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Fast Forward National Archives Makes Postwar Shanghai Visa Records Available
The U.S. National Archives is opening to researchers postwar visa application records from the U.S. consulate in Shanghai, a potential trove for information about Holocaust refugees in that city. “This collection adds to the extensive Holocaust-related records holdings at the National Archives,” according to a Nov. 20 statement from the archives. “From 1938 on, an…
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Life Reinserting Women into the Holocaust Narrative
Jewish women in Budapest, October 1944. Photograph by Wikimedia Commons (Haaretz) – On October 7, 1944, Jewish prisoners in Auschwitz blew up a crematorium in an attempted revolt that, while ultimately futile, has become a powerful rebuttal to the claim that Jews succumbed to the Nazis without a fight. Many know this story but few…
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Opinion Showdown Over Nazis at Museum of Jewish Heritage
Eric Lichtblau and his new book, “The Nazis Next Door.” It’s not often that a museum director gets booed on his own stage. Yet that’s what happened to David Marwell in the auditorium of the Museum of Jewish Heritage in downtown Manhattan, when an event on New York Times reporter Eric Lichtblau’s new book, “The…
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The Schmooze 6 Things About Mike Nichols
(Reuters) — Few directors have moved between Broadway and Hollywood as easily as Mike Nichols. Here are six facts about Nichols, who died on Wednesday. 1) A bad reaction to a whooping-cough vaccine at age 4 left Nichols permanently hairless, according to the New Yorker magazine. Later he would come to rely on wigs and…
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Fast Forward Mike Nichols, Oscar-Winning ‘Graduate’ Director, Dies at 83
(Reuters) — Mike Nichols, a nine-time Tony Award winner on Broadway and the Oscar-winning director of films such as “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf,” “The Graduate” and “Carnal Knowledge,” died on Wednesday at age 83, ABC News said. The prolific director passed away at his home of cardiac arrest, his spokeswoman said. A private service…
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The Schmooze Hitler Watercolor Expected to Fetch $60K
Courtesy of Weidler Auction House (Reuters) — A 1914 watercolor by Adolf Hitler to be auctioned on Saturday could fetch up to 50,000 euros ($62,685) given strong global interest, a German auction house chief said on Tuesday. Auctioneer Kathrin Weidler said the painting entitled “Standesamt und Altes Rathaus Muenchen” (Civil Registry Office and Old Town Hall…
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Culture Where the Pritzker Money Goes
With an estimated net worth of $29 billion, the Pritzkers are among the 10 wealthiest families in the United States. The philanthropic causes the Ashkenazi Jewish family supports are almost as diverse as the real estate and business investments that made them rich. Here are some of the most significant ones. Jewish Causes $3 million…
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News Muslim and Jewish Feminists Mingle Uneasily in the City Of Sisterly Love
Brenda Naomi Rosenberg had had it with denunciations of Israel, and she told her Muslim dialogue partner so, right to her face. “Israel has the responsibility to defend itself from Hamas rockets!” she exclaimed. But Samia Moustapha Bahsoun, a Muslim of Lebanese descent who was raised in Senegal, had had it with that talking point….
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