Posts Tagged: Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
The Warsaw Ghetto: The Epitome of Rightful Resistance
JNS.org - It’s hard to say for sure whether the following fable was really told in the Warsaw Ghetto, but it’s grimly funny enough to warrant...
Legendary Movie Mogul Harvey Weinstein to Direct Film on Warsaw Ghetto Revolt
Jewish Hollywood movie mogul Harvey Weinstein has announced that he will produce and direct a film about the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto uprising. Weinstein made his announcement...
Ben Carson, Jews and Guns, and a Media Firestorm
JNS.org - The explosive controversy over Ben Carson’s remarks about Jews, guns, and the Holocaust illustrates a new low in media spin. Carson is a Republican presidential...
Poland Inaugurates Museum Dedicated to History of Polish Jewry
JNS.org - Poland on Tuesday officially inaugurated the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, which documents the 1,000-year history of Jewish life...
Pope Francis’ Slap in the Face
After 1700 years of ongoing harassment, forced conversions, massacres and pogroms, one was looking forward to a different relationship in the 21st century between the...
Warsaw Ghetto Site of Newly Opened Museum to Show Jews Not a ‘Footnote to Polish History’
WARSAW—The Museum of the History of Polish Jews is built on the hallowed ground of the Warsaw Ghetto, literally on a site of genocide, at...
Peres Recalls Grandfather’s Advice on Holocaust Remembrance Day: “Be a Jew”
Israeli President Shimon Peres recalled Monday how his grandfather told him at the train station in Poland as he left for Israel to "be a...
Flags to be Waved Throughout Israel to Mark Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Schools throughout Israel this month will wave Israeli flags at precisely the same time as part of a special ceremony commemorating the 70th anniversary of...
70 Years Later, Recalling the First Battle Against the Nazis in the Warsaw Ghetto
Seventy years ago this month, the Nazis began their second deportation of the Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto. In response, on Jan. 18,...
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Provides Lessons For Our Time
This Thursday April 19 marks the 69th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, a 27-day battle in which a small group of Jews, mostly teenagers,...
