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The Schmooze My First Halloween After Escaping the Nazis
My mother and I arrived in Montreal, Canada in September 1941 following a death-defying escape that took us from bombed-out German-occupied Warsaw in the winter of 1940 to surviving a Nazi firing squad, to Lithuania’s Vilno (which in June 1940 was occupied by the Soviets). Then a 12-14-day Trans-Siberian train ride to Vladivostok and the…
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News Why Does Ben Carson Keep Talking About the Nazis?
Ben Carson, the flavor du jour in Republican politics, may be challenging Donald Trump’s status as front-runner in the GOP’s primary race. But the pediatric neurosurgeon-turned-would-be-president is far from the kind of candidate that many mainstream Republicans, including many Jews, have come to know. Alongside his classic conservatism on social and family issues, Carson has…
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Fast Forward Ben Carson Claims Rabbis Back his Holocaust Imagery in Gun Control Debate
Republican presidential hopeful Ben Carson defended his use of Holocaust imagery in the gun control debate, saying even some rabbis backed his assertions. Appearing Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Carson reiterated his claim that gun control in Germany that began in the late 1930s was a factor enabling the Nazis to perpetrate genocide against…
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Fast Forward Holocaust Museum Opens in Seattle
The Holocaust Center for Humanity, the first museum dedicated in the Pacific Northwest to the Holocaust, opened in Seattle, Washington. The $3.4 million museum, which includes artifacts from local Holocaust survivors, opened Sunday. It includes classrooms and office space that will be open for students and the public. The center is expecting 16,000 visitors in…
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Opinion Ben Carson Needs To Stop Using the Holocaust To Score Political Points
Ben Carson’s ignorance of the historical facts of the Holocaust is every bit as appalling as his insensitive exploitation of the memory of that genocide in his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination. Arguing against any form of gun control, Carson wrote in his new book, “A More Perfect Union,” that “German citizens were disarmed…
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Fast Forward Ben Carson Doubles Down on Holocaust Gun Control Remark
Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson reiterate his belief that the Holocaust might have been prevented if more Jews had owned guns. Brushing away criticism from historians, Jewish groups and anti-Semitism watchdogs, Carson insisted in an appearance on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” that strict gun control laid the groundwork for the Nazi genocide. “It’s not hyperbole…
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Fast Forward Ben Carson Blames Holocaust on Gun Control
Republican presidential hopeful Ben Carson blamed gun control for the extent of the Holocaust. In an interview Thursday on CNN, Carson said fewer people would have been killed by the Nazis had more citizens been armed. “I think the likelihood of Hitler being able to accomplish his goals would have been greatly diminished if the…
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Fast Forward One-Third of Americans Wouldn’t Hide Jews During Holocaust, Poll Says
(JTA) — Is the glass one-third empty or two-thirds full? A poll commissioned by distributors of Holocaust film “Return to the Hiding Place” asked 1,000 Americans a question many Jews have pondered: “If you were living during World War II, would you have risked the imprisonment and death of yourself and your family to hide…
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