July 6, 2017
4:01 pm

Daughter of US President, Ivanka Trump (C) and Chief Rabbi of Poland Michael Schudrich (2ndL) lay flowers in front of the memorial Monument for the Ghetto Heroes in Warsaw, Poland, 06 July 2017. (AFP PHOTO / PAP / Przemyslaw PIATKOWSKI)

Trump skips Warsaw ghetto memorial; Ivanka attends

Polish Jews ‘deeply regret’ that US president broke tradition of visiting Holocaust memorial in first for a US leader in 25 years

By AFP

July 6, 2017
3:18 am

US President Donald Trump is met by a guard of honor after he stepped off Air Force One upon arrival at Chopin Airport in Warsaw, Poland, July 5, 2017. (AFP Photo/Saul Loeb)

Jewish leaders protest Trump decision to skip Warsaw Ghetto memorial

As president visits Poland, community leaders highlight a troubling ‘break in tradition’

By AFP

May 12, 2017
11:19 pm

31-year-old Lea Heitfeld shares an apartment with 95-year-old Holocaust survivor Ben Stern. (Courtesy)

Odd couple: The Holocaust survivor who shares a flat with the granddaughter of Nazis

When 95-year-old Ben Stern got a call from 31-year-old Lea Heitfeld about becoming flatmates, he kept an open mind. After all, she is a Jewish Studies grad student

By Lisa Klug

May 10, 2017
6:00 pm

Illustrative: Marching through the streets of the former ghetto in Warsaw, Poland, on July 22 (photo credit: AP/Alik Keplicz)

Historic plum tree from Warsaw ghetto has 2nd chance to grow

Polish couple in US that took seeds from tree, chopped down last year, will send seedling to Poland to be planted

By JTA

April 3, 2017
6:44 pm

Holocaust survivor Eugenia Unger, 91, of Buenos Aires, finally celebrates her bat mitzvah. (Facebook screenshot via JTA)

Holocaust survivor, 91, celebrates bat mitzvah in Argentina

Eugenia Unger, who was in the Warsaw Ghetto and Auschwitz, says ceremony was ‘the culmination’ of her life

By JTA

March 28, 2017
8:48 pm

Painting of Chaim Rumkowski, chairman of the Lodz Ghetto's Jewish Council, created by Lodz painter Izrael Lejzerowicz during the ghetto's four-year existence (Public domain)

‘King Chaim,’ ruler of the Lodz Ghetto, exposed in Boston exhibit

As Henryk Ross’s haunting photographs premiere in the US, a snapshot of the Lodz ghetto council’s infamous chairman Chaim Mordechai Rumkowski — who thought himself a Jewish ‘savior’

By Matt Lebovic

February 19, 2017
2:20 am

People watch ceremonies marking the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, at the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising memorial in Warsaw, Poland, Friday, Jan. 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)

Do Holocaust memories eclipse WWI tragedy for Warsaw’s Jews?

In his newest book, historian Robert Blobaum examines the city’s tumultuous history of occupation and the effects it had on Jewish-Christian relations during trying times

By JP O’ Malley

December 3, 2016
8:05 am

The art work 'Warsaw' by Robert Weingarten which was hung in UCLA's Cornell Hall after a BDS furor (Courtesy of Weingarten/ via JTA)

UCLA adds ‘Jewish’ art to building after BDS furor

Donor David Pollock threatens to pull collection, but then asks school to add piece with ‘strong Jewish message’

By JTA

October 7, 2016
12:39 am

Alex Hershaft seen after speaking at a pro-vegan event in New York City, Sept. 27, 2016. (Josefin Dolsten /JTA)

Holocaust survivor likens treatment of livestock to Shoah

Alex Hershaft, who in 1976 founded world’s first group to champion rights of farm animals, sees ‘striking similarities’ between Nazi horrors and the way animals are treated

By Josefin Dolsten

September 17, 2016
8:44 am

Monument to the Ghetto Heroes in Warsaw, Poland. (photo credit: CC BY-SA Adrian Grycuk, Wikimedia Commons)

Warsaw Ghetto archives to open, be available online

World War II documents housed in Poland’s Jewish Historical Institute will be released in Polish and English, some in Hebrew

By JTA

August 21, 2016
12:39 pm

Jewish Olympians murdered during the Holocaust included, from left, Lilli Henoch, Attila Petschauer, Victor Perez and Eddy Hamel (public domain)

The Jewish Olympians among Hitler’s victims

Largely forgotten, at least 30 Jewish Olympians were murdered in the Holocaust, often displaying uncommon heroism in the face of death

