Sacred Heresy
January 23, 2025
Menachem Z. Rosensaft, Burning Psalms: Confronting Adonai after Auschwitz (Teneck, NJ: Ben Yehuda Press, 2025).
Michael Berenbaum
Michael Berenbaum is director of the Sigi Ziering Institute and a professor of Jewish Studies at American Jewish University.
Jimmy Carter 1924-2024: An Appreciation
January 2, 2025
Jews have a particular memory of the Carter years. But our recollections may be at odds with the evidence.
One Day in October
December 5, 2024
We are all post-October 7th Jews, none more so than our Israeli brethren who have lived and breathed the pogrom, the war, and the hostage crisis for the past 15 months.
Thoughts on Kristallnacht in a Post-October 7th World
November 5, 2024
In 2024, what are the implications of remembering the November 1938 pogroms in the post-Oct. 7 world?
A Great Opportunity for the Simon Wiesenthal Center
October 9, 2024
The retirement of famed Nazi hunter Efraim Zuroff from the Simon Wiesenthal Center brings an era to an end.
How Can We Commemorate Oct. 7?
September 4, 2024
There is a boiling controversy in Israel on how to observe this catastrophic anniversary.
What We Should Know About the Dueling Definitions of Antisemitism
May 8, 2024
There are now dueling definitions of antisemitism.
Inspiring Holocaust Memoirs: An Important Tool for Introducing the Young to the Holocaust
January 31, 2024
Scholastic Focus has now come up with a series of stories for middle grade readers written by Joshua M. Greene of girls and women who went through the Holocaust that is not only appropriate for these younger readers but compelling literature.
A Pilgrimage to Family Roots
November 28, 2023
The moving documentary “Fioretta” is the story of Randol and Joey Schoenberg’s journey to Vienna, Prague and Venice as they trace both sides of their family’s history way back into the 16th century.
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