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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Fast Forward In a shift, Latvia and Lithuania are paying Holocaust survivors and heirs for their stolen property
The Lithuania program is open to applications only until Dec. 31
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News That 98-year-old man on drums at the White House Hanukkah party? A Holocaust survivor fulfilling a dream
President Joe Biden has a history of elevating Holocaust survivors
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Books The best Jewish books of 2023
Grab one (or several) of these new classics before the new year
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Film & TV ‘Schindler’s List’ is darker — and braver — than you may remember
The film, Schindler’s List, marking its 30th anniversary, has been unjustly dismissed by scholars
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Fast Forward Guy Stern, WWII ‘Ritchie Boy’ who became renowned Holocaust scholar, dies at 101
As a refugee-turned-intellignce operative, Stern grilled Germans in their native tongue
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Books In the Warsaw ghetto, where disease, cold weather and violence all exerted heavy tolls
Lauren Grodstein's 'We Must Not Think of Ourselves' focuses on glimmers of hope amid overwhelming catastrophe
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Fast Forward Barbra Streisand, Billy Crystal, Jamie Lee Curtis and more headline Claims Conference Hanukkah event for Holocaust survivors
“This year has more significance than others, perhaps, because the seeds of antisemitism are growing around us once again,” said Billy Crystal
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Culture ‘Life is Beautiful’ hit US theaters 25 years ago. The film’s Holocaust humor raised issues that linger today.
Robert Benigni’s Oscar-winning comedy, set in a concentration camp, was polarizing from the get-go
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Opinion Mamdani has made ample efforts for Jews. How come no one is telling that story?
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News Nearly half of young U.S. Jews want to replace Israel with binational state, poll finds
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Film & TV Woody Allen’s biggest fans were easy marks for a fake monologue about antisemitism
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Music For Bob Dylan’s 85th birthday, an 85-minute playlist
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Opinion How can I live freely as a Jew in a world where strangers rip my mezuzah off my doorframe?
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Yiddish פּאָדקאַסט: אַ לעבעדיקער שמועס אויף ייִדיש מיט דער אַקטריסע ליאַ קעניג Podcast: A lively conversation in Yiddish with actress Lea Koenig
אינעם שמועס באַטייליקן זיך יניבֿ גאָלדבערג, מיכל יאַשינסקי און חיים וואָלף.
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News AIPAC is funneling pro-Israel money to candidates and covering its tracks