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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Books Art theft, angels and neo-Nazis force a reckoning with the past in ‘The Tavern at the End of History’
The characters in Morris Collins’ novel turn to history and mysticism to grapple with tragedies
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News Anne Frank and ‘Night’ may soon be required reading in Texas public schools. Is that good for the Jews?
The proposal underscores a complicated moment for Jewish literature in Texas schools
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Yiddish World A moving but problematic concert for Holocaust Remembrance Day
An Italian Jewish maestro breathes new life into Yiddish music from the Holocaust, but the composers’ messages got lost in the mix
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Fast Forward Vance omits mention of Jews from Holocaust Remembrance Day statement, incensing Jewish critics on both sides of the aisle
The vice president has a history of minimizing antisemitism on the right
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Fast Forward Mamdani visits Holocaust survivor at her apartment on Holocaust Remembrance Day
Mayor Zohran Mamdani has faced pushback from Jewish New Yorkers for his positions on Israel
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Culture A new exhibit honors writer Lore Segal, a child survivor and lifelong skeptic of easy truths
'And That’s True Too' traces the New Yorker writer’s arc from Kindertransport to Manhattan, where she dazzled with her novels, short stories and children’s books
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Fast Forward On PBS’ ‘Finding Your Roots,’ Jewish actor Lizzy Caplan discovers her family’s unknown Holocaust story
In this exclusive ‘Finding Your Roots’ clip, actor Lizzy Caplan learns about her mother’s ancestors
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Culture How yizkor books bring the sights, sounds, and even smells and tastes of lost Jewish shtetls back to life
After the Holocaust, survivors and emigrés documented the ways of life characteristic of their fallen hometowns
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News What We Know About Jeffrey Epstein’s Childhood
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News Antisemitism group keeps board member who emailed Epstein on the legality of transporting minors for sex
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Politics AIPAC fails its first test in the midterms
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Fast Forward Mamdani appoints Phylisa Wisdom, progressive Jewish leader, to run Office to Combat Antisemitism
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Fast Forward Jewish congresswoman storms out of Epstein hearing after Pam Bondi raises her record on antisemitism
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Culture What Carrie Prejean Boller tells us about Christian Zionism in the U.S.
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Yiddish World A podcast about disappearance – and Yiddish life
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