In an otherwise darkened theater, viewers gasped when they saw what appeared to be a seated 83-year-old man wearing a light …
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By Ellen Braunstein, JTA
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1/24/18
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Lily Widner has cheated death too many times to remember each close call.
The 97-year-old Jewish Floridian survived starvation in the ghetto of her native Polish city of Lodz, two Nazi death camps …
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By Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA
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2/1/19
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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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As I sit down to write this week’s column, I’m thinking about what I will eat before and after the fast (I’d rather not think about the …
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By Judy Joszef
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7/16/21
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Alex Borstein of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” recalled her Holocaust survivor grandmother’s courage in defying the Nazis at the Emmy Awards.
Borstein, who won …
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By JTA
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10/3/19
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Anyone teaching the past by skipping over the unpleasant parts isn’t teaching history. …
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By Henry Abramson
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7/16/21
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The latest cinematic release by the Russian film director Ilya Khrzhanovsky is so extreme that he is currently under a police investigation for alleged torture …
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By Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA
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5/6/20
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It’s never wise to get into an argument about the Holocaust with Yad Vashem.
That’s the moral of the story of Benjamin Netanyahu’s attempt to resolve a quarrel with …
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By Jonathan S. Tobin
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7/11/18
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One of the reasons Beckah Restivo is glad she attended George Washington University is the school’s proximity to the U.S. Holocaust …
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By Deborah Fineblum, JNS.org
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4/26/17
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On Yom Ha’Shoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, the talmidim of Rambam Mesivta High School in Lawrence demonstrated that they remember — and they did so in an way meant to make it harder for …
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By Ed Weintrob
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4/26/17
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