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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Life Impressed by Israel, Not Sold on the Holocaust?
Earlier this month, the Bintel Blog reported that Israeli Arabs were overwhelmingly impressed by the achievements of the State of Israel and keen to continue living here. It’s indicative of the increasingly complex identity of Israeli Arabs that new research out shows that the percentages who are prepared to recognize Israel as a Jewish state…
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Life Joint Ventures: Green Leaf vs. Green Leaf Graduates
You have probably heard the joke about the Jew on a desert island who built two synagogues, so he could attend one and assiduously avoid the other. That’s all the explanation you need as to why there are more than 30 parties running in Israel’s election next Tuesday. Parties here split more regularly then amoeba….
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Life Bishop Williamson in His Own Words
Richard Williamson, who recently had his excommunication from the Catholic Church revoked, denies the reality of the Holocaust. Here are a few of his controversial statements. I think that two to three hundred thousand Jews perished in Nazi concentration camps but none of them by gas chambers. -*Richard Williamson, 2009 interview * A portion of…
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Life Oprah Speaks Out on Holocaust Memoir Hoax
It’s been nearly a month since Berkley Books pulled Herman Rosenblat’s fictionalized Holocaust memoir, “Angel at the Fence.” But only now is the defamed author — whose Nazi-era love story was exposed as a hoax in the New Republic — facing an even more daunting consequence of his actions: Oprah Winfrey’s verdict. Oprah had interviewed…
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Culture Yom HaShoah
Here’s the view from Jerusalem on this somber day, courtesy of Jewlicious. Here is a selection of Yom Hashoah-related news and commentary: — Speaking during a ceremony at Auschwitz, Israeli military chief-of-staff Gabi Ashkenazi says, “We have learned our lesson and we take very seriously the threats of state leaders who call for the destruction…
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Life Tony Judt’s Particularism Problem
First, historian Tony Judt griped that the character of the Israeli state was too Jewish, labeling it the “an anachronism.” Now, he’s complaining that the lens through which we view the Holocaust is too Jewish. He warns that we’re exaggerating the threat posed by contemporary antisemitism, and that in tying “the memory of the Holocaust…
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Film & TV Sneak Peek: The Bielski Brothers on the Silver Screen
Have a look here at the trailer for “Defiance,” Ed Zwick’s take on the story of the Bielski brothers, who organized what is widely considered to have been the largest group of Jewish partisans during World War II. The movie stars Daniel Craig and Liev Schreiber, among others, and is set for release in late…
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Music Yoko Ono’s Lens on the Holocaust
Yoko Ono has decided to donate a pair of eyeglasses to a Liverpool exhibit aimed at raising awareness of the Holocaust, and is also giving £10,000 to aid in the production of the event. According to the Liverpool Echo, several other celebrities, such as Stephen Fry, Ronnie Corbett and Jerry Springer, will be donating glasses…
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