Wikipedia disciplines editors but sidesteps Polish Holocaust debate By Asaf Elia-Shalev May 23, 2023 (JTA) — Wikipedia has banned three editors from working on articles related to Jewish history in Poland during World War II, in a bid to resolve editing disputes and safeguard its credibility. But the online encyclopedia stopped short of taking more aggressive action in response to allegations of widespread Holocaust distortion on the platform. The… Read More
TV New show hails Anne Frank’s protector — but ignores collaborators 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… By Mira Fox, Forward May 9, 2023
Bay Area Nazi-looted silver cup comes home to Bay Area after 80 years The ornate silver cup Roger Avedon will soon bring home is far more than just a cup. It’s a link to his family’s past in Nazi Germany, a stark and… By Leslie Katz Apr 17, 2023
Bay Area Once just faces, these Holocaust victims now have names For International Holocaust Remembrance Day in January, Silicon Valley resident Daniel Patt was flown to New York City to take part in a taping of “The… By Alix Wall Apr 13, 2023
Bay Area Stanford releases full digital archive of Nuremberg trials The images are haunting, yet familiar. Forced labor gangs building barracks, photographed by Germans. Emaciated victims in concentration camps, filmed by… By Maya Mirsky Apr 11, 2023
Gaming A bestselling novel, a Holocaust game, and accusations of 'uncredited work' In the bestselling 2022 novel “Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow,” a 19-year-old Jewish MIT student creates a provocative computer game for a seminar… By Andrew Esensten Mar 27, 2023
TV & Film Holocaust film 'Remember This' premiered at SFJFF, now on PBS As a Roman Catholic in Warsaw during World War II, Jan Karski could easily have ignored the horrors unfolding behind the walls of the Jewish ghetto.… By Linda Buchwald, JTA Mar 13, 2023
Comics ‘Dilbert’ cartoon creator once questioned the number of Jews killed in the Holocaust Scott Adams, creator of the “Dilbert” comic strip, wrote in a now-deleted blog post from 2006 that he wanted “to know how the Holocaust death total of 6… By Beth Harpaz, Forward Mar 3, 2023
California Meeting kicks off attempt to improve Holocaust education A council formed to address Holocaust and genocide education in California schools convened for the first time last month with its first initiative:… By Lillian Ilsley-Greene Mar 2, 2023