‘One person can make a difference’
By ADRIAN GLASS-MOORE / Assistant Editor Judith Meisel, a Holocaust survivor and educator whose testimony was read at the recent ...
Tag: Holocaust
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey supports reparations for African-Americans, ‘as a Jew’
By PENINA BEEDE (JTA) — Here’s a bit of news that has flown under the radar: Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey ...
He remade his life in America
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR In a 2011 documentary, Sam Rafowitz: Remaking a Life, the eponymous subject comments: “About 15 and a ...
Looking for answers among the remains
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER Persistent and resourceful Esther Safran Foer would have made a fine detective. I Want You to ...
His comedy mocks Germany’s history with Jews. After his TV show was canceled, he’s thinking about leaving the country.
By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ (JTA) — Shahak Shapira was 14 when he moved with his mother and brother from Petach Tikvah in ...
New documentary ‘Viral’ examines anti-Semitism in U.S. and Europe
By BEN SALES (JTA) — A new documentary featuring experts on anti-Semitism, as well as former President Bill Clinton, examines ...
Putin skews Holocaust history at global Auschwitz commemoration event in Jerusalem
By SAM SOKOL JERUSALEM (JTA) — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s prime speaking slot at a Holocaust commemoration event here this ...
Appelfeld’s ode to Jewish resistance
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER If you wonder how Israelis can differ so greatly, argue so loudly and yet unite against ...
Jersey City’s Jewish mayor didn’t wait to call the kosher store shooting an anti-Semitic attack. Here’s why.
By JOSEFIN DOLSTEN (JTA) — Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop was one of the first New Jersey officials to describe ...
This Portuguese Jewish community couldn’t afford a rabbi. Now it made a $1 million movie coming to Amazon.
By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ (JTA) — A decade ago, the tiny Jewish Community of Porto didn’t have enough money to hire a ...
