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Grant Arthur Gochin

Jul 19, 2026, 2:12 AM

The Lithuanian Ratline to Los Angeles

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How Holocaust collaborators remade themselves as anti-Communist refugees, used the Lithuanian émigré community as cover, and walked into the American establishment. Stasys Žakevičius died peacefully in Los Angeles in 1973. Seven years earlier a federal court in the same city...

Isaac Steven Herschkopf

Jul 18, 2026, 8:42 PM

Under His Tallit: Choosing Our Prayers

"One single thought raised to heaven is the most perfect prayer!" Minna von Barnhelm, act 2 - G.E. Lessing (1767) I shared almost nothing in common with my father. He was born at the turn of the 20th-century in Eastern Europe, I...

Amanda Goldstein

Jul 18, 2026, 12:04 PM

A Judaism worth inheriting

The greatest response to Jewish catastrophe is not endless remembrance, but building a vibrant Jewish life that future generations will want to inherit

Grant Arthur Gochin

Jul 17, 2026, 5:56 AM

The Verdict America Never Issued

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In The Kremlin Method, Practiced in Vilnius, I described a Lithuanian state institution that behaves less like a research body than an information-war unit: the conclusion is protected, unwelcome evidence is treated as hostile material, and the person carrying...

Jul 16, 2026, 9:15 AM

Being Falsely Accused of Genocide Is Better Than Being the Victim of One

War is always a human tragedy and the suffering in Gaza has been terrible. Innocent civilians have been killed, families have lost their homes, and many children have suffered. No decent person can witness such horror without feeling deep...

Jul 16, 2026, 5:03 AM

They Stamped Every Neighborhood But Ours

There is a particular loneliness in being counted only when someone is counting victims, and forgotten every other day of the year. This summer, as the World Cup came to New York, the City handed out a “Neighborhood Passport,”...

Grant Arthur Gochin

Jul 16, 2026, 4:53 AM

The Kremlin Method, Practiced in Vilnius

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Lithuania's Genocide Centre defends claims it knows to be false, answers evidence by designating the people who carry it, and has adopted the technique it condemns in Moscow. Lithuania is right about Russia. The Kremlin chooses its conclusion first and...

Jul 15, 2026, 6:24 AM

Let The Doves Fly – How Hadassah is a Lifechanging Moment in My Life

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Think about the dog days of summer. Think about concerts and festivals. Finally, think about Woodstock. That iconic moment in the summer of 1969. What comes to mind? Rain, mud, traffic, crowds, and a galaxy of rock and roll...

Jul 14, 2026, 11:07 AM

Never Again Requires a Plan

There is a sound every Jewish parent knows. It is not the shofar. It is not the clink of kiddush cups. It is not the sound of a child asking why this night is different from all other nights, usually...

Janet Bond Brill

Jul 13, 2026, 6:56 PM

‘To My Beloved Marylka’: A Jewish Child’s Blessing to the Sister Who Saved Her

A hidden child's First Communion card revealed a private message between two Jewish sisters hiding as Catholic girls. The card is small enough to lose. It has been folded, softened, stained by time or water or hands. Its die-cut edges...

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