Holocaust

The SA Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) has laid a charge against a Pretoria woman for allegedly posting antisemitic messages on social media.Kriel allegedly wrote that "the f***n Jews are greedy as f**k", and that German dictator Adolf Hitler was "innocent" of the Holocaust. The SAJBD told News24 that Kriel was…

Tens of thousands of anti-racism protesters took to the streets in cities across Germany this weekend, in what may be the largest demonstrator turnout outside of the United States. In Berlin, organizers expected 1,500 people to show up. Instead, an estimated 15,000 protested in Alexanderplatz, Berlin’s city center, with signs…

The sign above the steel gates of Auschwitz reads "arbeit macht frei" - work sets you free. It was, of course, a chilling lie, an evil hoax. But there was one surprising source of temporary escape inside the camps:  music. Under the bleakest conditions imaginable, prisoners wrote and played music,…

The fact that she played the cello may be the reason Holocaust survivor Anita Lasker-Wallfisch is alive today, she says, as she recounts her experiences at the heart of one of the worst genocides in history.The lost music of the HolocaustAs 60 Minutes reported Sunday in "The Lost Music," Lasker-Wallfisch…

In a March essay for The Atlantic, Harvard law professor Adrian Vermeule argued that the American right should abandon constitutional originalism for “common-good constitutionalism,” a legal approach aimed unapologetically at establishing a conservative moral order. “The Court’s jurisprudence on free speech, abortion, sexual liberties, and related matters will prove vulnerable…

Editor’s note: I was trawling the often toxic environs of the internet this morning before even getting out of bed (always a mistake). I came across the eventual and usual cross-section of vitriol and rhetoric. Much of it turns to conspiracy of all types. Some of which I find useful,…

Photo: JASON REDMOND/AFP via Getty Images.The idea that trauma can be passed down from generation to generation is a new-ish one. The concept of intergenerational trauma was first recognized around 1966, as psychologists began to study children and grandchildren of people who had survived the Holocaust. One study from 1988…

Right-wing pastor Curt Landry, who told people last month to avoid potential COVID-19 vaccines because they’re from the “pit of Hell” and urged people to trust Donald Trump over Dr. Anthony Fauci since God chose Trump, is now saying Satan wants Trump out of office in order to carry out…

What a detailed memory she has! A difficult read, but fantastic (and I'm not even done).posted by stevil at 5:12 PM on May 27 Wow, amazing read. Thank you for sharing.posted by Cuke at 6:56 PM on May 27 Woooooow. I don't know what to say.posted by medusa at 7:40…

For more than 20 years, Drew Daniel has been making playful and conceptual dance music as one half of the Baltimore-based duo Matmos. Ever since 2003, Daniel has also been making playful and conceptual dance music on his own under the name the Soft Pink Truth. Just a few weeks…