Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of the Holocaust (also called the Shoah), the genocide of Europe’s Jews committed by the Nazis during World War II.
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Culture Hulu’s ‘We Were the Lucky Ones’ uncovers a Jewish family’s buried past under the Nazis
Georgia Hunter is co-executive producer of a miniseries based on her bestselling novel.
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Music In 1943, an opera was composed at a concentration camp. Now, it’s a graphic novel
‘Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis’ adapts a German parable of life, death and despotism
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Fast Forward Martin Greenfield, Auschwitz survivor and master tailor to American presidents, dies at 95
'Receiving your first tailoring lesson inside a Nazi concentration camp was hardly the ideal apprenticeship,' Greenfield once recalled
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Culture This Jewish artist got her start before WWI. A century later, she’s still in the avant garde
In the early 20th century, Odessa-born artist Sonia Delaunay pioneered abstract paintings, whimsical furniture and boldly patterned textiles that feel wholly contemporary today.
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News The billion-dollar donor’s mother was a philanthropist, too: She helped Jews fleeing Hitler
Ruth Gottesman, whose $1 billion gift eliminates tuition at a medical school, grew up in a family known for altruism
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Fast Forward Virginia school district will let students opt out of Holocaust lesson, citing Jewish students’ ‘trauma’
The district said the move had nothing to do with the Israel-Hamas war
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Fast Forward GOP state senator aligns with rabbi who blames Zionism for the Holocaust
Pennsylvania’s Doug Mastriano referenced the Oct. 7 attack as a reason for introducing the bill to enhancie Holocaust education in public schools
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Film & TV No, Jonathan Glazer did not ‘refute his Jewishness’
The ‘Zone of Interest’ director’s words have been taken out of context
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Opinion Don’t be fooled: Palestinian suffering in this war is exactly what Hamas wants
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Opinion ‘If I were injured there, the best thing would be to die’: An ICU doctor’s devastating mission to Gaza
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Culture The internet’s Kate Middleton obsession may have revealed an unsavory Jewish secret
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News Philly Federation furious over Haverford’s ‘COVID in times of genocide’ campus event
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Opinion Israel’s future depends on a Haredi draft. Can it survive implementing one?
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Culture The Jewish artist bringing abortion history to America’s museums
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Yiddish ווידעאָ: ווי האָט זיך אָנגעהויבן די ליטעראַטור אויף ייִדיש?Video: How did Yiddish literature begin?
שמעון נויבערג דערקלערט דעם חילוק צווישן אַלט־ייִדיש און מיטל־ייִדיש און די ביכער, שרײַבערס, לייענערס און דרוקערײַען פֿון יענער תּקופֿה