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Breaking News Georges Loinger, Who Saved Jewish Children From Nazis, Dies At 108
(JTA) — Georges Loinger, a member of the French Resistance during World War II who saved hundreds of Jewish children from the Nazis, has died. Loinger died on Friday in Paris at the age of 108, France’s Holocaust Memorial Foundation confirmed on its website. Loinger, who was Jewish but looked Aryan with his blonde hair…
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Fast Forward Jews Are Buying Nazi Memorabilia Sold By Families Of Deceased WWII Vets
The market for Nazi paraphernalia is growing, and Jews make up a surprisingly large portion of buyers, The Washington Post reported. There’s an increase in inventory — as the soldiers grow older, nearing death, their families begin selling the relics of their service. Some Jewish groups insist some of Adolf Hitler’s personal items and other…
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Fast Forward Memorial To Greek Jews Deported By Nazis Covered With Black Spray Paint
(JTA) — A memorial to the Jews of a Greek town who were sent to Auschwitz by the Nazis was vandalized. The Memorial to the Jewish Martyrs of Kastoria, in the northern region of West Macedonia, was covered with black spray-paint on Tuesday, the state-run news agency ANA-MPA reported. “In this place, on March 24…
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News Meet The Lonely Ukranian Jew Fighting His Country’s New Fondness For Nazis
Eduard Dolinsky went online about a year and a half ago and saw an image that shook him to his core. A large crowd, some in Nazi uniforms, was parading in the Ukranian city of L’viv to commemorate the establishment of a militia loyal to Hitler. “Division Galicia – the heroes of Ukraine,” the marchers…
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The Schmooze Sarah Silverman Schools Nazi Prom Boys On How To Make A Good Holocaust Joke
In the darkest moments, in the valley of the shadow of anti-Semitism, in days torn by violence and pain, there is a light, and her name is Sarah Silverman. And she is committed to teaching the world that there is a better way to make jokes about the Holocaust. Reflecting on the surfacing of a…
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Fast Forward Photo Of Hitler With Part-Jewish Girl Auctioned For $11k
(JTA) — A photograph of Adolf Hitler hugging a part-Jewish child and a letter by Albert Einstein predicting the rise of Nazi anti-Semitism fetched five-figure sums at two separate auctions. The picture, dated 1933, shows Rosa Bernile Nienau, whose grandmother was Jewish, being hugged by the Nazi leader outside his home in Bavaria, the sellers…
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Fast Forward Jewish Students Beg High School To Solve Anti-Semitism Problem
Students at a Connecticut high school said they have been harassed because they are Jewish, News 12 Connecticut reported. At a school board meeting Monday night, dozens of Jewish students from Amity Regional High School stood up to express their concern over reports of anti-Semitism. They took to the lectern to share their experiences, using…
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Culture Hitler’s Jewish ‘Sweetheart’ Was A 7-Year Old Girl
Adolf Hitler spent his first birthday as Chancellor of Germany embracing and laughing with a seven-year-old Jewish girl. He called her “sweetheart,” and she called him “Uncle Hitler.” On April 20, 1933 at the Berghof, Hitler’s residence in the Bavarian Alps, the Nazi leader posed for photos with Rosie Bernile Nienau, whose grandmother was Jewish…
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FIRST PERSON As a rabbi, he helped others mourn. So why wouldn’t his daughter say kaddish for him?
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News Analysis Gaza didn’t cost Harris the election. But her approach pointed to a broader problem
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Fast Forward Elissa Slotkin, centrist Jewish Democrat, wins tight Michigan Senate race
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