The First and Final Nightmare
By Symi Rom-Rymer
When 69 year-old Sonia Reich ran out of her Skokie home late one February evening in 2001, no one knew why. Â Insisting that...
The Lost Diary of Margot Frank
By Kayla Green
Every day, countless tourists flock to the Anne Frank House to visit the hiding place of young Anne, her family and acquaintances. The...
Denmark’s Jewish Heritage
by Kayla Green
Many experiences come to mind when one imagines a trip to Copenhagen, including seeing the famous statue of Hans Christian Andersen’s Little Mermaid,...
Denmark's Jewish Heritage
by Kayla Green
Many experiences come to mind when one imagines a trip to Copenhagen, including seeing the famous statue of Hans Christian Andersen’s Little Mermaid,...
Keeping Up With the Times: Digitizing Holocaust Archives
By Amanda Walgrove
The rapid growth of technology, characteristic of the twenty-first century, has altered methods of human relation. Communicating through Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, and email...
Keeping Up With the Times: Digitizing Holocaust Archives
By Amanda Walgrove
The rapid growth of technology, characteristic of the twenty-first century, has altered methods of human relation. Communicating through Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, and email...
The South Sudanese Are ‘The Jews of Our Time’
By Charles Jacobs
The stars in Wanyjok’s sky blazed so bright it seemed as though God himself had switched on the lights in the vast blackness....
People of the Book: Interview with Julie Orringer
By Symi Rom-Rymer
Sitting on a faux cowhide bench with rock music blaring at full volume in a small coffee shop in one of Brooklyn’s hipper...
The Holocaust Today
By Symi Rom-Rymer
January 27th marks the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp by Soviet troops. In 2005, 60 years after the liberation,...
Learning the Right Lessons?
By Symi Rom-Rymer
In a recent poll, 30% of Israeli Arabs, out of 700 questioned, don’t believe the Holocaust happened.  As the Associated Press reported earlier...
Israel's Other Refugee Problem
by Daniel Kieval
On Monday night, a few days after thousands marched for human rights in Tel Aviv, Israel deported about 150 refugees back to their...
It's 1979, do you know where your Nazis are?
By Symi Rom-Rymer
By 1948, World War II had been over for three years, yet hundreds of thousands of refugees and displaced persons remained scattered throughout...