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Fast Forward Germany agrees to record $1.4 billion in annual Holocaust reparations as survivors age
The figure reflected a recognition that, even as the number of Holocaust survivors dwindles with each passing year, the needs of the remaining survivors are increasing as they age
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Books Descendants of Holocaust perpetrators are writing about their history — what can we learn from them?
Writing about their Nazi heritage, journalists Burkhard Bilger, Linda Kinstler and Géraldine Schwarz showcase a new kind of Holocaust testimony
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Yiddish World The loving, complex relationship I had with my mother, a Holocaust survivor
My mother refused to send me to sleepaway camp, no matter how much I wanted it. For her, 'camp' could mean only one thing
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Fast Forward Holocaust survivor reveals decades-old secret: He nabbed Hitler’s henchman
‘I arrested him,’ 98-year-old says, pointing at top Nazi’s photo on trip to a museum
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Fast Forward Tens of thousands of Holocaust survivors live in poverty. This foundation wants to help
For some survivors, basic needs like heat and food are hard to come by
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Opinion How do you teach an incarcerated student with a swastika tattoo?
As the daughter of a Holocaust survivor, one particular student posed my greatest challenge
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Yiddish World VIDEO: My escape from the Warsaw Ghetto
Henryk Robak, a native Yiddish speaker, remembers his time living in the Warsaw ghetto, and how he survived (includes English subtitles)
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Opinion As antisemitic hate crimes rise, I see alarming parallels to my grandmother’s childhood during the Holocaust
Just two generations ago, my family was torn apart
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News How Jewish can you be in a Boca country club? Wrapping tefillin got a family suspended, lawsuit says
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Opinion Mike Huckabee’s stunning, terrifying new gift to the Israeli right
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Opinion Greta Thunberg’s Gaza flotilla was never going to help Palestinians
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Fast Forward 1,500 Birthright participants were stranded in Israel. Now they’re on a cruise to Cypress as as Iran-Israel conflict unfolds
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Yiddish מיר זיצן אין שוץ־צימער (ליד)Sitting in the safe room (poem)
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Fast Forward Maccabiah Games postponed to 2026, as Israel-Iran war disruptions start to pile up
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Fast Forward At an Iranian Jewish hangout, retirees wonder if regime change is in the cards
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