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Tag: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

0 Holocaust Education

As a Holocaust educator, I’ve grappled with same questions Tim Walz explored — and that’s reassuring

Mike Soffer in JTA · 16 Aug

The author reflects on their experience as a Holocaust educator in response to a rise in antisemitic incidents in a Chicago suburb school.

0 Politics Communities

Fighting the Good Fight // A conversation with Congressman Anthony D’Esposito

Rabbi Yitzchok Frankfurter in Ami · 15 May

Anthony P. DEsposito, a Republican Congressman representing New York's 4th Congressional District, has been vocal in his support for Israel, emphasizing the importance of strong leadership and resources to combat anti-Semitism and support Jewish causes.

0 Israel Antisemitism

Israel's war is making American Jews unsafe. So why are so many still supporting it?

Rob Eshman in Forward · 14 Mar

The author discusses how the Israeli government's conduct in the war against Hamas in Gaza is contributing to rising antisemitism, making American Jews feel less safe.

0 Antisemitism

Jewish billionaire David Rubenstein buys his hometown Baltimore Orioles

Jacob Gurvis in JTA · 1 Feb

David Rubenstein, a Jewish billionaire businessman and philanthropist, has purchased a 40% stake in Major League Baseball's Baltimore Orioles franchise.

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How I stumbled upon thousands of Holocaust-era letters and traced the stories behind them

Matthew Litman in Forward · 10 Sep 2023

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.

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Songs of Sugihara’s Survivors

Karen Leon in Tablet · 5 May 2023

This article discusses the story of Chiune Sempo Sugihara, a Japanese diplomat in Lithuania during WWII who saved the lives of over 4,000 Jewish refugees by issuing transit visas to Japan.

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All Together Now: Ep. 241

Unorthodox · 3 Sep 2020

In this episode of Unorthodox, the hosts discuss whether or not Jews enjoy going to the beach.

0 Holocaust History

Recovered Sobibor photos tell a striking story of complicity

Forward · 1 Feb 2020

The recently discovered collection of 361 photographs, including 62 from the Sobibor death camp, sheds light on the complicity of Nazi guards, particularly non-German auxiliaries from the Trawniki SS training camp, in the atrocities committed during the Holocaust.

0 Holocaust Politics

The Perils of Forgetting

Alvin Rosenfeld in Tablet · 8 Nov 2019

The text discusses the resurgence of Nazi symbolism, the global rise in anti-Semitism, and the failure in transmitting meaningful knowledge about the Holocaust in the United States.

0 Holocaust Communities

Yaffa Eliach, the Voice of Hasidic Tales of the Holocaust

Menachem Butler in Tablet · 15 Nov 2016

Yaffa Eliach, a prominent Holocaust researcher and storyteller, was known for her work in capturing the faces and stories of the Holocaust, particularly through her photographic exhibition of her childhood village displayed at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

0 Holocaust History

Advocate for the Doomed: The Diaries and Papers of James G. McDonald, 1932-1935

Shlomo Slonim in Jewish Action · 26 Mar 2013

"Advocate for the Doomed: The Diaries and Papers of James G. McDonald, 1932-1935" portrays the efforts of James G. McDonald in the 1930s to aid German Jews facing Nazi persecution, his struggles to secure refugee immigration programs, and his encounters with prominent figures like Hitler, Roosevelt, and Cardinal Pacelli.