Elie Wiesel

Why do people hate Jews and Judaism? (COMMENTARY)

By Benjamin Blech — May 21, 2015
NEW YORK (RNS) Jews are hated not because they are bad but because they persist in reminding the world of what it means to be good.

Why Netanyahu is such a polarizing figure for American Jews (COMMENTARY)

By Jeffrey Salkin — March 4, 2015
(RNS) He is not a cringing figure out of a Hasidic tale. He is not Tevye the Milkman from Fiddler on the Roof. He is not Woody Allen. He is a Jew straight out of “Inglourious Basterds,” Quentin Tarantino’s fantasy counterhistory of World War II.

As Holocaust Museum turns 20, the ranks of survivors dwindle

By Lauren Markoe — April 25, 2013
WASHINGTON (RNS) Adult survivors of the Holocaust are largely gone, and those who survived as children won't be around much longer. That's why when the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum marks its 20th anniversary Monday, museum officials say it's likely to be one the last large gatherings of survivors.
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