The Holocaust Memorial in Berlin is made up of 2,711 uneven concrete slabs. It kind of looks like a graveyard for the many murdered Jews of Europe who were never afforded a dignified burial...
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JewliciousReels: Son of Saul Crowned King at Cannes
The buzz at Cannes this week is about SON OF SAUL, a dark Hungarian film set at Auschwitz-Birkenau, that critics say is unlike any other Holocaust themed film in its approach to the subject. It has...
Zara Holocaust Shirt and Sweatshops
Spanish fashion retailer Zara earned the ire and incredulity of people worldwide after tweets aimed at the company lambasted it for producing a child’s sheriff star shirt that resembled the...
Jesus as Holocaust Victim? No, Jews for Jesus. No!
Just in time for Passover, Jews for Jesus, an organization dedicated to the notion that one can believe in Jesus and still be Jewish, saw fit to release a really offensive video. In the...
Suburban Detroit Mom Says No to Reading about Anne Frank’s Vagina
Gail Horalek, a parent in Northville, Michigan, filed a formal complaint with the local School Board after her 7th Grade daughter was assigned to read “Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl...
Holocaust Remembrance Day 2013
Holocaust Remembrance Day in Israel started out in its standard manner here in Jerusalem. As the sun set Sunday night, the city ground to a halt as pretty much all commerce shut down. The Adopt-A...
Numbered, Nagila: Two Highlights of the NYJFF
The sixteen-day 22nd annual New York Jewish Film Festival, presented by The Jewish Museum and the Film Society of Lincoln Center, ended last week. Two of the standout documentaries they screened were...
Bits and Pieces of Jewliciousness
The Israeli government’s hoped for move to the center is dashed by a failure to agree on a universal draft law that would apply to Ultra Orthodox Jews and Israeli Arabs. So Kadima broke up with...