Holocaust

Norman Spear playing with his daughters in Russia. Photo via Russia-24. The neo-Nazi leader of a hate group under a sweeping FBI counter-terrorism probe appeared in a Russian television interview to denounce media scrutiny of his group and describe himself as a “family man.”New Jersey native Rinaldo Nazzaro, 47, a former…

Netflix is adding a ton of content to its streaming service in November, but these are the best new movies and shows we think you should add to your queue this month. The biggest release of the month is The Crown season 4, which stars Olivia Colman as Queen Elizabeth…

A Jewish family suing a Dutch museum for the return of an £18m painting bought from the Nazis in 1940 have accused officials of showing bias.The family’s lawyers “told an Amsterdam court there was an ‘appearance of partiality and a conflict of interest’ within the Netherlands’ restitutions committee which advises on…

In a speech, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah denied the Holocaust and supported Holocaust denial, claiming the denying it was less offensive than cartoons mocking religion. Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, escorted by his bodyguards, greets his supporters at an anti-US protest in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon September 17, 2012…

The museum will remain on the property free of charge. Riga Ghetto and Latvian Holocaust Museum (photo credit: Courtesy) The Riga Ghetto and Latvian Holocaust Museum avoided closure on Wednesday after the City Property Committee of the Riga City Council formed a new land lease agreement allowing the museum to…

Fans of “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” have raised over $50,000 for Jeanise Jones, the grandmother who appears in the film and is hired to babysit Borat’s daughter, Tutar, after Jones revealed that she was compensated only $3,600 for her time. According to a GoFundMe started for Jones by her pastor, she…

When Ryan Sherriff took the mound for the Tampa Bay Rays over the weekend, he joined an exclusive club of Jewish pitchers in the World Series. By JOSHUA HALICKMAN  OCTOBER 27, 2020 16:23 TAMPA BAY RAYS relief pitcher Ryan Sherriff pitches against the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2020 World…

How do you solve a problem like Martin Amis? Like Maria from The Sound of Music, he’s a clown to his detractors and a musician to his fans—the music of the well-tuned sentence, that is, and the clownery of the literary egomaniac. I’ve already checked to see whether any other…

The museum will decide whether or not it can accept the terms of the new lease by Oct. 27. By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA  OCTOBER 22, 2020 05:11 A model of the Great Choral Synagogue in Riga is pictured in the Ghetto museum in Riga February 27, 2015. Decades after destruction by…

Who is Jeremy England? There are many answers to that question. He is a biochemistry graduate who became an MIT assistant professor in physics when he was 29 years old. He is an ordained rabbi. He is the grandson of Holocaust survivors. He is a descendant of the first life-form…