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Fast Forward Holocaust survivor reveals decades-old secret: He nabbed Hitler’s henchman
‘I arrested him,’ 98-year-old says, pointing at top Nazi’s photo on trip to a museum
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Film & TV The heroic WWII rescue story that Netflix’s ‘Transatlantic’ leaves out
The Jewish Labor Committee rescued more than a thousand Jews — so why hasn't anyone heard of them?
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Fast Forward Warsaw Ghetto Uprising’s 80th anniversary remembered with daffodils, 3 presidents and an 11th commandment against ‘indifference’
For the first time, the presidents of Germany, Israel and Poland came together for a ceremony to commemorate the fighters, none of whom are alive today
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Yiddish World My shul is named after a shtetl. Read how one woman survived after the Nazis came in.
The author, a member of Toronto’s First Narayever Synagogue, retells the story she found in the town’s memorial book.
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News Photos: In the middle of Times Square, a Holocaust cattle car
A striking new Holocaust exhibit hopes to raise awareness for antisemitism and all kinds of hatred
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Fast Forward Tens of thousands of Holocaust survivors live in poverty. This foundation wants to help
For some survivors, basic needs like heat and food are hard to come by
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Forwarding the News What we get wrong with Holocaust education, and other stories for Yom Hashoah
Former rabbinical students call out sexism at seminary, Supreme Court to hear religious liberties case, Netflix dating show offers Talmudic lesson & Jake Gyllenhaal wants to be in 'Fiddler' on Broadway.
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Opinion Why we are teaching the Holocaust wrong
'Hate' as a primary cause of the Holocaust is a neat answer, but it flatters us by avoiding complexity
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