FINDING HIS ROOTS: Bernie Sanders chokes up when he learns about relative who died defying the Nazis
In the upcoming season premiere of the PBS series “Finding Your Roots,” Bernie Sanders does more than look at a printout of his family tree: He gets emotional when he discovers a relative …
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By Gabe Friedman, JTA
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9/29/17
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In a bid to preserve interest in the Holocaust by future generations, the Basel-based Anne Frank Foundation is about to publish the first authorized comic book based on the …
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By Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA
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9/13/17
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A century ago, on Aug. 18, 1917, a massive fire roared through the Mediterranean port city of Salonica, Greece, then home to the largest and most dynamic Ladino-speaking Sephardi …
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By Devin E. Naar, JTA
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8/30/17
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Curious George — that curious little monkey — is beloved by millions of readers around the world. His adventures with the Man With the Yellow Hat impart important life lessons amidst …
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By Gabe Friedman, JTA
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8/18/17
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Nostalgia for Jews is a well-documented phenomenon in Eastern Europe, with cultural and even substantial commercial aspects.
In Ukraine, so-called Jewish-themed restaurants compete for tourists, …
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By Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA
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8/17/17
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Renting a house in the Italian countryside and eating loads of pasta is about as blissful a vacation as they come. For the three Anati brothers — who did just that in 2013 — such a trip …
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By Gabe Friedman, JTA
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7/26/17
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PARIS — It wasn’t the first time that a French president acknowledged his nation’s Holocaust-era guilt, but Emmanuel Macron’s speech on July 16 was nonetheless groundbreaking …
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By Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA
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7/26/17
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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 …
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By Celia Weintrob
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7/19/17
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As the generation that bore witness to the Shoah is dying, Project Witness will host a three-day holocaust education conference next week on topic of “Transmitting Memory: Commemorating …
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By Zachary Schechter
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7/19/17
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Last March, The Jewish Star reported on the 70th wedding anniversary of Woodmere residents and Shoah survivors Bonnie and Jack Rybsztajn. On the occasion of Jack Rybsztajn’s 93rd birthday on …
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By Celia Weintrob
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7/12/17
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