Holocaust

Holocaust survivor remembers her real-life rescuer played by Anthony Hopkins in ‘One Life’

Hanna has seen “One Life” several times, including at the New York premiere in January, and says watching the film was not especially disturbing to her, but makes her emotional.

By STEVE NORTH/JTA
11/04/2024

WATCH: 'Philanthropy starts with curiosity'

In the fifth episode of 'The Philanthropists,’ Pnina and Marcel Pinchevsky discuss Israel, Hebrew University, and the value of giving.

A child wearing a Kippah

'Ashkenazi Jews are the problem': 'Post' reveals antisemitism of booted Reform UK candidate

Greenhough has commented in favor of Israel, in support of British Jewry, and against the October 7 attacks, but has a long history of social media posts decrying Ashkenazi Jews.

Hundreds of Holocaust survivors to connect with students worldwide in new program

The Survivors Speakers Bureau will connect students with Holocaust survivors both in person and virtually, bringing the stories to light in countries and localities that might be otherwise unfamiliar.

Remembering the Holocaust: We Jews are the targets once again

Let the commemorative year be the driving force of an active, proud and strong Jewish community in memory of the martyrs!

By ANDOR GROSZ
07/04/2024

'White Bird': A Holocaust movie saved by Helen Mirren

Were the narrator who tells the story in the framing device anyone other than the incomparable Helen Mirren, White Bird wouldn’t have worked nearly as well as it does. 

151 Jewish creatives sign letter supporting Jonathan Glazer's Oscar speech

The report comes only a few weeks after 1,200 Jewish creatives pinned a letter denouncing Glazer's speech.

06/04/2024

'An affinity for Israel': The ongoing story of Serbo-Israeli relations

Since the modern inception of the idea of Jewish statehood and the birth of Zionism, the Serbs have always proposed the notion that the Jewish people should be their own masters with their own land.

Leading American medical journal faces down its own history of endorsing Nazi race science

“We hope it will enable us to learn from our mistakes and prevent new ones,” wrote authors Joelle M. Abi-Rached and Allan M. Brandt.

By JACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA
04/04/2024
 Anthony Hopkins plays Nicky Winston in 'One Life.'

Anthony Hopkins gives a fine performance in James Hawes’s One Life

One Life is a worthwhile movie, one that may lift your mood now, just a few weeks before Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day, on the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising.

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