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 German Concentration Camps Should Offer Tours In Arabic, Jewish Leader Says
BERLIN (JTA) — Concentration camp memorials in Germany should offer tours in Arabic, Germany’s main Jewish leader urged. Josef Schuster, head of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, told the Welt am Sonntag weekly newspaper that the former concentration camp in Flossenbürg is already considering adding tours in Arabic. “This should be expanded to…
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The Schmooze Sean ‘Even-Hitler-Didn’t-Gas-His-People’ Spicer To Cha-Cha On ‘Dancing With The Stars’
Samba! Jive! Tango! Diminishing the murder of millions in the Holocaust! Former Press Secretary Sean Spicer has signed on to show off his moves on an upcoming season of “Dancing With The Stars” on ABC. Spicer, who served as communications director of the Republican National Committee prior to assuming his post in the Trump administration,…
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Fast Forward Tlaib, Omar Share Image From ‘Holocaust Cartoon Contest’ Finalist
Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib shared a cartoon on social media drawn by a finalist of Iran’s “Holocaust cartoon contest,” The Jerusalem Post reported. Omar and Tlaib posted the cartoon by Brazilian-Lebanese cartoonist Carlos Latuff, who came in second in the contest in 2006, to their Instagram stories over the weekend. It shows President…
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Opinion Iraqi Victims Of The Nazis Deserve Compensation. Why Is Israel Denying Them?
This past week, the government of Israel announced that the history of North African Jews during World War II would be incorporated into the Holocaust curriculum. “For years, the story of Jews living in Muslim countries under the Nazi occupation has been absent from our discourse,” Minister of Education Rafi Peretz said. “The painful stories…
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Fast Forward California Education Board Rejects New Curriculum Accused Of ‘Anti-Jewish’ Bias
(JTA) — Senior education officials in California have expressed disapproval of a proposed ethnic studies curriculum for the state’s schools. The Jewish community is among several minority groups that have protested the draft. As written, the curriculum failed to meet the standard of being “accurate, free of bias, appropriate for all learners in our diverse…
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Fast Forward Holocaust Denier Banned From France For 40 Years
After getting stopped on her way to France, a convicted Holocaust denier learned she is banned from entering the country for 40 years, The Jewish Chronicle reported. Alison Chabloz took to Gab, a social media platform popular among the so-called “alt-right,” to let her online followers know she had been “banned from entering France until…
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Fast Forward Polish Woman Who Saved Jewish Family From Holocaust Dies At 102
(JTA) — Krystyna Danko, one of the oldest and most celebrated non-Jews recognized by Israel for saving Jews from the Holocaust, has died. She was 102. Danko, who became deaf and blind a few years ago, passed away Wednesday in her Warsaw home. She died in her sleep in a hospital bed recently purchased for…
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Fast Forward Florida Health Care Aide Accused Of Stealing Holocaust Survivor’s Life Savings
(JTA) — A home health care aide was arrested for bilking an elderly Jewish couple in the Miami area out of at least $100,000, some of it Holocaust reparations. Odalis Lopez, 56, has worked as a caretaker for Rella Herman, 93, and Leonard Herman, 91, of suburban Pinecrest since 2011, the NBC Miami affiliate reported….
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Film & TV The new ‘Superman’ is being called anti-Israel, but does that make it pro-Palestine?
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Fast Forward Tucker Carlson calls for stripping citizenship from Americans who served in the Israeli army
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Music ‘No matter what, I will always be a Jew.’ Billy Joel opens up about his family’s Holocaust history
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Culture She was my Hebrew school bully — and I finally learned what happened to her
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Fast Forward Cuomo blames Mamdani’s young, Jewish and pro-Palestinian voters for his primary loss
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Fast Forward Elon Musk wants your kids to use his chatbot. The same one that praised Hitler.
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Fast Forward Nation’s largest teachers union rejects move to cut ties with ADL
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Culture In this Holocaust story, there are few words, no swastikas, no yellow stars — just movement, passion and empathy
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