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Poland’s Jewish museum director returns, 7 years after being pushed out by nationalist politics
6+ hour, 16+ min ago (495+ 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…...
Boca Raton needs both change and experience | Endorsement
1+ week, 5+ day ago (22+ words) In races for Boca Raton mayor and three city council seats, the Sun Sentinel recommends a mix of experience and fresh eyes....
‘A Survivor’s Song’: Broward County students create music from Holocaust testimonies
1+ week, 5+ day ago (814+ words) As the voices of first-generation Holocaust survivors start to grow quiet, teaching the next generation is more critical than ever. Many descendants have taken on the role of storytelling, but educators still face a challenge: How do you teach the…...
A new boon for Boca Raton? Community is built next to Tri-Rail station
2+ week, 1+ day ago (268+ words) Construction has begun on a mixed-use project rising right next to Boca Raton's Tri-Rail station, starting what could become a string of transit-oriented developments that provide the commuter rail with a financial lift. Link at Boca will have an eight-story…...
A Jewish baby became the face of Nazi Aryan propaganda. Her life story outlasted the lie.
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (260+ words) After winning the competition, Taft's image was displayed on the cover of the Nazi magazine Sonne ins Haus, meaning Sunshine in the House, where she was identified by the family's housekeeper. After being confronted by Taft's parents, Ballin told the…...
82 years after his plane was shot down in China, Jewish WWII pilot Morton Sher is laid to rest at home
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (294+ words) An American Jewish fighter pilot whose plane was shot down in the Chinese theater during World War II was given a proper burial 82 years after his plane went down, according to the United States Department of Defense. The remains of…...
Soon no Pearl Harbor survivors will be alive. People turn to other ways to learn about the bombing
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (857+ words) But today only 12 are still alive " all centenarians " and this year none is able to make the pilgrimage to Hawaii to mark the event, scheduled for Sunday. That means no one attending will have firsthand memories of serving during the…...
Two sisters, two worlds apart: How one survived the Holocaust the other knew nothing about | Commentary
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (587+ words) With antisemitism seeping slowly into our society, my sister Evelyn Grapek, now 97, recently talked about her childhood memories in Berlin, Germany, during the early years that Hitler rose to power. In 1937, she explained to me, she and my parents were…...
German auction house calls off ‘shameless’ sale of concentration camp artifacts
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (499+ words) An auction house in Germany canceled the sale of hundreds of items that belonged to Holocaust victims a day before it was set to take place. The Felzmann auction house planned to offer 623 artifacts, including letters from concentration camps and…...
WWII nurses who dodged bullets and saved lives deserve Congressional honor, lawmakers say
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (1047+ words) By JANIE HAR, Associated Press Some nurses were killed by enemy fire. Others spent years as prisoners of war. Most returned home to quiet lives, receiving little recognition. Darrow sat with patients, even after-hours. One of them had arrived at…...