Holocaust

I started my rabbinical career 42 years ago, when I served as an assistant rabbi at a large, urban synagogue in Miami, Florida. Those were interesting and challenging times. I arrived in the wake of the Mariel boat lift. I experienced the plight of the Haitian refugees.  Those were the…

JTA — Florida’s state Education Department rejected two new Holocaust-focused textbooks for classroom use while forcing at least one other textbook to alter a passage about the Hebrew Bible in order to meet state approval. The books were rejected as part of a broader review of new K-12 social studies…

Miami, FL – WEBWIRE – Tuesday, May 9, 2023 For some, a dark past is best forgotten. For Leah Cik Roth, a Holocaust Survivor, it is a reminder of perseverance, survival, and strength. In her memoir, “My Eyes Looking Back at Me: Insight Into a Survivor’s Soul,” she finally musters…

In The Ghetto Within, the Argentine novelist considers the dark shadow that the Holocaust has cast not only on Europe but also on Latin America. May 8, 2023 Holocaust literature at its core is inevitably Eurocentric, yet when seen globally, its geographic scope is stunning. In Latin America, for instance,…

(May 4, 2023 / JNS) Fritz von Uhde’s painting “Portray of a Lady” will be restituted to the heirs of Jewish collector Gustav Rüdenberg, according to an agreement with the Städel museum in Frankfurt, Germany, which the New York Department of Financial Services announced on May 4. “Portrait of a…

(May 2, 2023 / JNS) The Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, which is nearly 65 years old, is consistently one of the most visited museums in the Netherlands. Yet public-school teachers report an alarming rate of Holocaust denial among Dutch students. Of 400 surveyed teachers, almost 10% overall and 25%…

The following story contains spoilers for Season 4, Episode 6 of Succession, "Living+." NOW THAT we're a few weeks removed from Logan Roy's shocking death in Succession (and only a few days removed in the show's world), the primary storyline for the show's final season is starting to really take…

The son of the Western-backed Iranian ruler overthrown in the Islamic Revolution arrived in Israel on Monday for a trip being billed as an effort to rebuild relations between the nations. “We are very happy to be here and are dedicated to working toward the peaceful and prosperous future that…

WASHINGTON - The Knesset Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs Committee held a special meeting to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day on Monday, with the participation of representatives of Jewish communities abroad, including the ADL, JFNA, Claims Conference, the Jewish Agency, Keren Hayesod, Yad Vashem, and other groups. One of the speakers…

Recently unsealed documents from Vatican City archives in Rome shed new light on the Catholic Church’s action—and inaction—during the Holocaust. While researchers say it’s still too early to make any firm conclusions, they have made some surprising discoveries. “This was one of the great mysteries, one of the last few…