02
May
Book Review | 1945 and Other Stories
Jewish themes are central to the fictional works of Gábor T. Szántó, whose latest book is “1945 and Other Stories.”
25
Mar
The Long Shadow of Austria’s Nazi Past
Last spring, my wife Anne-Marie and I had traveled to Linz, Austria’s third largest city, to attend the May 4 ceremony marking the liberation, by...
30
Jan
Hitler’s Enablers Included Conservative German Jews
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By
Dan Freedman
History is replete with examples of people naïvely voting against their interests or loving a leader who doesn’t love them back.
23
Jan
Book Review | A Language Forged in Fire
The novel brings overdue attention to the fate of the Yiddish language in the Holocaust, seeing it as a victim in its own right.
02
Jan
Film Review | The Brutalist
The Brutalist grapples with the dysfunctional marriage of art, class and commerce in an enormous swing of a movie.
04
Nov
Film Review | A Real Pain
What if wounds don’t heal as much as they transform and re-shape as they pass down through the generations?
10
Oct
From 2004 | Break-Fast on Cyprus
The British allowed us to visit the seashore on the eve of Yom Kippur so we could purify ourselves for the Day of Atonement.
16
Sep
Memoir | Set in Stone, Stumbling Home
Jane M. Friedman details her experience receiving the Stolpersteine of her relatives who were persecuted and escaped or were murdered during the Holocaust.
01
Apr
Wisdom Project | Joseph Werk, 97
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By
Pam Janis
Joseph Werk shares his story of escaping Poland during WWII and his involvement with the IDF’s volunteer service Sar-El.
20
Mar
How to Remember: Holocaust Literature From Survivors’ Accounts to 3G
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By
Tyler Griff
A survey of Holocaust Literature across different generations—from Elie Wiesel to Art Spiegelman to Julie Orringer.
19
Mar
Analysis | After October 7, Holocaust Literature Will Never Be the Same
Generations of Jewish writers have reckoned with the Holocaust: Now there’s a new trauma to contend with.
01
Mar
Wisdom Project | Morris Waitz, 100, Keeps Thinking About Tomorrow
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A fortune teller predicted Morris Waitz would die in World War II. Now 100, he says he “beat that by a little bit.”