A delegation of people from Algeria, Bahrain, Iraq, Lebanon, Morocco, Syria and Turkey visited recently 3 to learn about the Holocaust as a way to promote tolerance.
The visit, during which …
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By Steve Postal, JNS
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3/22/23
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In a study published in the Journal of Travel Research last year, scholars from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign found that a visit to the Illinois Holocaust Museum …
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By Menachem Wecker, JNS
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3/1/23
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EDITOR’S NOTE:
Last month, the Long Island Herald published a column, by Hofstra University Professor Alan Singer, that maligned Judaism and the Jewish state of Israel; Singer bizarrely …
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By Daniel Offner, LI Herald
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1/25/23
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It’s a book filled with the names of 4.8 million murder victims. The blank pages at the end, though, are especially haunting.
In recognition of this year’s International Holocaust …
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By Mike Wagenheim, JNS
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1/25/23
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A court in Stuttgart is seeking to forcibly vaccinate an 85-year-old Holocaust survivor against COVID-19.
Jewish composer Inna Zhvanetskaya will “be sent against her will to a doctor, who …
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1/18/23
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In his hit Broadway play “Leopoldstadt,” Tom Stoppard chronicles a fictional family of self-described “Austrians of Jewish descent” as they are confronted by the rise of …
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By Rafael Medoff
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12/28/22
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Robert Clary, a Holocaust survivor best known as the French actor who starred in the CBS-TV series “Hogan’s Heroes,” died at his home in Los Angeles on Nov. 15 at age 96.
Cleary, …
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11/23/22
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As Shabbat Chayei Sarah approaches, we are reminded of Hebron's prominent place in Jewish history.
According to the biblical narrative, Abraham’s wife Sarah died in Hebron. …
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By Jerold S. Auerbach
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11/16/22
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At a moment of sharply rising anti-Semitism, a Jewish social media star known for her dance videos is getting deadly serious.
Montana Tucker’s 10-part docu-series, “How to: Never Forget,” has drawn millions …
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By Mike Wagenheim of JNS, with The Jewish Star
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11/9/22
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Ken Burns can’t recall ever learning about the Holocaust in school.
America’s most decorated documentarian, who boasts epic films like “Baseball,” “The Civil …
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By Alan Zeitlin, JNS
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9/22/22
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