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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Art Can art help us process the atrocities committed by Hamas on Oct. 7?
In different ways and in different eras, the work of three artists imagines the unimaginable
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Culture Two Holocaust survivors, reunited after 80 years apart, tell their tale in a new short documentary
A Manhattan museum screens “Jack and Sam,” about Polish Jews who met in a labor camp and reconnected in their 90s
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Theater A jam-packed history of wartime Yiddish song leaves you wanting both more and less
The Folksbiene’s ‘Amid Falling Walls’ is a grand showcase that’s often hard to follow
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Yiddish World New musical of Yiddish ghetto songs reminds us why Israel was founded
One great hope expressed by many Jews during the Holocaust was the dream of returning to their ancient homeland
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Culture In New Yorker doc ‘Nina & Irena,’ a director helps his grandmother open up about the Holocaust
Daniel Lombroso sees “Nina & Irena,” his film about his grandmother, as a coda to his 2020 documentary “White Noise”
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Books Mitch Albom enters new Jewish territory with Holocaust novel ‘The Little Liar’
The bestselling author says he felt an "obligation" as a Jewish writer to tell the story
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Fast Forward The Lancet recommends mandatory Holocaust education to improve medical ethics
British medical journal says doctors’ roles in carrying out Nazi atrocities are a cautionary tale for today
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News On 85th anniversary of Kristallnacht, Holocaust survivors say they fear familiar antisemitism
"It just brought back so many memories," one Holocaust survivor said about learning about Hamas' Oct. 7 attack on Israel
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Culture RFK Jr.’s poems to Olivia Nuzzi are peak cringe — so were King Solomon’s
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News DNA test kits spark a surge of online conversions to Judaism in the U.S.
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Opinion What does Mamdani’s response to synagogue protests mean for Jews? No one will like the answer.
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News As young Jews move away from Israel, Jewish leaders are reluctant to change their approach
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