Holocaust
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.
Trump’s prayer for Schwarzenegger
By Alfred P. Doblin — February 4, 2017
(USA Today) President Trump, while speaking at the annual National Prayer Breakfast in Washington on Thursday, asked America to pray for Arnold Schwarzenegger and his sagging ratings since taking over The Celebrity Apprentice. It was a joke. A bad joke.
Meet Trump’s Holocaust tutor
By Jeffrey Salkin — January 31, 2017
Donald Trump has learned a Soviet narrative about the Holocaust. Really.
Donald Trump’s Holocaust aphasia
By Jeffrey Salkin — January 29, 2017
For Trump, is the Jewish nature of the Holocaust an "alternative fact?"
Trump statement on Holocaust remembrance does not mention Jews
By David Gibson — January 27, 2017
(RNS) Trump's words break from the traditional language followed by the president's Democratic and Republican predecessors, and upset some Jewish leaders.
Holocaust museum alarmed over ‘hateful speech’ by white nationalists
By Jerome Socolovsky — November 22, 2016
WASHINGTON (Reuters) A video taken inside the meeting shows a white nationalist leader shouting "Hail Trump,” as some in attendance make a Nazi salute.
‘Denial’ is the movie for the election season
By Jeffrey Salkin — October 26, 2016
"Denial" is not only about the Holocaust. It is about frightening trends in America today.
Austria to convert or demolish house Hitler was born in
By Jerome Socolovsky — October 17, 2016
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria plans to convert and possibly tear down the house Hitler was born in to prevent it becoming a pilgrimage site for neo-Nazis, the Interior Ministry said on Monday.
What Pope Francis’ visit to Auschwitz means to the Jews
By David Rosen — August 5, 2016
JERUSALEM (RNS) The memory of past hostility toward the Jews enables us to appreciate the remarkable Catholic-Jewish reconciliation of the last 50 years.
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.'
