The real problem with ‘A Real Pain’ is that it isn’t Jewish enough
Jesse Eisenberg's movie follows a Holocaust tour and the pain of its participants, but seems to forget those things are connected
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Fast Forward Israelis Caught Dancing Naked At Nazi Death Camp
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Two Israeli students were caught on video dancing naked at the Majdanek concentration camp in Poland over the weekend. Workers at the camp made the video and the students were subsequently expelled from their trip by their school, Haaretz reported. It was the latest in a series of incidents involving bad behavior…
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Opinion Finding My Own Truth As Poland Rewrites Holocaust History
In August, Poland’s Cabinet approved a bill that would criminalize using the phrase “Polish death camp” or “Polish concentration camp,” with punishments ranging from fines to imprisonment. It’s one of several recent government reforms that critics have called anti-democratic. The bill also raises questions about Poland’s role in the Holocaust. It echoes the country’s communist-era…
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Breaking News Polish Facebook Post Mocks Majdanek Memorial
Facebook users in Poland slammed a teenager living there for an offensive post directed toward a memorial at Majdanek. The post by the 17-year-old from Ukraine, identified as Wladyslaw, showed him holding up his middle finger in the direction of the Monument to Struggle and Martyrdom at the site of the former Nazi concentration camp….
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Breaking News Shoes of Majdanek Prisoners Stolen From Concentration Camp’s Museum
Eight shoes belonging to prisoners at the former Majdanek concentration camp disappeared from an exhibit at the museum there. The museum on Monday notified police about the theft, which they say likely took place sometime between Nov. 18 and 20. A museum security guard noticed that the wire separating one of the areas holding the…
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Breaking News German Nazi Prosecutors Get Trove of Majdanek Files
Prosecutors in Germany will soon get files on former guards at a Nazi death camp who could still be charged for their role in the Holocaust, the country’s top war-crimes investigator said on Tuesday, although he added that lack of evidence will keep many of the cases from going to trial. “These investigations are largely…
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Breaking News Turkish Tourists Freed After Making Majdanek Nazi Salute
A court in Lublin, Poland, conditionally dismissed charges against two Turkish tourists accused of making a Nazi salute at Majdanek, the former concentration camp, placing them on two years’ probation. The ruling Wednesday regarded Mesut T., 24, and Mehmet A., 21, former students at the Technical University of Lublin. In October, while on a visit…
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Breaking News Majdanek Museum Worker Charged With Hanging Anti-Semitic Posters
An employee of the museum at the former Majdanek Nazi death camp was one of six men charged with incitement to hatred for hanging anti-Semitic posters in Lublin. The men were arrested on Jan. 23. Three were arrested at a Lublin bus stop while hanging a poster reading “Zionists out of Lublin” and “Our streets,…
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