Holocaust

On the eve of International Museums Day, the Shanghai Jewish Refugee Museum reiterated the city’s historical role in providing sanctuary to Jews during World War II.  At a meeting Wednesday, the museum gathered representatives from significant Jewish museums and institutions, as well as scholars and former Jewish refugees and their…

(May 17, 2023 / JNS) U.S. President Joe Biden announced his intent on May 17 to appoint 10 people to the United States Holocaust Memorial Council. Among the nominees are American Jewish Committee CEO Ted Deutch; Rabbi Michael Beals (whom the president calls “my rabbi”) of Congregation Beth Shalom, a…

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…