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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Fast Forward Yad Vashem says it has identified 5 million Holocaust victims with help of AI
The milestone was achieved through the use of artificial intelligence
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Opinion A sign in my neighborhood says ‘The Holocaust is fake’ — I wish I felt surprised
In a time of so-called 'fake news,' the truth doesn't seem to matter anymore
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Culture How Germany’s Holocaust remembrance culture kicked off a democratic crisis
Germany has made remembering the Holocaust central, but that commitment has been strained by Oct. 7 and the rise of the far-right. What happens if Germany loses its memory?
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Fast Forward German government pledges record $1B in funding for Holocaust survivor home care
The sum reflects a recognition that an aging survivor population has growing needs
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Culture Hidden in Central Park, a modest installation of Holocaust art — but what was it doing there?
A discovery of a memorial to Jewish concentration camp prisoners yields questions of identity, memory and the purpose of art
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Theater The new Anne Frank musical wants you to laugh at ‘woke culture’ — but is it funny?
In 'Slam Frank,' it’s hard to tell who’s in on the joke and who is just…in it.
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Books How Yiddish authors made a new world writing for children
Miriam Udel’s book tracks the development of literature made to shape a Jewish universe
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Fast Forward Texas school district yanks YA Holocaust novel ‘The Devil’s Arithmetic’ after using AI to detect ‘DEI content’
The 1988 novel by Jewish author Jane Yolen is about a young Jewish American girl who travels back in time to World War II-era Poland and is sent to a Nazi death camp
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News As young Jews move away from Israel, Jewish leaders are reluctant to change their approach
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