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Film & TV Why movies are tackling a real pain: memory and Holocaust tourism
The films ‘Treasure,’ ‘Delegation’ and ‘A Real Pain’ use tours of Poland as a backdrop for character studies
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Culture How Quincy Jones scored with the gritty story of a Harlem Holocaust survivor
Jones' 1964 score for 'The Pawnbroker' became an instant classic
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Fast Forward A Holocaust exhibit — and Jewish staffer — are involved in a controversy over the National Archives
A Wall Street Journal story alleges the agency’s leadership is de-emphasizing difficult historical topics
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Politics Holocaust survivor condemns Harris labeling Trump a ‘fascist’
‘For her to accuse President Trump of being like Hitler is the worst thing I've ever heard in my 75 years of living in the United States,’ said Jerry Wartski
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Theater “How can neighbors turn on neighbors?” Descendants of a 1941 pogrom debate the answer
"Our Class," produced by the Classic Stage Company, tells the story of a true and timely Holocaust-era atrocity
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Opinion My mother survived the Holocaust — only to have antisemitism land on her doorstep here.
In Somerville, Massachusetts, our "Stand With Israel" sign was attacked from the right and left
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Fast Forward Yehuda Bauer, preeminent historian of the Holocaust, dies at 98
'The entire field of Holocaust education, remembrance, and research is part of Yehuda’s legacy'
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Fast Forward German town’s memorial stones for Nazi victims are stolen on Oct. 7 anniversary
Stolpersteine, or stumbling stones, have been placed across Europe to pay tribute to Jews murdered during the Holocaust
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Fast Forward Their Pacific Palisades synagogue is standing, but all three rabbis lost their homes
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Opinion Why is Netanyahu poised to OK a ceasefire that’s favorable to Hamas? One word: Trump
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News Scoop: Heritage Foundation plans to ‘identify and target’ Wikipedia editors
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Opinion What a remarkable Torah rescued from Iran — then LA’s fire — can teach about community amid devastation
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Looking Forward How a new ketubah helped one couple restart after the LA fire
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Fast Forward Biden team resolves its final Title VI antisemitism and anti-Arab cases
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Fast Forward These are the hostages to be released (and left behind) in the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal’s first phase
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Music Bob Dylan joins TikTok — just in time for TikTok to be banned
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