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Community The use and misuse of Holocaust analogies after the attack on the Capitol
Among other awakenings last week, many Americans received a crash course about the Holocaust in the aftermath of the terrible events at the Capitol. Given recent studies showing Americans’ lack of knowledge about the Holocaust — along with slogans on display among last week’s mob in Washington, DC, including “Camp Auschwitz” and “Work Brings Freedom,”…
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Fast Forward Arnold Schwarzegger: Capitol raid was Kristallnacht ‘right here in the United States’
(JTA) — In an impassioned video, Arnold Schwarzenegger said the deadly mob violence in the U.S. Capitol last week recalled Kristallnacht, the Nazi attack on Jews that is considered the beginning of the Holocaust. Schwarzenegger, the former Republican California governor and actor, posted the video to social media on Sunday and framed his remarks as…
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Community My grandparents thought Kristallnacht could never happen. We can’t make the same mistake.
On November 9th 1938, Nazi paramilitary and civilian groups carried out mass acts of violence against synagogues, Jewish-owned businesses, and Jewish homes. The broken glass found on the streets the next day would define this moment as “Kristallnacht,” the night of broken glass. A short time after Kristallnacht, my grandfather Israel Kohn and other Jewish…
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Community Jews found hope in this country generations ago. Now we find horror.
There are two things that you should know about Grandma and Grandpa. One: Grandma and Grandpa are notorious pack rats. I think they have kept every program and every thank-you letter. I am enormously grateful for that. Two: Grandma and Grandpa are often right on time. I am also enormously grateful for that. Before and…
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Fast Forward Confederate flag tied to door of Jewish museum in New York
A Confederate flag was found tied to the front door of Museum of Jewish Heritage in Manhattan Friday morning. Museum officials believe someone placed the flag overnight and are working with police to identify suspects. “This is an atrocious attack on our community and on our institution and must be met with the swift and…
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News Banned from YouTube? Welcome to DLive, a safe haven for America’s neo-Nazis
While millions of Americans watched Wednesday’s surreal events unfold on cable news outlets and mainstream media websites, at least 16,000 watched the insurrectionists invade the U.S. Capitol building in real time via livestreams posted by members of the mob themselves. Instead of Norah O’Donnell or Anderson Cooper, their host was a 33-year-old neo-Nazi who has…
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Culture What the ‘Camp Auschwitz’ sweatshirt tells us about alt-right aesthetics
Among the horde of far-right extremists who breached the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday afternoon, one man wore a hoodie that probably looked a little familiar. Featuring an arc of utility-chic font atop a simple graphic, it mimicked a ubiquitous sartorial trend: the destination sweatshirt that advertises summer camps or vacation hot spots. You’ve probably seen…
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News A guide to the extremists and hate groups that invaded the Capitol
As photos and videos of the insurrection at the Capitol trickled out of Washington, D.C., a pattern emerged — well-known antisemites and their symbols were at the uprising or cheering it on from afar. That guy’s hoodie says “Camp Auschwitz.” https://t.co/I2hwHZ1MsD — Matt Ford (@fordm) January 6, 2021 Here’s a guide to some of the…
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