This is the Forward’s coverage of Holocaust survivors.
Survivors
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Looking Forward What I learned at a Holocaust survivors’ Purim party
The undisguised joy of dancing together
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Culture A new exhibit honors writer Lore Segal, a child survivor and lifelong skeptic of easy truths
'And That’s True Too' traces the New Yorker writer’s arc from Kindertransport to Manhattan, where she dazzled with her novels, short stories and children’s books
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Film & TV She thought she knew her mother. Then she learned about the concentration camp
In the documentary ‘My Underground Mother,’ Marisa Fox uncovers her mother’s hidden past as a Holocaust survivor
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News The Holocaust Torah that survived a Mississippi synagogue fire was brought there by the state’s only survivor
Gilbert Metz, the state’s only Holocaust survivor, brought the Torah to Beth Israel decades ago
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Fast Forward NYC principal turns down Holocaust survivor’s talk over his ‘messages around Israel and Palestine’
Sami Steigmann said he would have modified his presentation to avoid discussion of Israel and Zionism
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Fast Forward German government pledges record $1B in funding for Holocaust survivor home care
The sum reflects a recognition that an aging survivor population has growing needs
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Film & TV ‘Eleanor the Great’ is a crowd-pleasing comedy with a queasy Holocaust concept
Scarlett Johansson’s debut as a director leverages a unique tragedy for a universal message
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Fast Forward David Schaecter, Holocaust survivor who founded Miami Beach memorial and led survivors’ advocacy group, dies at 96
Schaecter lost 105 relatives during the Holocaust and spent his life pushing for restitution, Holocaust education and vigilance against antisemitism
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Fast Forward Expelled Oberlin Chabad rabbi says he ‘made a mistake’ with explicit social media chats
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Culture Louis Theroux’s Netflix documentary on the manosphere takes a detour into antisemitism
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News Ben Gurion airport shutdowns leave already disrupted passengers desperate
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Opinion We must rewrite the rulebook for fighting antisemitism — or conspiracists like Joe Kent will win the narrative wars
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Fast Forward Romania’s secret police trailed a Jewish photographer. Decades later, their files have become a film.
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Fast Forward Avraham Burg, longtime fixture of Israeli left, meets Tucker Carlson on his own turf
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Fast Forward King Charles named patron of British Jewish security nonprofit following ambulance attack
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Fast Forward After decades, Iran-linked Manhattan skyscraper yields $318M for terror victims
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