We interrupt this Passover to bring you two news bulletins: Bashar Assad is worse than Hitler. The Soup Nazi was almost a real Nazi. Let’s start with the second revelation, since Sean … more

Adelphi University in Long Island inaugurated its first two-day trip to two museums in Washington to promote empathy and understanding between black and Jewish students. On the first day, the 18 … more

Holocaust commemoration draws hundreds in Lawrence By Sergey Kadinsky Issue of April 16, 2010/ 2 Iyur 5770 Attorney Benjamin Brafman has defended millionaires and murderers. But until Sunday … more

Michael Oren, Israel’s former ambassador to the United States who is now a candidate to head the Jewish Agency, has rightly said that the decline in support for Israel among … more

I freely admit that it may be offensive to even mention that I was traumatized by a moment in “From Where They Stood,” a new Holocaust documentary opening at Film Forum in Manhattan this … more

Rambam Mesivta students rallied on Nov. 10 — the 75th anniversary of Kristallnacht — outside the Jackson Heights home of Jakiw Palij, the last-known Nazi war criminal living in the metropolitan area. The protest took place as Jews around the world commemorated Kristallnacht, known as “The Night of Broken Glass” on Nov. 9–10, 1938, in Germany and portions of Austria, where Jewish businesses, homes and people were damaged and attacked. It is considered the day the Holocaust began. more

Continued from last week’s Jewish Star Tell me about the death march. Our camp was close to the front where the Americans were fighting the Germans. So they took us out and walked us … more

Yet again, those who wanted to learn about “Maus” had to leapfrog obstacles. This time, it wasn’t the limitations … more

Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.” These words, from George Orwell’s famous novel 1984 were often called upon during the Cold War as a … more

At Yad Vashem in Jerusalem on Jan. 23, and at numerous other events commemorating Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 75th anniversary of the liberation … more