De-Nur reconstructed the extermination camps according to the principle that they could not be talked about, that we didn’t possess a language adequate to confront them, nor a human vista of comprehension wide enough. ...
As we confront our own mortality, it is time to take stock of our unique identity as the bridge between the inferno from which our parents emerged and the light of a precarious post-Holocaust safety that, they hoped, would spare us and their grandchildren from the agonies they endured. ...
He died in 1988 at age 84 and was buried without fanfare. His story of heroism was buried as well, until his son found a stack of letters hidden behind a chimney at the family estate. ...
“I have been heartened by the remarkably respectful conversation this essay has sparked.” ...
People joked about Göring, who was fat and vain. They said he had his medals made of rubber so he could wear them in the bath. ...
Jewish American packaging is not a cynical ploy for Spielberg. It comes straight from his heart. ...
'A Shabbat on the Other Side of the River' and 'We Met at Grossinger’s' are two films screened at the recent 'Docs & Dialogues' series put on by Philadelphia Jewish Film & Media. ...
It was never a given that America would avoid becoming a Christian country. It still isn’t. ...
Among the many patrons who commissioned portraits from Gilbert Stuart were a number of prominent Jewish Americans. ...
History professor Julian E. Zelizer offers the first analysis of the Biden presidency. Did he mishandle October 7? ...
King Henry VIII still looms large in England and worldwide. He’s a frequent visitor to our TV screens in dramas
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ICE's “Operation Metro Surge” in Minneapolis, MN, has made many observers wonder if history’s darkest chapter could be repeating itself. ...