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Fast Forward World’s Oldest Man – And Holocaust Survivor – Dies At 114
Yisrael Kristal, a Polish Jew who survived the Holocaust to immigrate to Israel and become the world’s oldest man, died on Friday at the ripe age of 114. Kristal’s more-than-a-century of life were marked by tragedy. Born in Poland, he lost his first wife and their two children to the Holocaust – after the children…
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Fast Forward Critics Ask Manchester University To Remove Holocaust Denier Books From Library
Jewish students and faculty at Manchester University in Great Britain are demanding that the institution remove books by the Holocaust denier David Irving from its library — a request that the college has denied on free speech grounds. “Leaving Irving’s books on open display is a threat to the safety of Jewish students and staff…
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Fast Forward Harvey Weinstein To Direct Film On Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
(JTA) — Film producer Harvey Weinstein said he will adapt a novel about the Warsaw Ghetto uprising for the silver screen. Weinstein, who has produced dozens of popular and Academy Award-winning films like “The King’s Speech” and the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy, wrote in an op-ed that he plans to direct a film next…
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Fast Forward French Memorial To Young Victims Of The Holocaust Vandalized
(JTA) — A French memorial to young victims of the Holocaust was vandalized. The memorial, a plaque bearing the names of 44 children and 7 adults who were deported in 1944 from the Children’s Home of Izieu in eastern France, was knocked off its base in a public garden in the city of Lyon and…
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Fast Forward Former NBA Star Ray Allen Writes Moving Account Of His Auschwitz Visit
(JTA) — Until recently, Ray Allen was known for being the NBA’s all-time leader in made three-pointers. Then last December, President Obama appointed the former All-Star as a member of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council. It was a surprising announcement to those who didn’t know Allen had been taking his teammates to the U.S. Holocaust…
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Fast Forward Hollywood’s Original Blonde Bombshell Is The Daughter Of Holocaust Survivors
Angelyne — a legendary Hollywood figure for decades, perhaps the first to be famous for being famous, a self-described “Rorschach test in pink” — is the daughter of Holocaust survivors, was born in displaced-persons camp in Germany and was raised for a time in Israel, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Angelyne, whose career took off…
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Fast Forward Argentina Delivers Thousands Of Documents To U.S. Holocaust Museum
BUENOS AIRES (JTA) — The Argentine Foreign Ministry delivered to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington a series of documents about World War II, some of them related to Nazi war criminals. The digital copies of the documents delivered are mainly letters, telegrams, newspaper articles, notes and reports, totaling almost 40,000 documents. An…
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Culture Everything You Need to Know About Judaism’s Saddest Day of the Year
Tisha b’Av, the Ninth of Av, is the commemoration of the destruction of Jerusalem’s Temple. And it’s also, basically, Catastrophe Day for the Jews. It’s the day we consolidate all of our thousands of years of sorrow into one, 25-hour long inferno. Here’s what traditional Jews are mourning on this day, according to the Mishnah…
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