Holocaust
Sally Quinn, Magic, and Meaning
By Jana Riess — September 12, 2017
Journalist Sally Quinn is probably best known for fifty years of reporting on Washington's social scene. In the last decade, though, her focus has turned to faith, and it's been personal as well as professional.
Don’t throw the word ‘Nazi’ around
By Holly Lebowitz Rossi — August 25, 2017
(RNS) — 'Nazism shouldn’t be a casual catch-all term to describe the bad guys,' writes Holly Lebowitz Rossi.
Why are Jewish celebrities silent about Charlottesville?
By Jeffrey Salkin — August 23, 2017
(RNS) — The Piano Man's yellow star was a good start. We need famous Jews to be activists against hate.
Artist’s drawing of a herring on a bialy gains an audience in Bialystok — and Hollywood
By Menachem Wecker — July 31, 2017
(RNS) — That a symbol of Jewish folkways would command attention in Hollywood reflects the ways many Jews think about their identity.
Auschwitz officials chastise US Rep. Clay Higgins for gas chamber video
By Yonat Shimron — July 5, 2017
(USA Today) The Louisiana Republican recorded five minutes of video, including some from areas of the site where Jews were gassed and their bodies burned.
Her family was denied entry to the US. She entered years later, alone
By Mark Hetfield — June 6, 2017
(RNS) The St. Louis' 937 passengers, most of whom were Jewish refugees fleeing the Holocaust, found neither protection nor pity. On the 78th anniversary of this tragedy, we must resolve not to let this happen again.
When a synagogue burns
By Jeffrey Salkin — May 18, 2017
More than a synagogue burned on the Lower East Side this week. A legacy of compassion and hope went up in smoke as well.
Trump flunks the Holocaust. Duterte proves it.
By Jeffrey Salkin — May 2, 2017
Trump's overture to Duterte is a moral obscenity.
Donald Trump remembers the Holocaust — finally
By Jeffrey Salkin — April 26, 2017
Trump spoke effectively about the Holocaust. That is a good start.
Trump wins praise from Holocaust survivors at remembrance
By Lauren Markoe — April 25, 2017
(RNS) Before the event, many Jews had spoken of their discomfort with Trump as the keynote, referencing his history of disparaging rhetoric against religious and ethnic minorities.
Can the Holocaust be funny? A new film says, ‘Why not?’
By Kimberly Winston — April 19, 2017
(RNS) Tragedy plus time equals comedy — unless some subjects are so taboo they can never be funny.
Why you need to see ‘The Zoo Keeper’s Wife’ for Passover
By Jeffrey Salkin — April 13, 2017
The Zookeeper's Wife reminds us that it takes moral muscle to resist evil.
‘Never forget’: New ‘Nova’ episode highlights secret Jewish escape
By Kimberly Winston — April 13, 2017
(RNS) It was called 'The Jewish Alcatraz,' but on the last night of Passover in 1944, 80 prisoners dug themselves out.
Israeli official accepts Spicer’s apology over Hitler remarks
By Reuters — April 12, 2017
JERUSALEM (Reuters) The White House spokesman's assertion, made during the Jewish holiday of Passover, sparked instant outrage on social media and from some Holocaust memorial groups who accused him of minimizing Hitler's crimes.
Yevgeni Yevtushenko was a Jewish hero
By Jeffrey Salkin — April 3, 2017
Yevgeni Yevtushenko was a poet for our time. It is time to re-read his greatest work.
