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Holocaust Museum acquires rare Captain America comic
2+ hour, 46+ min ago (257+ words) The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has acquired an original copy of Captain America Comics No 1, one of the most iconic comic books in American history, it said in an announcement on Tuesday. Published in December 1940, nearly a year before…...
Poland’s Jewish museum director returns
5+ day, 7+ hour ago (564+ words) The first director of Poland's leading Jewish museum, squeezed out seven years ago by a nationalist government, is returning to the helm in a symbolic reversal. Dariusz Stola steered the Polin Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw…...
Polish far-right threatens Jewish documentary with ban
6+ day, 22+ hour ago (775+ words) A documentary about the murder of five Jews in a Polish town is being threatened with a ban in Poland - not because they were killed in the Holocaust, but because they weren't. The Jews at the heart of Among Neighbors,…...
US soldier who saved Jews in WWII to receive Medal of Honor
1+ week, 1+ day ago (428+ words) An American soldier who is credited with saving the lives of 200 Jewish comrades in a prisoner of war camp in Germany during World War II will receive the US military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor. The award to Roddie…...
‘A Pale View of Hills,’ a drama of post-war Japan
3+ week, 5+ day ago (665+ words) For those who love Japanese cinema, Kei Ishikawa's A Pale View of Hills, which just opened in theaters around Israel " coincidentally while the Aki-no Japanese film festival is running at the Jerusalem Cinematheque " sounds like a treat. It's an adaptation…...
Wilbur J. Cohen Building murals face demolition risk
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (482+ words) A federal building in Washington, DC, known for its murals crafted by important Jewish artists, is at risk of demolition. Now, activists are calling on New York City's Jewish Museum for support to prevent the sale - and possible destruction - of…...
Otto Busse: A rare Nazi who chose to save Jews
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1788+ words) After publishing two books in 2023 and 2024 for young readers in our "Upstander Stories'Brave People Who Saved Jews During the Holocaust" series, my granddaughter Lilly (illustrator) and I (author) began looking for another powerful story for a third book. The goal…...
Eulogizing a friend and IDF hero Josh Boone
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1155+ words) I was 20 years old when I first met Josh Boone. I was a small, relatively quiet kid, fresh out of my second year in an American yeshiva in Jerusalem, trying to join an IDF combat unit. My yeshiva wasn't known…...
This Jewish artist fought Nazis with a paintbrush, when art like his still mattered
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (642+ words) I remember being freaked out and fascinated by my parents" copy of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales. It featured these especially lurid illustrations; I can still see a little girl in a red coat, trapped in a spider"s web…...
Review: The Traitors Circle by Jonathan Freedland
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (49+ words) Review: The Traitors Circle by Jonathan Freedland'The Jerusalem Post A spy thriller that asks: Would you have defied the Nazis? A spy-thriller true story of the Solf Circle " elite Germans who defied Hitler, rescued Jews, and paid dearly after betrayal…...