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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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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Opinion How do you teach an incarcerated student with a swastika tattoo?
As the daughter of a Holocaust survivor, one particular student posed my greatest challenge
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Film & TV How a gift for music saved one man from the Nazis
The PBS documentary 'How Saba Kept Singing' tells the affecting tale of Holocaust survivor David Wisnia
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Yiddish World VIDEO: My escape from the Warsaw Ghetto
Henryk Robak, a native Yiddish speaker, remembers his time living in the Warsaw ghetto, and how he survived (includes English subtitles)
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Fast Forward On display at Germany’s embassy in Israel: portraits of Holocaust survivors that seek to reclaim their stories
“The significance of exhibiting on Israel’s Holocaust Memorial Day at the German embassy in sovereign Israel is not lost on me,” said photographer Erez Kaganovitz
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Opinion The real reason for the US war with Iran may have nothing to do with Israel
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Opinion Trump’s Iran dithering puts Israel in an unprecedented position
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Fast Forward AIPAC is targeting candidates who want to condition aid to Israel. Who has crossed its red line?
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Yiddish ווידעאָ: שוועדישע ייִדישיסטן קומען קיין ניו־יאָרק צו פֿאַרזוכן אַן עכטן בייגלVIDEO: Swedish Yiddishists come to NYC to taste an authentic bagel
טאָמאַס וווּדסקי און זײַן ייִדיש־תּלמידה מרים באַקענען זיך מיט אַ ייִדיש־רעדנדיקן טאַקסי־שאָפֿער און אַ יונגן ייִדישן בעקער
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News Jewish Democrats press for oversight as Trump’s Iran war rages on
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