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Major Philip Rudin shortly before the United States entered WWII

Reflections on the Significance of Pearl Harbor on American Jewry

Rabbi A. James Rudin

November 29, 2021

December 7 marks the 80th anniversary of the surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service on the US naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu. The attack led to America's formal entry into World War II. What ensued would have a profound impact on Jews everywhere, including the American Jewish community.

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Remembering Kristallnacht After Pittsburgh

Aron Hirt-Manheimer

November 3, 2021

On November 9, we will mark the anniversary of Kristallnacht (Night of the Broken Glass), the Third Reich's first large-scale attack on the Jews of Germany and Austria in 1938.

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Film Review: Love It Was Not

Wes Hopper

November 1, 2021

Fresh off a nomination for best documentary at the Ophir Awards, the Israeli equivalent of the Oscars, Maya Sarfaty's new film, Love It Was Not, brings to American audiences the real-life tale of a love affair between a Jewish prisoner and her Nazi SS officer.

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A Doorway to Heroism

Rabbi W. Jack Romberg

Imagine a German Jew who was a decorated German soldier in World War I, a resister in Cologne at the start of Hitler’s reign of terror, and a Silver Star decorated U.S. Army soldier. Three heroic actions, at three different times, in three different places. This is the story of Richard Stern, whose photograph of his protest hangs in multiple German museums, showing a rare Jewish protest in Nazi Germany. He was my Great Uncle.

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Forgiveness: The Story of Eva Kor, Survivor of the Auschwitz Twin Experiments

Aron Hirt-Manheimer

September 29, 2021

Joe Lee is a cartoonist, illustrator, writer, and former circus clown. He is a graduate of Indiana University and is currently based in Bloomington, Indiana.

Holocaust

Reflections on the Significance of Pearl Harbor on American Jewry

Remembering Kristallnacht After Pittsburgh

Film Review: Love It Was Not

A Doorway to Heroism

Forgiveness: The Story of Eva Kor, Survivor of the Auschwitz Twin Experiments

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