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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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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Over two-days, beginning on Sept. 29, 1941, almost the entire Jewish community of Kyiv was wiped out at a ravine on the outskirts of the city known as Babyn Yar (also referred to as Babi Yar).
The …
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By Judy Lash Balint, JNS
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10/1/20
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Regular readers know that I am a HUGE supporter of President Trump. However, when he’s wrong, good reporting requires the president and his administration get a swift kick in the assets. The …
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By Jeff Dunetz
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2/1/17
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AMSTERDAM — Despite its rustic charms, the dream home that Roxane van Iperen and her partner bought nearly ruined their marriage.
Van Iperen, a 42-year-old novelist, underestimated the …
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By Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA
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1/16/19
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by Michael Salamon
Issue of April 8, 2010/ 24 Nissan 5770
My father is a Holocaust survivor. In some ways I am a typical second-generation person, and in some ways I am very different. Over …
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4/7/10
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As students moved with purpose toward the HAFTR High School auditorium last Thursday, the only light emanated from yahrzeit candles held by students who stood outside …
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By Jeffrey Bessen, Nassau Herald
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5/4/22
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“Five million non-Jews died in the Holocaust.”
It’s a statement that shows up regularly in declarations about the Nazi era. And it was asserted in an article …
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By Ron Kampeas, JTA
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2/1/17
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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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This week’s column presents the foreword to the new edition of Rabbi Hanoch Teller’s classic, “Heroic Children: Untold Stories of the Unconquerable.” During the Three Weeks, …
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By Alan Jay Gerber
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7/3/18
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