Holocaust

Remembering the Holocaust: We Jews are the targets once again

Let the commemorative year be the driving force of an active, proud and strong Jewish community in memory of the martyrs!

By ANDOR GROSZ
07/04/2024

'White Bird': A Holocaust movie saved by Helen Mirren

Were the narrator who tells the story in the framing device anyone other than the incomparable Helen Mirren, White Bird wouldn’t have worked nearly as well as it does. 

151 Jewish creatives sign letter supporting Jonathan Glazer's Oscar speech

The report comes only a few weeks after 1,200 Jewish creatives pinned a letter denouncing Glazer's speech.

06/04/2024

'An affinity for Israel': The ongoing story of Serbo-Israeli relations

Since the modern inception of the idea of Jewish statehood and the birth of Zionism, the Serbs have always proposed the notion that the Jewish people should be their own masters with their own land.

Leading American medical journal faces down its own history of endorsing Nazi race science

“We hope it will enable us to learn from our mistakes and prevent new ones,” wrote authors Joelle M. Abi-Rached and Allan M. Brandt.

By JACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA
04/04/2024
 Anthony Hopkins plays Nicky Winston in 'One Life.'

Anthony Hopkins gives a fine performance in James Hawes’s One Life

One Life is a worthwhile movie, one that may lift your mood now, just a few weeks before Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day, on the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising.

Jewish comedian Lena Dunham discovers her family’s Holocaust story on PBS’ ‘Finding Your Roots’

The PBS series has previously uncovered the Jewish histories of rock star Alanis Morissette, who also discovered her family’s Holocaust history, as well as Pamela Adlon, Dustin Hoffman and others.

By JTA/JACOB GARVIS
29/03/2024

California lawmaker introduces bill helping Holocaust survivors reclaim stolen property

The law would require courts to apply local California law, rather than foreign law, in cases involving art stolen during the Holocaust, even if the art is held abroad.

Germany to integrate Holocaust, Judaism, and Israel in revised citizenship exam

Federal Interior Minister Faeser considers these additional questions to be a positive development in combating antisemitism and racism in Germany.

Nazi Germany

Hulu’s ‘We Were the Lucky Ones’ uncovers a Jewish family’s buried past under the Nazis

“We Were the Lucky Ones” is distinguished from these and other Holocaust dramas by its wide lens.

By SHIRA LI BARTOV/JTA
27/03/2024
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