daily life in the Warsaw Ghetto in his diary from July 1942 to January 1943.