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He saved dozens of kids in Auschwitz " he kept it a secret for nearly the rest of his life
6+ hour, 23+ min ago (395+ words) By Olivia Haynie April 12, 2026 When she heard these stories for the first time, Richter told me, she was not surprised her father had put such an emphasis on education, even in the camps. "My father taught me since I was…...
The Nazis didn't care that Paul Klee wasn't Jewish
3+ week, 3+ day ago (368+ words) Around the Fish (Um den Fisch), 1926. Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund. Courtesy of The Jewish Museum By Mira Fox March 19, 2026 What he is not particularly known for is his political statements. But a new exhibit, Paul Klee: Other Possible Worlds, opening…...
An astonishing history of wartime Berlin that reads like a thriller
3+ week, 5+ day ago (341+ words) By Julia M. Klein March 17, 2026 Stay Alive: Berlin, 1939-1945 Ian Buruma Penguin Press, 400 pages, $35 World War II Berlin had its share of fanatical Nazis, along with a handful of courageous resisters. But it is the people navigating between these two moral poles…...
His family was forced to sell their precious Pissarro painting before fleeing Nazi Germany; will he finally see justice?
4+ week, 7+ hour ago (643+ words) It has been more than four years since I first reported on the looted art case regarding the Camille Pissarro painting, "Rue Saint-Honor, Apres Midi, Effet de Pluie," in The Forward. The painting is part of a series the Jewish…...
In the work of 21 artists, 49 different ways to be Jewish
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (809+ words) From left: Ben-Zion's "Moses Looking Down to the Promised Land' and Adam Muszka's "Sabbath Meal.' Both are on display at the Derfner Judaica Museum's "Envisioning the Sacred' exhibit. Courtesy of Derfner Judaica Museum + Art CDerfner Judaica Museum + Art Collection. Gift…...
US soldier who protected Jews in POW camp during WWII to be awarded Medal of Honor
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (391+ words) Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds is being awarded a Medal of Honor in 2026 for his bravery in protecting Jewish troops in World War II. (Courtesy Yad Vashem) Courtesy of Yad Vashem (JTA) " An American soldier who is credited with saving the lives…...
Rembrandt has been hailed for his love of the Jewish people " was it all a myth?
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (579+ words) By Noah Hirsch-Rechter February 19, 2026 In a preface to the 1932 Hebrew edition of the painter Leonid Pasternak's study of Rembrandt, Russian-Jewish poet Hayim Nahman Bialik observed that although the Dutch artist was not Jewish, we "must consider him as "a Jew…...
Confronting art and love as the Nazis close in
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (381+ words) By Nahma Sandrow February 19, 2026 The New York theater world has been enriched" in recent years" by small companies of artists who are Russian-born and work from a Russian sensibility, though often in the English language. In an interview, Roman Freud,…...
Art by women portraying their experiences under the Nazis
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As the last generation of Holocaust survivors die, is AI the future of Holocaust education?
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (1067+ words) By Hannah Feuer February 16, 2026 At a Brooklyn synagogue on a recent Monday afternoon, a video of Holocaust survivor Sonia Warshawski played on a two-foot-tall box. Seated in a leopard-print chair, her hands folded in her lap, Warshawski blinked and nodded…...