This is 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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Music ‘No matter what, I will always be a Jew.’ Billy Joel opens up about his family’s Holocaust history
The singer-songwriter speaks in depth about antisemitism in new HBO documentary 'And So It Goes'
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Fast Forward ‘Alligator Auschwitz’: ICE’s Florida Everglades detention facility evokes Holocaust comparisons
Critics have a controversial nickname for ICE’s Everglades detention facility
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Fast Forward Trump’s Social Security Administration cuts are hurting Holocaust survivors, advocates say
Attorneys for survivors say DOGE’s slashing of staffers and field offices may make it harder to correct a longtime glitch that can cause them to lose their benefits
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Opinion Israeli leaders are using Holocaust comparisons to justify attacks on Iran. Is that kosher?
Many of the same voices who have decried invocations of the Holocaust in unrelated conflicts are suddenly going silent
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BINTEL BRIEF What would you do with gold teeth said to be from Holocaust victims?
Bintel says you’ll never be certain of their origin. But what to do with them is clear
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Fast Forward Holocaust survivor burned in Boulder attack speaks out: ‘What the hell is going on?’
Barbara Steinmetz, 88, was among those injured at an event to raise awareness for hostages in Gaza
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Fast Forward Helena Weinrauch, Holocaust survivor and ‘dancing angel,’ dies at 100
The beloved New Yorker was known for her late-in-life passion for ballroom dancing, as well as for wearing the same hand-knit sweater at Passover every year
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Opinion How a righteous Joe Biden honored my Holocaust survivor parents
The future president was inspired by the lives of George and Halina Wind Preston
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Film & TV The new ‘Superman’ is being called anti-Israel, but does that make it pro-Palestine?
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Fast Forward Tucker Carlson calls for stripping citizenship from Americans who served in the Israeli army
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Music ‘No matter what, I will always be a Jew.’ Billy Joel opens up about his family’s Holocaust history
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Culture She was my Hebrew school bully — and I finally learned what happened to her
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Fast Forward Cuomo says key factor in his primary loss was Mamdani’s support from young, Jewish, and pro-Palestinian voters
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Fast Forward Elon Musk wants your kids to use his chatbot. The same one that praised Hitler.
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Fast Forward Nation’s largest teachers union rejects move to cut ties with ADL
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Culture In this Holocaust story, there are few words, no swastikas, no yellow stars — just movement, passion and empathy
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