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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Opinion Last Halloween, someone tried to burn down our synagogue
The alleged arsonist was only 18 years old at the time of the fire. How could someone so young be filled with rage?
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Culture Would going to the Holocaust Museum actually cure Kanye’s antisemitism?
The rapper turned down an offer to visit LA's Holocaust museum. Maybe that's for the best.
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Books They fled the hell of Auschwitz, but that was not the only catastrophe they faced
Jonathan Freedland's 'The Escape Artist' recounts an unforgettable story of Holocaust survival
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Opinion What happens when nationalism seeps into Holocaust history? Look to Poland
The ruling party of Poland has pushed a nationalist interpretation of the Holocaust that obscures the full picture
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News Nazi monuments removed amid ongoing Forward investigation
Virginia, Bosnia, Belgium and Australia have renamed streets or taken down statues honoring collaborators
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Culture How much is a photo of persecuted Jews worth — and why would someone want to buy it?
A Holocaust image on eBay is generic to most bidders. Unless one of the men in the picture is your cousin.
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Theater In ‘Leopoldstadt,’ Tom Stoppard shows that there’s a difference between a Jew of culture and a cultural Jew
The playwright’s first reckoning with his Jewish past is too busy with history to engage in emotion
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Art How come you’ve never heard of these Jewish artists?
This exhibition says it’s partly because they’re women
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Opinion A quiet diplomatic shift in the Middle East, with monumental consequences for Israel
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Fast Forward Mississippi fire suspect called the temple a ‘synagogue of Satan’
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News Why protests in Iran seem surprisingly pro-Israel
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News Synagogue arson suspect posted satirical antisemitic cartoon on day of the attack
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