Holocaust

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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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…

By Frank Simon Nov 18, 2014 | 2 min read
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…

By Margaret Eby Nov 11, 2014 | 3 min read
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….

By Cassie Owens Nov 11, 2014 | 5 min read
Opinion
My Sephardic Guilt on Kristallnacht

Postcard of Madeira While other Jewish families suffered unimaginable brutality in the Holocaust, my family lived like royalty in the Portuguese paradise known for its wine, Madeira. I know: I sound like an entitled, unsympathetic brat. And what I’m trying to say is, I feel guilty about this. I always have. Every time a Holocaust…

By Rachel Delia Benaim Nov 10, 2014 | 3 min read
The Schmooze
Is Nicki Minaj’s New Video Nazi-Themed?

Is it me, or has there been an unusual amount of inappropriate Nazi-themed pop culture lately? Fans of Nicki Minaj are calling for the singer to take down her controversial new video, “Only You,” featuring Drake, Lil Wayne and Chris Brown. With hoards of SS-style troops goose-stepping in an ominously drab fascist landscape while sporting…

By Anne Cohen Nov 10, 2014 | 2 min read
Fast Forward
Greek University Unveils Holocaust Memorial on Site of Jewish Cemetery

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, partly built on the ruins of the city’s historic Jewish cemetery, unveiled a memorial to the graveyard that was destroyed by the Nazis. Greek Jewish leaders hailed the erection of the monument, a series of grave stones in a bed of green grass next to a broken menorah, as a late,…

By JTA Nov 10, 2014 | < 1 min read
Forward 50 2014
Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett

After some two decades of planning, the doors have finally opened on the Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw. The museum, according to the Forward’s A.J. Goldmann, will be “one of the most significant Jewish cultural projects in contemporary Europe” as it seeks to “tell the story of the Jewish people’s 1,000-year…

Nov 9, 2014 | < 1 min read
Fast Forward
Dutch Protestant Church Pulls Out of Kristallnacht Event Over Sponsors

A senior official from the Dutch Protestant Church pulled out of a Holocaust memorial event co-organized by Socialists who commemorated a Hamas leader. Arjan Plaisier, secretary of the PKN umbrella of Dutch Protestant churches, announced Friday that he would neither be speaking nor attending the Kristallnacht commemoration event organized by the Platform Against Racism and…

By JTA Nov 9, 2014 | < 1 min read

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Hitler Watercolor Expected to Fetch $60K

Where the Pritzker Money Goes

Muslim and Jewish Feminists Mingle Uneasily in the City Of Sisterly Love

My Sephardic Guilt on Kristallnacht

Is Nicki Minaj’s New Video Nazi-Themed?

Greek University Unveils Holocaust Memorial on Site of Jewish Cemetery

Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett

Dutch Protestant Church Pulls Out of Kristallnacht Event Over Sponsors

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Holocaust

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Hitler Watercolor Expected to Fetch $60K

Where the Pritzker Money Goes

Muslim and Jewish Feminists Mingle Uneasily in the City Of Sisterly Love

My Sephardic Guilt on Kristallnacht

Is Nicki Minaj’s New Video Nazi-Themed?

Greek University Unveils Holocaust Memorial on Site of Jewish Cemetery

Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett

Dutch Protestant Church Pulls Out of Kristallnacht Event Over Sponsors

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