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The Schmooze Gene Simmons Gives Pentagon Briefing: ‘America Is The Promised Land For Everybody’
Gene Simmons for White House Communications Director? Simmons, lead singer of the legendary rock band KISS, visited the White House on Thursday, USA Today reported. In a video posted to Twitter by CBS reporter Katiana Krawchenko, the star can be seen walking down the driveway with his wife, Shannon Tweed-Simmons, escorted by security. Simmons’ visit…
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Breaking News Tlaib, Under Fire for Holocaust Remarks, Hits Back at ‘Vile Attacks’
Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib shot back at critics who slammed her for her description of the Palestinians’ relationship to the Holocaust, tweeting Sunday that “policing my words, twisting [and] turning them to ignite vile attacks on me will not work.” Tlaib had originally said she “loves the fact” that her “Palestinian ancestors” were part of an…
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Fast Forward Auschwitz-Patterned Skirts Removed From Online Store After Complaints
An e-commerce site was forced to stop selling miniskirts, tote bags and other merchandise printed with photos of the Auschwitz concentration camp, the Associated Press reported. Australian online shop Redbubble carried items with black-and-white images of the Nazi death camp, its gas chambers and the railway tracks leading into it. A skirt in the collection…
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Fast Forward Holocaust Remembrance Day Interrupted By White Supremacists In Arkansas City
A Holocaust Remembrance Day event in a small Arkansas city was interrupted by a group of white supremacists, a local news station reported. About 8-12 men walked by the Holocaust Remembrance event carrying swastika flags, a white cross and posters with anti-Semitic slogans. “It made me feel terrible, it made me feel terrible for my…
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The Schmooze Auschwitz Mini Skirts, Throw Pillows, To Be Removed From Online Store
Everything is so commercial these days — even images of a Nazi death camp. The Auschwitz Memorial and Museum rebuked the online marketplace Redbubble on Tuesday, stating that using images of the concentration camp on vanity items isn’t appropriate. The museum’s account included screenshots of products being sold on the site by three different users…
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The Schmooze Austrian Memory Of The Holocaust Is Fading — And Fear Of A Repeat Remains
How do you solve a problem like Austrians — whose country largely supported merging with Hitler’s Germany — forgetting the facts of the Holocaust? Most of us can name at least a few of Fraulein Maria’s favorite things (silver white ponies, crisp apple strudels, and so on). Fewer can define the word “Anschluss” — the…
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Fast Forward Instagram For 13-Year-Old Holocaust Victim Aims To Reach Younger Generation
A new Instagram account is dedicated to educating younger generations about the Holocaust, the Associated Press reported. Eva. Stories is based on the journal of real 13-year-old Jewish victim Eva Heyman, one of the 6 million Jews who perished in the Holocaust. Mati Kochavi, an Israeli high-tech billionaire and descendent of victims, survivors and educators,…
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Life Growing Up With Mengele
Joseph Mengele has always loomed large in my family. His name is often evoked at the family dinner table or on a Shabbat afternoon when we gather in my grandparents’ living room. No one wants him there — yet somehow he surfaces all the same. Childhood sleepovers at my grandparents’ home evolved similar traits. To…
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