The writings of the grandchildren of Holocaust survivors frequently convey not only the pain their grandparents endured but also the reverberations of trauma in their families. If there is a pattern in these books, it is often the desire to restore a narrative interrupted by untold stories and geographical dislocation. Two new memoirs record grandchildren’s…
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Local Voice
Yom HaShoah and the importance of welcoming the stranger
It is difficult to imagine anyone not moved by the scenes of children at our border seeking a safe haven here in America. As I look into their eyes and…
Religion
How a new Holocaust 'seder' is preparing for a post-survivor world
Holocaust remembrance day programs in Jewish communities have stuck to a familiar form for decades, featuring Holocaust survivors sharing their stories…
Local Voice
Yom HaShoah and the strength of our ‘Wonder Women’
The 2017 film “Wonder Woman” opens with a flashback: Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) receives an old black-and-white photograph in which she is posing with her…
Honoring the Survivors
The Holocaust through a child's eyes
Part of an ongoing series on Holocaust survivors and partisans in Northern California When Edith Heine first went to school at age 7, she was terrified of…
Letters
Orthodoxy and medicine; Ethnic studies opinions; etc.
Yep, antisemitism is racism The Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum advisory committee, in coordination with Arab American groups, rejected the latest…
World
Germany funds vaccination drive for Holocaust survivors
The German government is providing $13.5 million to get Holocaust survivors to Covid-19 vaccination locations around the world. The new Holocaust Survivor…
History
I was face to face with evil at the Nuremberg Trials
It happened to me 75 years ago, as World War II ended, but every detail is clear as day. My outfit, the 407th Infantry Regiment, found itself in the…
Editorial
Survivors are fewer and fewer. We can’t forget them now.
Every so often, it’s useful to recall the immortal words of novelist William Faulkner: “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” That insight…