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Anne Frank

Jan, played by Joe Cole, and Miep, played by Bel Powley, embrace in "A Small Light." (Photo/Courtesy National Geographic)
Posted inTV & Film

A new Miep Gies show hails Anne Frank’s protector — but ignores the collaborators

Mira Fox by Mira Fox and Forward May 9, 2023

Anne Frank’s diary is famous for documenting life in hiding during the Holocaust. Since being published, the book has made millions of people familiar with the trials of the Secret […]

The two Annes go head to head. (Photo/Forward-Courtesy Adi Eshman)
Posted inFilm

SFJFF: What happens if a Black non-Jewish woman plays Anne Frank?

Mira Fox by Mira Fox and Forward June 10, 2022July 25, 2022
A car passes by a Costco store in Seattle. (Photo/JTA-Toby Scott-SOPA Images-LightRocket via Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

Costco promotes controversial Anne Frank book, even as Dutch publisher halts distribution

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA February 10, 2022February 10, 2022
The Anne Frank Center in Columbia, South Carolina, includes two doors illuminated with photos of Anne as a girl. (Photo/RNS-Yonat Shimron)
Posted inU.S.

A new Anne Frank Center aims to reshape racism through Holocaust education

Yonat Shimron by Yonat Shimron and RNS September 20, 2021
Authors Elin Hilderbrand and Casey McQuiston said they would remove respective references to Anne Frank and Israel from their novels after small numbers of social media readers took issue with the passages. (Illustration/Grace Yagel-JTA)
Posted inCulture

Two non-Jewish authors remove ‘Anne Frank’ and ‘Israel’ from their novels after Twitter outcry

by Andrew Lapin and JTA June 22, 2021June 22, 2021
Mirjam Wenzel is the director of the new Jewish Museum of Frankfurt, Aug. 25, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Cnaan Liphshiz)
Posted inWorld

Frankfurt Jewish museum’s $58 million extension reclaims Anne Frank’s forgotten roots in the city

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA August 26, 2020August 26, 2020
a man gets his face up close to a wall to inspect details
Posted inWorld

With no tourists in Amsterdam, locals are discovering the Anne Frank House

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA June 30, 2020
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Posted inPride

As a queer Jew, learning Anne Frank was bisexual is a game-changer

by Yonah Bex Gerber June 12, 2019
Holocaust survivor Irene Butter
Posted inSeniors

Survivor with ties to Anne Frank to speak at S.F. synagogue

Shoshana Hebshi by Shoshana Hebshi February 7, 2019February 10, 2019
Michael Tilson Thomas conducting a rehearsal of the San Francisco Symphony (Photo/Art Streiber-Courtesy S.F. Symphony)
Posted inMusic

Decades later, the return of Michael Tilson Thomas’ orchestral tribute to Anne Frank

Laura Pall by Laura Paull November 8, 2018November 9, 2018

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