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Young Ukrainian Jews are torn between fighting for their country — and leaving for...

As world powers work to defuse the military buildup between Ukraine and Russia, Vlodymyr Zeev Vaksman, a Jewish father in Odessa, is focusing on...
Rachel Lieberman

You Should Know … Rachel Lieberman

Rachel Lieberman, 36, feels the warmth of summer year-round through her job at Beth Tfiloh Camps. After receiving a bachelor’s degree in family studies...
Rabbi Joshua Z. Gruenberg

Is a rabbi shortage sweeping the country? Local rabbis weigh in

As if shortages of COVID-19 tests, cream cheese and toilet paper were not enough, is America now being hit with a shortage of rabbis? In...
Cantor Thom King

Yiddish-language concert to debut at Beth El Congregation

“Yiddishe Nightingale,” a Yiddish-language concert, is premiering at Beth El Congregation of Baltimore. And Beth El Cantor Thom King will be one of the...
Anne Frank

Who is Anne Frank in 2022?

By Lisa Traiger More than 75 years after Anne Frank — the best-known victim of Hitler’s murderous master plan to exterminate the Jews — perished...
hand holding necklace

‘Every picture is a living witness’

By Fran Kritz The walls of the main lobby of the Jerusalem Theater cultural complex are often a showcase for Israeli artists and photographers —...
Sabina Katz in 1945

Surviving the Holocaust through a child’s eyes

When she was a child, Sabina Katz was in one of the last groups of children to safely leave Danzig, Germany, on a Kindertransport...
Jude Joffre and CW Silverberg eat pizza

Cruising through cuisine with Tripping Kosher

By Leenika Belfield-Martin Imagine munching on some tasty tacos in L.A. on Monday, then chowing down on some Cantonese in Las Vegas on Wednesday. That’s...
Holocaust survivor Alfred Munzer lights a candle at Holocaust commemoration event

How is Holocaust commemoration changing?

Thursday marked the 77th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp, commemorated by the United Nations since 2005 as International Holocaust Remembrance...
Art Spiegelman

Tennessee school board removes ‘Maus,’ iconic Holocaust book, from its curriculum

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By Philissa Cramer A Tennessee school board voted unanimously to remove “Maus,” Art Spiegelman’s graphic memoir about his father’s Holocaust experience, from its curriculum after...