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3+ hour, 15+ min ago  (1721+ words) Suddenly, a blacked out SUV glides to the kerb without a sound. The door opens. A masked man steps out, presses the cold circle of a pistol against your temple, and says, very quietly but authoritatively, "Wallet. Cards. Keys. Now....

1+ day, 17+ hour ago  (1080+ words) Daniela R. P. Weiner, Stevens Institute of Technology (THE CONVERSATION) In 2025, 48% of Americans ages 18-29 could not name a single concentration or death camp, according to a survey by the nonprofit Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, which works to secure compensation…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (1057+ words) She added, "My grandchildren make the place cards for our guests, help Merissa with the seating and this year will help me make Pharoah's cake from the Rady Schoenberg family, as well as help roll Sephardic haroset into balls." Nathan's…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (992+ words) Last year, after 30 years away from the land of his birth, Alan decided it was time to return. He decided that we would spend Passover in South Africa with his mother's two sisters. My son, daughter-in-law and baby granddaughter were…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (678+ words) Joan Nathan is synonymous with Jewish cooking. The award-winning food writer and cookbook author has written for a range of publications, including The New York Times, hosted her own PBS cooking show and written a dozen cookbooks, including My Life…...

1+ week, 12+ hour ago  (298+ words) Attendees participate in the Mimouna celebration on Thursday, April 9. A typically festive yet intimate Passover gathering transformed itself this year into a grander celebration, bringing participants and elected officials from all over the Bay Area. For close to a decade,…...

4+ hour, 47+ min ago  (911+ words) In the moral vocabulary of our time, few terms carry heavier freight than "antisemitism" and its fashionable modern synonym, "antizionism." Both serve as polite euphemisms for something far more primal and universal: ressentiment-the petty, corrosive, soul-destroying resentment of the weak…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (618+ words) By Arno Rosenfeld February 11, 2026 For years, leaders of the nation's largest Jewish organizations have insisted that the overwhelming majority of Jews " often as high as 95% " are Zionists, powerful evidence that anti-Zionism was a form of antisemitism. But there was a…...

3+ mon, 2+ day ago  (1332+ words) Holocaust survivor Sora Vigorito spoke to a sizable crowd at Cal Poly on Wednesday night, recounting her experience as a young child enduring painful medical experiments at Auschwitz, while sharing a powerful story of how she persisted through intense grief…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (161+ words) californiademocrat. com Holocaust survivor shares life story with California eighth graders Jack Wardynski is a news reporter for the California Democrat. He is a resident of Jefferson City and earned his bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Missouri…...