The fear of silence
David Suissa
May 1, 2008
It\’s estimated that 97 percent of Polish Jews died in the war. To this day, Geminder can\’t quite fathom how he ended up in the 3 percent that survived.
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holocaust
UCLA Shoah class attracts large number of Asian students
Peter L. Rothholz
February 1, 2008
\”The Holocaust in Film and Literature\” is one of many UCLA classes that draws in undergraduate students looking to fulfill general education requirements. German 59, as it\’s listed in the university catalog, has attracted 241 students this quarter.
The course demands are strenuous. Among the required readings are Elie Wiesel\’s \”Night,\” Primo Levi\’s \”Survival in Auschwitz\” and \”The Reader\” by Bernhard Schlink. Additionally, students read selected works by authors such as Hannah Arendt and Nelly Sachs, as well as poetry, memoirs, encyclopedia entries and original documents. Assigned films include \”Schindler\’s List,\” \”Night and Fog\” and several documentaries.
Briefs: UC ‘study in Israel’ program draws Sacramento attention; Gold officially the man at the Fede
Jewish Journal
January 25, 2008
The effort to reinstate the University of California\’s study in Israel program entered the state Legislature last week.
Pledge to survivors — we will carry the torch
Menachem Z. Rosensaft
April 13, 2007
The responsibility for transmitting the survivors\’ legacy of remembrance into the future must now increasingly shift to us — their children and grandchildren.
Marilyn Harran: A Modern Righteous Gentile
Marc Ballon
December 28, 2006
Looking forward, Harran dreams of establishing a visiting scholars\’ program at the university and growing the Holocaust library\’s small collection, although raising the needed money might prove difficult, she said, given her distaste for fundraising.
What do Dennis Prager, Jimmy Carter, Mel Gibson and General Motors have in common?
Jewish Journal
December 21, 2006
Letters to the Editor
My message to the GA: follow the love, not the money
David Suissa
November 9, 2006
This column is not about the future of the Jewish people; you\’ll get plenty of that in this issue of The Jewish Journal.\nRather, it\’s about the story of two Judaisms.
Beware the Finkelstein Syndrome
Roz Rothstein
June 8, 2006
It is well known that some children of Holocaust survivors carry severe scars and wounds that actually manifest in peculiar psychological behavior. For two decades, I worked as a licensed family therapist, and I believe that some day soon there will be a formal psychological syndrome that would account for self-hating Jews like Norman Finkelstein. Perhaps the syndrome will even be named after him: The Finkelstein Syndrome.
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