Auschwitz
At Auschwitz, remembering the Holocaust after the passage of a contentious Polish law
By Lauren Markoe — April 11, 2018
KRAKOW, Poland (RNS) — Swirling around Thursday's annual march are questions about Poles' willingness to grapple with some of their forebears' participation in the Holocaust.
Pope denounces Holocaust ‘indifference’ amid Polish uproar
By Jerome Socolovsky — January 29, 2018
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Poland, which is largely Roman Catholic, is considering legislation that would outlaw blaming Poles for the crimes of the Holocaust.
One century later, this man finally celebrated his bar mitzvah
By Yonat Shimron — October 6, 2016
JERUSALEM (RNS) World War I scuttled the family's plans for the rite of passage.
Pope Francis recalls ‘the souls’ at Auschwitz
By Josephine McKenna — August 3, 2016
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Reflecting on his visit to the concentration camp last week, the pontiff said the site also reminded him 'of the cruelties of today, which are similar.'
Francis writes an appeal for mercy in silent visit to Auschwitz
By guest — July 29, 2016
KRAKOW, Poland (RNS) The pontiff spent intense moments in prayer at the infamous concentration camp, then embraced Holocaust survivors and met some who helped Jews persecuted by the Nazis.
Is ‘Pokemon Go’ good for the Jews?
By Lauren Markoe — July 18, 2016
(RNS) The "Pokemon Go" craze can teach us about God, if we know where to look for it.
Our response to terror must be reconciliation
By guest — July 12, 2016
(RNS) In the wake of terrorist incidents, we must avoid the impulse to give in to hatred.
Ex-Auschwitz SS guard convicted on 170,000 counts
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — June 17, 2016
Reinhold Hanning told the court in April, “I am ashamed that I saw injustice and never did anything about it and I apologize for my actions."
Pope to visit Auschwitz during trip to Poland in July
By RNS staff — June 9, 2016
(RNS) The visit will take place during Francis' trip to Krakow for an international gathering of Catholic youth.
What Obama really said at Hiroshima
By Jeffrey Salkin — May 31, 2016
Obama taught something very powerful at Hiroshima. It was also something profoundly Jewish.
The sacred flaw in “Son of Saul”
By Jeffrey Salkin — February 29, 2016
There is a tiny inaccuracy in "Son of Saul." It only makes the film more sacred.
‘Son of Saul’ actor on God, faith and Auschwitz
By David Tereshchuk — February 28, 2016
(RNS) Hungarian actor Geza Rohrig was no ordinary actor among Oscar contenders. He is a poet, novelist and teacher -- and most of all an Orthodox Jew.
The first woman rabbi you never knew existed
By Jeffrey Salkin — October 22, 2015
(RNS) Why remember her now? Because December marks the 80th anniversary of her ordination. And because her memory had been hidden for so long.
Because Jewish lives matter, too
By Jeffrey Salkin — July 16, 2015
You wonder why many Jews are not celebrating the Iran deal? Could it be because the Iranian regime wants to destroy Israel?
‘Bookkeeper of Auschwitz,’ who admitted ‘moral guilt,’ convicted in German trial
By Reuters — July 15, 2015
The 94-year-old man was convicted as accessory to the murder of 300,000 people and sentenced to four years in prison, in what could be one of the last big Holocaust trials.
