This Holocaust survivor Torah is headed for a new home in Petaluma By Eliyahu Kamisher Nov 29, 2021 The community at B’nai Israel Jewish Center in Petaluma has been waiting nearly a year to formally welcome a Czech Torah scroll that’s been on a 271-year journey to the North Bay. Created around 1750 in the town of Rokycany, Czechoslovakia, the Torah was moved to the capital of Prague in 1942, then to London… Read More
Books Stanford alum shares family's story, from Holocaust to basketball fame As a graduate student at Stanford University from 2015 to 2017, Dan Grunfeld paid regular visits to his Romanian-born grandmother, Lily, in Burlingame.… By Andrew Esensten Nov 23, 2021
World On Kristallnacht anniversary, Austria unveils memorial wall The Austrian government inaugurated a $7 million Holocaust memorial monument on the anniversary of the 1938 Kristallnacht pogroms. The “Shoah Wall of… By Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA Nov 9, 2021
Northern California NorCal teacher on leave after Holocaust vaccine comparison A Northern California middle-school teacher has been placed on paid administrative leave after posting a TikTok video comparing Covid-19 testing… By Gabe Stutman Oct 25, 2021
U.S. Texas Jews alarmed by school official's statement on Holocaust Jews in the Texas school district where an administrator told teachers that a new state law meant they should include “opposing” views of the Holocaust in… By Ben Sales, JTA Oct 20, 2021
U.S. Texas official: State law requires teaching ‘opposing’ view on Holocaust Teachers in a Texas school district were told last week that a new state law requiring them to present multiple perspectives about “widely debated and… By Philissa Cramer, JTA Oct 15, 2021
Obituaries Holocaust survivor, ‘Happiest Man on Earth’ dies at 101 Holocaust survivor Eddie Jaku, who published a best-selling memoir last year in Australia at age 100 titled “The Happiest Man on Earth,” died on Tuesday.… By Gabe Friedman, JTA Oct 13, 2021
Education Newsom launches council to boost California Holocaust education California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the formation of a council on Holocaust and genocide education Wednesday at the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles.… By Shira Hanau, JTA Oct 7, 2021
Film He’s seen 400 Holocaust movies, and he might not like your favorites At least 440 narrative films have been made about the Holocaust — and Rich Brownstein has seen just about every single one of them. As a lecturer on… By Andrew Lapin, JTA Oct 4, 2021