Editorial: Colleyville, ‘Maus,’ Whoopi and the neo-Nazis in Orlando
We couldn’t get out of January without one more publicized kerfuffle over antisemitism. Of course, the main outrage last month ...
Tag: Holocaust
Marvels of Judaism
The Joseph ibn Shoshan Synagogue, Toledo, Spain (ca. 1180), is a “rare and extraordinary example of a five-aisled synagogue,” according ...
Poet Jane Yolen reflects on humanity’s nadir
Reviewed by SHEILA WILENSKY Jane Yolen is a creative and prolific author of more than 400 books. As a former ...
Texas official to teachers: State law requires teaching ‘opposing’ views on the Holocaust
By PHILISSA CRAMER (JTA) — Teachers in a Texas school district were told last week that a new state law ...
Sabina Zimering, Shoah survivor, doctor and educator, dies
By ELANA WARREN / Assistant Editor The Polish girl who narrowly escaped death multiple times during the Shoah went on ...
Editorial: Say Kaddish for George Floyd
It was another eventful month in the Twin Cities. They just keep happening. The news in April was dominated by ...
‘One person can make a difference’
By ADRIAN GLASS-MOORE / Assistant Editor Judith Meisel, a Holocaust survivor and educator whose testimony was read at the recent ...
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey supports reparations for African-Americans, ‘as a Jew’
By PENINA BEEDE (JTA) — Here’s a bit of news that has flown under the radar: Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey ...
He remade his life in America
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR In a 2011 documentary, Sam Rafowitz: Remaking a Life, the eponymous subject comments: “About 15 and a ...
Looking for answers among the remains
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER Persistent and resourceful Esther Safran Foer would have made a fine detective. I Want You to ...
