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Silas Anastacio

Aug 13, 2026, 4:58 AM

Fleeing the Terror: The Story of Ariella Pardo Segre

São Paulo – In 1943, as Nazi persecution intensified in Italy, the Pardo family risked everything to survive. Guided by a smuggler and sheer courage, they crossed the Alps on foot toward Switzerland. Among them was Ariella Pardo Segre,...

Aug 12, 2026, 11:14 PM

‘Have Hope and Believe’ – The Epic Saga of Holocaust Survivor Mike Jacobs

“The Holocaust is a central event in many people’s lives, but it also has become a metaphor for our century. There cannot be an end to speaking and writing about it.”- Aharon Appelfeld Mike Jacobs – Shoah survivor and resolute...

Aug 12, 2026, 8:42 PM

The Nazi Drag Queen

“Did you hear about the Nazi drag queen?” a friend asked me a few days after Cincinnati Pride. For the past year, I have written about antisemitism and anti-Zionism in Cincinnati because I grew tired of the silence. Since October...

Ibrahim Mukherjee

Aug 12, 2026, 11:04 AM

(Hosny Salah from Pexels.com)

The Tongue A child’s hand reaches through the rubble. We know nothing about the child. No nationality. No religion. No politics. Can I play with my toys? No. Can I go to school? No. Can I have ice cream? No. Can I watch the birds cross the sky? No. Can...

Mihran Kalaydjian

Aug 12, 2026, 10:00 AM

The West Bank Map That Was Never Supposed to Last

More than 30 years after Oslo, Israelis and Palestinians are still living inside a map that was supposed to disappear. Open almost any political map of the West Bank and three letters dominate the landscape: A, B and C. They...

Aug 12, 2026, 4:37 AM

Emma Mogilensky’s Shoah Found testimony about babies left on the Kindertransport

Testimony is one of the most important resources we have for learning about the Kindertransport. In this blog I want to argue that seeing testimony in relation to newly discovered archival material enhances our understanding of testimony and at...

Grant Arthur Gochin

Aug 11, 2026, 7:17 PM

Certain Jews: Lithuania’s Own Words

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A criminal hearing is set for August 26, 2026. Lithuania is prosecuting a Jewish citizen over Facebook speech while the state historical institution now assigned to review Holocaust exhibitions still has an unanswered Facebook record of its own. A Vilnius...

Janet Bond Brill

Aug 11, 2026, 6:24 AM

I Found My Husband’s Grandfather in the Holocaust Archives. I Was Wrong.

What one mistaken identification taught me about documents, survivor testimony, and the limits of the historical record

Aug 11, 2026, 6:07 AM

Unholy Vows: The Wolf in a Bishop’s Robe

In March 1971, readers of the United Israel Bulletin were confronted by a headline that left little room for ambiguity: “War Criminal Remains a Free Man in U.S.” Its editor, veteran United Nations correspondent David Horowitz, opened with an accusation...

Aug 10, 2026, 6:07 PM

Hungary’s Jews Need More Than a Pro-Israel President

Hungary is about to elect a new president, and this time the choice is not Viktor Orbán’s. Péter Magyar’s Tisza party, which won a landslide election in April and holds a constitutional majority in parliament, has nominated András Baka,...

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