To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp, Rambam Mestiva HS in Lawrence hosted Jewish studies scholar Dr. Rafael Medoff.
The talk by Medoff, whose …
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By Matthew Ferremi, Nassau Herald
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2/4/20
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The new BBC documentary about the question of bombing Auschwitz deserves an award — for creative fiction. Through omissions, distortions, and “re-enactments” of conversations …
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By Raphael Medoff
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1/29/20
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The upcoming 50th anniversary of the passing of Dwight D. Eisenhower has occasioned a number of laudatory essays about the former president and commander of the Allied forces in Europe during …
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By Rafael Medoff
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10/24/19
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A new work, “The Jews Should Keep Quiet,” details the relationship between President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, and the Holocaust. The author is the distinguished Shoah …
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By Alan Jay Gerber
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9/5/19
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In 2008, famed comic book artist Neal Adams and Holocaust historian Rafael Medoff teamed up to create a comic about Dina Babbitt, a Czech Jewish artist forced by the infamous Dr. Josef Mengele to …
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By Josefin Dolsten, JTA
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5/11/18
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Presumably, David Ben-Gurion would have disagreed with John Bolton on a number of issues. But the Israeli founding father likely would have appreciated the incoming national security adviser’s …
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By Rafael Madoff
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3/29/18
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Almost every time David S. Wyman delivered a lecture related to his remarkable book, “The Abandonment of the Jews: America and the Holocaust 1941-1945,” someone …
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By Rafael Medoff
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3/21/18
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On the eve of the anniversary of one of the worst terrorist attacks in Israel’s history, advocates for terror victims are turning up the heat on Palestinian universities that host a group named …
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By Rafael Medoff, JNS
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3/6/18
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Major American Jewish organizations — including the Orthodox Union — are calling for stricter gun-control laws in the wake of the Feb. 14 mass school shooting in Parkland, Fla., that left …
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By Rafael Medoff, JNS
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2/28/18
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Tbe Reform movement has started to retreat from its opposition to the Trump administration’s recognition of Jerusalem as capital.
Following President …
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By Rafael Medoff
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1/3/18
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