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By Ron Kampeas (JTA) — Abraham Foxman, the longtime leader of the Anti-Defamation League who for decades was the last word in post-Holocaust Jewish fury and forgiveness, has died at 86. Foxman, a child survivor of the Holocaust, could be … Read More
By Rabbi Scott Hoffman Far and away the most confounding part of the Jewish calendar occurred this past week and the previous one. We observed Yom Ha-shoah, the day of Holocaust Remembrance, and marked the greatest tragedy in the four-thousand-year history of our people last … Read More
By Andrew Adler Community Editor On the evening of Monday, April 13, Louisville’s Jewish community will mark Yom HaShoah with ceremonies at Congregation Adath Jeshurun. The remembrance will include remarks by Holocaust survivor Ruth Kline, whose family emigrated from Germany … Read More
By Andrew Adler Community Editor Art is a powerful tool that can be used when exploring difficult subject matter in the classroom, representing the human condition and the world in ways that are nuanced and deeply impactful. As a universal … Read More
Jewish community organizations representing the majority of American Jewry welcomed the decision by the National Education Association (NEA) Executive Committee and Board of Directors late Friday to reject a vote by the organization’s Representative Assembly to boycott ADL (Anti-Defamation League) … Read More
By Grace Gilson (JTA) — For decades, the USC Shoah Foundation has amassed testimonies of Holocaust survivors, with the goal of preserving stories before they cannot be told firsthand. Now, with survivors dwindling, the organization founded by Steven Spielberg is … Read More
By Ann Niren Guest Columnist I hope that everyone had a Zissen Pesach! At the Filson, I have been busy preparing new Jewish programming, meeting with many of you in the community, and making crucial connections, including with new donors. … Read More
By Deborah Danan AUSCHWITZ (JTA) — Bellha Haim, who was born in 1938 and fled the Nazis with her family, swore she would never step foot again in Poland. Then, on Oct. 7, Hamas invaded Israel, perpetrating the bloodiest day … Read More
By Andrew Adler Community Editor It is a gray, cheerless winter day. A road stretches in front of you, covered in snow, as are the seemingly endless rows of low-slung buildings clustered on one side. In the near distance there … Read More
By Andrew Lapin (JTA) – “The Zone of Interest” is not like other Holocaust movies. Directed by British Jewish filmmaker Jonathan Glazer, the film initially appears to follow an unexceptional German family in the 1940s and their idyllic lifestyle in … Read More