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WWII

Baggage belonging to evacuees from the assembly center at Puyallup, Washington, being sorted, 1942. (National Archives)
Posted inFrom the Archives

Jews reacted to Japanese American internment with unease, ambivalence

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 18, 2026February 18, 2026

The year was 1942. People were being rounded up and sent to camps for no reason other than their ethnicity. They weren’t death camps — this was not Europe. They […]

Morton Sher and his fighter plane
Posted inU.S.

82 years after his plane was shot down in China, Jewish WWII pilot is laid to rest

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg December 30, 2025December 30, 2025
Stained glass mural
Posted inOpinion

Germany excels at restoring old synagogues — but can they foster new Jewish life?

A.J. Goldmann by A.J. Goldmann October 22, 2025October 22, 2025
Descendants of a Babyn Yar survivor
Posted inHistory

84th anniversary of Babyn Yar marked by Russian drones, new information

by Theia Chatelle September 30, 2025September 30, 2025
Still from "The Stamp Thief" film
Posted inFilm

SFJFF: In ‘The Stamp Thief,’ an elaborate deception to recover stolen Jewish property

Leslie Katz by Leslie Katz July 15, 2025July 23, 2025
"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
Richard Kluger's new book is "Hamlet's Children."
Posted inBooks

Q&A: Pulitzer-winning Berkeley author’s new novel tells story of Danish Jews in World War II

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten August 4, 2023May 2, 2024
Private First Class Richard Barancik joined the "Monuments Men" in 1945; after the war, he became a prolific architect in Chicago. (Photos/Monuments Men and Women Foundation; Dignity Memorial)
Posted inObituaries

Richard Barancik, last of the ‘Monuments Men’ who recovered art and treasure looted by the Nazis, dies at 98

by Andrew Silow-Carroll July 27, 2023
Paul Canin, a retired architect and World War II veteran, at his floating home in the Berkeley Marina, May 11, 2023. This article was produced in partnership with Berkeleyside, which provided the photos. (Photo/Ximena Natera-Berkeleyside-CatchLight)
Posted inCulture

At 100 and 92, this couple lives in a floating art-filled home on the Berkeley Marina

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten June 2, 2023April 24, 2024
Documents on the pontificate of Pope Pius XII are seen at the Vatican Secret Archives in Vatican City, Feb. 27, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Franco Origlia-Getty Images)
Posted inHistory

The Vatican will release WWII-era ‘Jewish files’ online, including unanswered pleas to the pope

by Andrew Lapin and JTA June 27, 2022June 28, 2022

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