Phyllis Zimbler Miller, at The Blogs

Nov 20, 2022, 4:58 PM

Co-Founder of ‘Mumford & Sons’ Discusses Antisemitism in Music Industry

Have you ever wondered why some musicians and bands announce tours that include Israel and then withdraw from the Israel concert dates? If you listen to the above NEVER AGAIN IS NOW podcast featuring Winston Marshall, co-founder of the...

Nov 2, 2022, 3:43 AM

Commemorating Kristallnacht on Nov. 9 — Why and How?

It may be the 84th anniversary since Kristallnacht on November 9, 1938, in Nazi Germany, yet given the alarming rise of antisemitism right now in 2022, 1938 seems much closer. And this is why I believe, while it is important...

Oct 14, 2022, 5:55 AM

Nazi’s Extermination of Roma Alongside Jews

The October 12, 2022, NEVER AGAIN IS NOW podcast was especially important to me – that of acknowledging the Nazis’ goal to exterminate all the Roma (known as Gypsies at that time) as well as all Jews in Nazi-occupied...

Sep 7, 2022, 9:25 AM

Do You Know What Your Children in US Public Schools Are Being Taught?

At first glance the connection between 1) the above NEVER AGAIN IS NOW podcast with Holocaust commemorative advocate Terry Swartzberg in Germany and 2) education and democracy in the US might not be clear. Read on, though, to learn the...

Sep 5, 2022, 6:33 AM

In Memory of the 1972 Munich Massacre

For me, the moment I heard about the hostage situation at the 1972 Munich Olympics is as indelibly imprinted on my memory as the moment I heard the news about the Twin Towers. In September 1972 my husband Mitch and...

Aug 29, 2022, 9:50 AM

Officially Sanctioned Antisemitism in the U.K. Now and in the U.S. Then

On August 22, 2022, Evelyn Markus and I interviewed on our NEVER AGAIN IS NOW podcast The Right Honorable Joan Ryan, a former Member of Parliament of the U.K. who quit the Labour Party to protest the antisemitic policies...

Aug 22, 2022, 11:36 AM

A Modest Proposal for U.S. State-Mandated Holocaust Education

Some of you may recognize the use of “A Modest Proposal” as a seeming reference to Jonathan Swift’s 1729 satirical essay. Yet in actuality this blog post is about a serious topic that has been put forth by Holocaust...

Aug 13, 2022, 11:43 AM

Remembering the Truth Rather Than Convenient Lies

I am currently reading the nonfiction book AGAINST THE STREAM: GROWING UP WHERE HITLER USED TO LIVE by Anna Elisabeth Rosmus (translated from the German by Imogen von Tannenberg). When I learned about this true story, I had just...

Jul 30, 2022, 12:23 PM

Tikkun Pacov; Jewish WWII Hideouts; Antisemitism Now

The above podcast episode "Holocaust Remembrance Around the World: Czech Republic" is sponsored by the Emil A. and Jenny Fish Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies at Yeshiva University. In this episode podcast producer and moderator Lois Roman speaks with...

Jul 20, 2022, 6:28 AM

Oberammergau Passion Play and “The Sound of Music” Salzburg

In September of 1970 my U.S. Army officer husband and I arrived in Munich to be stationed at McGraw Kaserne at the same time that the nearby every-10-years Oberammergau Passion Play festival was considering whether the production was antisemitic. Ever...

About Me

Phyllis Zimbler Miller is a Los-Angeles based writer who is the co-author of the Jewish holiday book SEASONS FOR CELEBRATION, the founder of the nonfiction Holocaust theater project www.ThinEdgeOfTheWedge.com and the co-host of the NEVER AGAIN IS NOW podcast about antisemitism -- https://b.link/NeverAgainIsNowpodcast

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