Posts Tagged: holocaust
Report: Top Nazi Commander Has Been in U.S. Since 1949
CBS/AP - A top commander of a Nazi SS-led unit accused of burning villages filled with women and children lied to American immigration officials...
Netanyahu at Auschwitz: The World Ignored Our Annihilation
The world stood by as millions of Jews were being slaughtered, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday, vowing that Israel would "do whatever is...
French Village Celebrates Saving Jewish Children During Holocaust (VIDEO)
A French village which saved thousands of Jews from the Nazis has opened a museum to celebrate its wartime virtue. The BBC recently visited Le Chambon,...
Was the Holocaust Punishment for Sin?
For so many people religion is practiced out of a sense superstition. Like a furry rabbit's foot, it wards off evil spirits. Fulfilling...
Canadian Woman Comes to Terms With Her Jewish Identity 70 Years Later
An 86-year-old Canadian woman is finally embracing her Jewish heritage after nearly seventy years of hiding it. Mary Gale, a Holocaust survivor, has written a memoir...
Neo-Nazi Trial Highlights Troubling Atmosphere in Germany
Times of Israel/AP - Most of the victims were immigrants and their deaths at first failed to make headlines. Police were quick to blame...
The U.S. Holocaust Museum at 20: Confronting Tough Issues
When President Bill Clinton stepped to the podium at the opening of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., 20 years ago, most...
Israeli MK Promises Bill to Ease Holocaust Survivors’ Financial Burdens
The Knesset's Labor, Health and Welfare Committee Chairman has promised to submit a bill that would give more aid to Holocaust survivors in Israel. "We have...
Am Israel Chai – The Jewish People Live
Walking to synagogue with my daughter Friday night, she told me that in school her teacher read the class a story about the...
To be the Grandchild of Holocaust Survivors
Nothing could ever compete with my Bubbe. Whether it was the biggest movie opening or the biggest party of the year, we reserved every Friday night...
Ambassadors All: Jews in the 21st Century
In his poignant and insightful writings, outgoing UK and Commonwealth Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks often avers that Judaism serves as "the voice of hope in...
Schindler’s “Girl in Red Coat” Says She Was Haunted by Film
The little girl who served as a symbol of horror in Steven Spielberg's 1993 film "Schindler's List" says that for years she was haunted by...
ADL: Joan Rivers’ “Ovens” Comment Was “Vulgar and Offensive”
The ADL expressed shock Wednesday at a "vulgar and offensive" remark made by Joan Rivers during a recent episode of her show "Fashion Police," in...
Response to Judith Butler at Brooklyn College
The ironic and the disingenuous are kin. Their commonality resides in a gap, which is the distance between what is said and something else. With...
