When I was a sophomore in high school, I remember overhearing a peer’s comment in history class as we were about to begin studying the Holocaust. This individual asked their friend what the event was, and it was clear that neither had been taught about the Holocaust before. As a 15 year old, I couldn’t…
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Opinion
Banning critical race theory will gut the teaching of Jewish history
Anyone teaching the past by skipping over the unpleasant parts isn’t teaching history. They are engaged in propaganda. Jewish tradition understands this:…
Education
Critical race theory meets Holocaust education in Louisiana
At first, Danny Mintz was excited to learn that lawmakers in his state, Louisiana, were considering mandating Holocaust education in public schools. A…
Profile
Bay Area survivor ‘speechless’ after learning how she was saved
This article was originally published in London’s Jewish Chronicle, and is reprinted with permission. A Holocaust survivor whose desperate mother placed…
Bay Area
Jew from former Soviet Union ‘compelled’ to advocate for Uyghurs
How does a Jewish emigré from the former Soviet Union end up in San Francisco advocating for Muslims in China? It makes sense if you’re Lina Lenberg, who…
Film
Former Nazis give their ‘Final Account’ in new documentary
There is a remarkable scene toward the end of the new documentary “Final Account,” a collection of eyewitness testimonies from elderly Germans and…
Education
S.F. Board of Supervisors votes to support Holocaust education bill
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday in support of a state Senate bill that would bolster Holocaust education…
U.S.
10 key conclusions from the new Pew survey of American Jews
Meet America’s Jews: They’re older, more educated, richer and less religious, on average, than the rest of the country. They’re overwhelmingly white,…
U.S.
Oregon Holocaust Memorial hit with antisemitic graffiti
A Holocaust memorial in Portland, Oregon, was defaced with swastikas and antisemitic slurs. Police discovered the vandalism over the May 1 weekend on a…