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Holocaust survivors

Posted inOff the Shelf

New books: Grandkids of Holocaust survivors grapple with trauma and silence

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman April 7, 2021June 9, 2021
Three partisans in the Vilna ghetto, from left: Rozka Korczak, Abba Kovner and Vitka Kempner.
Posted inLocal Voice

Yom HaShoah and the strength of our ‘Wonder Women’ 

by Yedida Kanfer April 6, 2021April 6, 2021
Lori, a Holocaust survivor from the JFCS Holocaust Center speakers' bureau, addresses students in March 2019. (Photo/Trish Tunney)
Posted inEditorial

Holocaust survivors are fewer and fewer. Many live in poverty. We can’t forget them now.

by J. Editorial Board March 4, 2021March 5, 2021
Posted inSeniors

South Bay orgs raise money for impoverished Holocaust survivors

by Gabriel Greschler February 22, 2021February 23, 2021
Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch, seen delivering remarks in 2017, asked why descendants of German Jews should be forced to seek remedies in Germany in the first place. (Photo/JTA-Chip Somodevilla-Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Trump administration wants Holocaust restitution cases heard outside US. The Supreme Court seems skeptical.

by Ron Kampeas and JTA December 8, 2020December 8, 2020
Esther Cohen is flanked by her husband Samuel (left) and German President Joachim Gauck in Ioannina, Greece, March 7, 2014. (Photo/JTA-Wolfgang Kumm-picture alliance via Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

6 of Europe’s most prominent Holocaust survivors have died over the past month

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA December 3, 2020December 3, 2020
Effi Eitam at the Jerusalem Supreme Court during a hearing on searching for oil in the Golan Heights, Dec. 23, 2014. (Photo/JTA-Flash90)
Posted inIsrael

The political fight over who will lead Yad Vashem, Israel’s Holocaust museum

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA November 16, 2020
Gisa Oloff, 91, at home in Palo Alto. (Photo/Gabriel Greschler)
Posted inHonoring the Survivors

‘Everybody has a story’: A Nazi annexation, an escape through Europe, and survival

by Gabriel Greschler April 28, 2020
Production of USC Shoah Foundation's "Dimensions in Testimony" program, which makes holograms of Holocaust survivors' testimonies. (Courtesy USC Shoah Foundation)
Posted inPhilanthropy

S.F.-based Koret Foundation gives $10 million to Shoah Foundation

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman January 30, 2020February 6, 2020
Santa Rosa Junior College counselor Rhonda Findling with Apolinar Vega, a formerly incarcerated student Findling has helped through the Second Chance program. (Courtesy Second Chance)
Posted inTalking With ..., Jewish Life

Q&A: Child of survivors helps people transition from prison into college

Alix Wall by Alix Wall January 29, 2020February 4, 2020

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