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Forverts in English New film about postwar shtetls in the former USSR is now streaming
The film "Shtetlers" reveals the Jewish culture that Jews and non-Jews shared in these towns.
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Fast Forward McCarthy defends Greene’s appointment to COVID-19 panel despite past Nazi analogy
‘People can have all the questions they want,’ House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said on ‘Face the Nation’
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Opinion ‘Live without fear’: Doug Emhoff opens up about his Jewishness as he visits his ancestors’ Polish hometown
In an interview, second gentleman regrets not speaking up when witnessing antisemitism in his own past
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Fast Forward George Santos got up in Congress to talk about Holocaust Remembrance Day
But the congressman didn't mention his grandparents, who he has falsely claimed were Holocaust survivors
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Fast Forward Bipartisan HEAL Act would study state of Holocaust education in public schools
Several representatives pointed to shocking stats on Holocaust awareness, antisemitic crime while announcing the bill
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Fast Forward ‘A Holocaust Memorial Day Macy’s sale’: Jewish faculty boycott James Madison University Holocaust event
Two dozen current and past Jewish James Madison faculty and staff sent a letter to the university president to inform him of the boycott
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Fast Forward Santos posted offensive remark about the Holocaust and made jokes about Jewish stereotypes, according to new report
'He'd always say that it was okay for him to make those jokes because he was Jewish,’ Santos’ former roommate said
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Opinion On this Holocaust Remembrance Day, remember the non-Jewish Holocaust victims too
Recognizing other groups persecuted by the Nazis does not diminish Jewish persecution, but gives necessary context
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Fast Forward Sitcom star encourages non-Jews like her to hang mezuzahs on their homes
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Opinion A maelstrom around Rashida Tlaib shows how broken discourse about the war has become
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Fast Forward Israel kills Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah
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Culture On Jimmy Carter’s 100th birthday, assessing the 39th president’s record on the Jews
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Opinion With killing of Hezbollah’s chief, Israel occupies the inarguable moral high ground
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