Meir Dagan: From the shadow of the Holocaust to the top of the Mossad

When news of Meir Dagan’s death broke, Mossad chief Yossi Cohen expressed on behalf of the organization’s employees and its past chiefs deep sorrow at the news of his death and sent condolences to the Dagan family. Dagan, the tenth Mossad chief, was appointed by his close friend Ariel Sharon

New museum honors Poles killed for helping Jews in Holocaust

Jews and Catholics offered prayers Thursday at the graves of Jews hunted by the Nazis and a Polish family killed for trying to save them, a solemn prelude to the opening of a museum honoring Poles who died for offering refuge. Polish President Andrzej Duda was to lead the formal

The Holocaust and Jewish identity

Bernie Sanders is the most successful Jewish candidate for the presidency ever. It’s a rare sign of the health of our republic that no one seems to much care or even notice. Least of all, Sanders himself. Which prompted Anderson Cooper in a recent Democratic debate to ask Sanders whether

Holocaust film reveals the pain of bringing autobiography to screen

Every family has secrets, but some cry out to be revealed to the world. That’s what San Francisco cinematographer Eli Adler learned when — well into middle age — he began exploring his father’s Holocaust past. As a child growing up in Skokie, Adler knew little about what his father

Pope Francis Schedules Auschwitz Visit for July

The pope will visit the former Nazi death camp as part of a five-day trip to Poland to mark the Catholic Church’s World Youth Day. Pope Francis will visit Auschwitz during a trip to Poland in late July. According to a schedule released over the weekend, the pontiff will visit

POEM: Dancing in Auschwitz by Eva Schottenstein, 2016

We are revenge, incarnate Destined to walk, to listen, to remember, to pass on We are revenge incarnate We march, hands intertwined with those of strangers along with brothers Fingers braided tight as bread, seamlessly converting visitors into natives Heads held high, along with fists, along with flags Chanting, stamping,

Assemblyman Cymbrowitz Announces Holocaust Memorial Creative Arts Contest

Last week, Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz (D-Brooklyn) invited students in grades three through 12 to participate in his 2016 Holocaust Memorial Creative Arts Contest. According to a press release, the annual contest provides students with an opportunity to “reflect on the Holocaust, examine how its lessons continue to impact our lives,

Museum Honors Poles Who Saved Jews During The Holocaust

Seventy-two years ago, the Holocaust banged on the door of the Ulma family, knocked it down, dragged them all away and ended the lives of 16 people. Eight Polish Jews and eight ethnic Poles died in March 1944 – members of the Diner, Grunfeld and Goldman families, along with Jozef

SET Architects installs towering steel Holocaust memorial in a Bologna square

The space at the heart of this rusting steel memorial narrows to a width of just 80 centimetres, designed to make visitors empathise with the “feeling of oppression” experienced by Holocaust victims (+ slideshow). Designed by Rome-based office SET Architects, the Bologna Shoah Memorial is located on a city square in Bologna, Italy, close to the

Cyprus unveils holocaust monument (PICTURES)

Cyprus and Israel’s defence ministers unveiled a monument on Wednesday, honouring children of Holocaust survivors whose passage to Israel went through the island more than half a century ago. Israeli minister Moshe Ya’alon arrived in the morning in what was a historic first official visit by an Israeli Minister of