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Film & TV No, Jonathan Glazer did not ‘refute his Jewishness’
The ‘Zone of Interest’ director’s words have been taken out of context
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Fast Forward Pro-Palestinian protesters target Dutch Holocaust museum opening ceremony attended by Israeli president
Amnesty International activists installed “detour” signs directing Israel's president, who spoke at the opening, to the International Court of Justice.
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Fast Forward At Oscars, ‘Zone of Interest’ director calls out ‘Jewishness and the Holocaust being hijacked’ by Israel
Stars wear ceasefire pins; film about Mariupol massacre wins Best Documentary
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Fast Forward Dutch tram company that carried Anne Frank to her doom sought compensation for their trouble, new research shows
Newly discovered documents prove the GVB company was working directly for the Nazis and that it tried to recover its costs even after the war’s end
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Film & TV A ‘new look’ at the Holocaust through fashion recycles old excuses for Nazi collaborators
'The New Look' is a show about World War II, told through Coco Chanel and Christian Dior
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Culture A mural of the Simpsons as Holocaust victims should be offensive. It’s actually a stroke of genius
Muralist aleXsandro Palombo's use of ubiquitous cartoon characters startles viewers out of preconceived notions about the Holocaust
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Culture How Isaac Bashevis Singer’s translator edits without editing
David Stromberg, the Yiddishist behind a new collection of the Nobel Prize winner's essays for the Forward, talks about the challenges of bringing his work to a modern audience
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Fast Forward Ben Stern, Holocaust survivor who stood up to neo-Nazis in Skokie, dies at 102
The survivor of two death marches often signed his name with 129592, the concentration camp number tattooed on his arm
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