By Matt Lebovic

August 5, 2016
6:06 am

Serena Kassow and her father, Samuel Kassow, on the set of 'Who Will Write Our History?' in Poland, based on Samuel Kassow's book about the 'Oneg Shabbat' archive, May 2016. (Courtesy)

Warsaw ghetto’s secret archive goes Hollywood

New film based on two recovered document troves — out of three buried during the Holocaust — depicts the ‘Oneg Shabbat’ archive’s creators, few of whom survived the Nazi regime

By Matt Lebovic

August 1, 2016
3:49 pm

Adrien Brody appears as Wladyslaw Szpilman in a still image from the Holocaust movie 'The Pianist' (screen capture: YouTube)

Real-life ‘Pianist’ family wins defamation suit

Wladyslaw Szpilman’s widow, son bring case after publication of book containing accusations of Nazi collaboration

By AFP

July 29, 2016
7:54 pm

Pope Francis meets with camp survivors in the former Nazi German death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau in Oswiecim, Poland, Friday, July 29, 2016. (L'Osservatore Romano /Pool Photo via AP)

Auschwitz survivors tell pope tales from the abyss

In meeting with pontiff, 11 former prisoners of Nazi death camp and 25 Christian Polish rescuers of Jews recount their harrowing stories

By Agencies and Times of Israel staff

July 25, 2016
7:46 pm

People laying flowers at Umschlagplatz at the Warsaw Ghetto, the monument at the site from which Jews were deported to Treblinka. (Ruth Ellen Gruber/JTA)

March in Warsaw commemorates ghetto doctors, nurses

Participants hang ribbons with names of those who worked to save patients – and sometimes helped them die

By JTA

Topic: Warsaw Ghetto

Trump skips Warsaw ghetto memorial; Ivanka attends

Polish Jews ‘deeply regret’ that US president broke tradition of visiting Holocaust memorial in first for a US leader in 25 years

Jewish leaders protest Trump decision to skip Warsaw Ghetto memorial

As president visits Poland, community leaders highlight a troubling ‘break in tradition’

Odd couple: The Holocaust survivor who shares a flat with the granddaughter of Nazis

When 95-year-old Ben Stern got a call from 31-year-old Lea Heitfeld about becoming flatmates, he kept an open mind. After all, she is a Jewish Studies grad student

Historic plum tree from Warsaw ghetto has 2nd chance to grow

Polish couple in US that took seeds from tree, chopped down last year, will send seedling to Poland to be planted

Holocaust survivor, 91, celebrates bat mitzvah in Argentina

Eugenia Unger, who was in the Warsaw Ghetto and Auschwitz, says ceremony was ‘the culmination’ of her life

‘King Chaim,’ ruler of the Lodz Ghetto, exposed in Boston exhibit

As Henryk Ross’s haunting photographs premiere in the US, a snapshot of the Lodz ghetto council’s infamous chairman Chaim Mordechai Rumkowski — who thought himself a Jewish ‘savior’

Do Holocaust memories eclipse WWI tragedy for Warsaw’s Jews?

In his newest book, historian Robert Blobaum examines the city’s tumultuous history of occupation and the effects it had on Jewish-Christian relations during trying times

UCLA adds ‘Jewish’ art to building after BDS furor

Donor David Pollock threatens to pull collection, but then asks school to add piece with ‘strong Jewish message’

Holocaust survivor likens treatment of livestock to Shoah

Alex Hershaft, who in 1976 founded world’s first group to champion rights of farm animals, sees ‘striking similarities’ between Nazi horrors and the way animals are treated

Warsaw Ghetto archives to open, be available online

World War II documents housed in Poland’s Jewish Historical Institute will be released in Polish and English, some in Hebrew

The Jewish Olympians among Hitler’s victims

Largely forgotten, at least 30 Jewish Olympians were murdered in the Holocaust, often displaying uncommon heroism in the face of death

Warsaw ghetto’s secret archive goes Hollywood

New film based on two recovered document troves — out of three buried during the Holocaust — depicts the ‘Oneg Shabbat’ archive’s creators, few of whom survived the Nazi regime

Real-life ‘Pianist’ family wins defamation suit

Wladyslaw Szpilman’s widow, son bring case after publication of book containing accusations of Nazi collaboration

Auschwitz survivors tell pope tales from the abyss

In meeting with pontiff, 11 former prisoners of Nazi death camp and 25 Christian Polish rescuers of Jews recount their harrowing stories

March in Warsaw commemorates ghetto doctors, nurses

Participants hang ribbons with names of those who worked to save patients – and sometimes helped them die

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