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Holocaust

An old woman speaks into a microphone
Posted inBay Area

Marin teens sit rapt as Holocaust survivor, 94, tells her story

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb October 24, 2024October 24, 2024
The cast and crew of "The Assembly" entering the gates of Auschwitz, Oct. 16, 2022. (SFJFF)
Posted inFilm

S.F. Jewish Film Festival: ‘The Assembly’ sees the Holocaust through young musicians’ eyes

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent July 19, 2024July 22, 2024
Bettina Farack, a research fellow at the Leo Baeck Institute in Jerusalem, speaks about the Library of Lost Books initiative during a launch event in Berlin in November 2023. (Courtesy Weiner Library)
Posted inHistory

Amateur detectives are invited to join search for a lost Jewish library looted by the Nazis

Shira Li Bartov by Shira Li Bartov July 3, 2024July 3, 2024
Lena Dunham and Stephen Fry visit Auschwitz in "Treasure," a 2024 tragicomedy set in the 1990s. (Bleecker Street)
Posted inFilm

Lena Dunham and Stephen Fry take a father-daughter trip to Auschwitz in tragicomedy ‘Treasure’

by Toby Axelrod June 17, 2024June 17, 2024
Maya Lasker-Wallfisch, Kai Höss and Hans-Jurgen Höss visit Auschwitz. (Photo/Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures)
Posted inTV & Film

‘The Commandant’s Shadow’ tells the true Holocaust story behind ‘The Zone of Interest’

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg May 29, 2024
At Pinkas Synagogue in the Czech Republic, the Jews are gone, but their names remain: The walls are lined with names of Holocaust victims. (Photo/Karen Galatz)
Posted inThe Matzo Chronicles

My whirlwind European tour: tulips, inner turmoil and missing Jews

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz May 28, 2024May 28, 2024
Anita Friedman, executive director of Jewish Family and Children’s Services, discusses children's education with Tony Thurmond, California's superintendent of public instruction, at the JCCSF on May 5, 2024, during a Yom HaShoah observance. (Photo/Courtesy JFCS)
Posted inNews

Education is best tool against hate, California schools chief says at Yom HaShoah event

Valerie Demicheva by Valerie Demicheva May 9, 2024May 17, 2024
"Courtyard Terezin" by Malva Schaleck. (Courtesy ORT/Art and the Holocaust)
Posted inCulture

In concentration camps, Jewish artists painted in secret, hid their work and traded art for food

Beth Harpaz by Beth Harpaz May 7, 2024May 7, 2024
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's Annual Days of Remembrance ceremony at the U.S. Capitol, May 7, 2024. (Photo/JTA-Anna Moneymaker-Getty Images)
Posted inNews

‘You are not alone’: Biden in Holocaust remembrance speech vows to fight Oct. 7 denialism

by Ron Kampeas May 7, 2024May 7, 2024
A visitor places a stone at the Holocaust memorial at San Francisco’s Legion of Honor. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inHolidays

Where to observe Yom HaShoah around the Bay Area in 2024

by J. Staff May 1, 2024May 3, 2024

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