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'Maus' creator Art Spiegelman in the film 'Disaster is My Muse,' being screened December 12, 2025, at the Jewish Film Festival in Jerusalem (Courtesy Manifesto Production)
December 11, 2025, 10:37 am
Movies on non-Zionist ‘Maus’ creator among diverse features in capital’s Hanukkah film fest
Jerusalem Cinematheque’s annual Jewish Film Festival, running Dec. 13-18, captures Jews’ varied voices, including two docus on Art Spiegelman, who doesn’t even want to think about Israel
By Jessica Steinberg
A man holds a copy of the graphic novel version of "The Diary of Anne Frank", by Israeli writer-director Ari Folman and illustrator David Polonsky, in Paris Sept. 18, 2017. (Stringer/AFP via Getty Images vita JTA)
June 27, 2024, 6:40 am
Texas school district pulls Anne Frank’s diary after right-wing group’s complaint
Superintendent removes 676 books, including seminal texts about Holocaust and antisemitism, amid calls from conservative activists
By Andrew Lapin
Cameron Samuels, a Jewish college student and book-access activist, discusses the impact of their Texas high school's challenge to "Maus" at a Senate hearing on book bans, Sept. 12, 2023. (C-SPAN Screenshot via JTA)
September 13, 2023, 11:06 am
‘Maus,’ Nazis and Shylock references make appearances at US Senate book ban hearing
Debate comes as ‘parents’ rights’ groups challenge thousands of books in school libraries, saying that they’re not appropriate for children
By Andrew Lapin
School board members in McMinn County, Tennessee, objected to Art Spiegelman's 'Maus' because of its language and images. (Philissa Cramer/JTA)
August 5, 2023, 6:30 am
‘Maus’ escapes a ban in Iowa after school district cites ‘ambiguity’ in new state law
After uproar, Urbandale Schools outside Des Moines walks back removal of Holocaust graphic novel
By Andrew Lapin
School board members in McMinn County, Tennessee, objected to Art Spiegelman's 'Maus' because of its language and images. (Philissa Cramer/JTA)
June 22, 2023, 3:25 am
Following criticism, Missouri school board votes not to ban Holocaust book ‘Maus’
Nixa Public Schools to keep Art Spiegelman’s graphic novel on the shelves, after considering removal because of new law barring ‘explicit sexual material’ for students
By PHILISSA CRAMER and Andrew Lapin
Artwork from Art Spiegelman's 'Maus.' (Courtesy/Pantheon & Schocken Books)
June 15, 2023, 7:50 pm
Missouri school district to debate ban of ‘Maus’ over potential ‘sexual material’
Art Spiegelman, author of Holocaust graphic novel, leading fight against possible move at district of 6,000 students: ‘Book burning leads to people burning’
By Andrew Lapin
School board members in McMinn County, Tennessee, objected to Art Spiegelman's 'Maus' because of its language and images. (Philissa Cramer/JTA)
November 17, 2022, 9:11 am
Holocaust books, including ‘Maus,’ pulled from some Missouri schools over state law
Amendment allows criminal penalty for providing ‘explicit sexual material’ to students; Holocaust books often included in bans initiated by right-wing groups
By Andrew Lapin
James Cockrum speaks before the McMinn County School Board in a packed meeting room, Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022, in Athens, Tenn. The McMinn County School Board heard from concerned citizens about the removal of the Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel about the Holocaust, “Maus," from the district's curriculum at the meeting. (Robin Rudd/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP)
February 12, 2022, 1:59 am
Tennessee parents, teachers push back against ‘Maus’ removal
Local residents try to convince McMinn County School Board to reconsider its decision to remove Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel on the Holocaust
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI
Art Spiegelman during a remote speech about his book 'Maus' being removed from a Tennessee school board's curriculum on February 7, 2022. (Screenshot, used in accordance with clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
February 8, 2022, 5:33 am
Art Spiegelman blames ‘political headwinds’ for removal of ‘Maus’ from curriculum
Jewish author of iconic Holocaust book tells Tennessee religious groups that area school’s decision motivated by authoritarian bent, petty issues among parents
By Luke Tress
Whoopi Goldberg speaks during the Broadway at the White House event in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Nov. 16, 2015 (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
February 2, 2022, 5:05 am
ABC suspends Whoopi Goldberg from ‘The View’ for ‘hurtful’ Holocaust comments
Network tells co-host to take a two-week break ‘to reflect and learn about the impact of her comments’; move comes despite apologies for saying Nazi genocide ‘not about race’
By ToI Staff and Agencies
US actress Whoopi Goldberg in Verona, Italy on December 3, 2019. (MIGUEL MEDINA / AFP)
February 1, 2022, 7:37 pm
Whoopi Goldberg apologizes after claiming Holocaust was not about race
Apology comes after actress repeats her belief to Stephen Colbert that the genocide was about ‘white people … fighting each other,’ despite sparking firestorm hours earlier
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Actress Whoopi Goldberg speaks during the opening of the "Planet or Plastic?" exhibit, Tuesday, June 4, 2019 at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
February 1, 2022, 1:22 am
Whoopi Goldberg causes uproar, saying ‘Holocaust isn’t about race’; apologizes
During discussion on ‘The View,’ actress says Nazis and Jews ‘are two white groups of people’; co-hosts point out that Nazis clearly regarded Jews as being a different race
By JTA and ToI Staff
Artwork from Art Spiegelman's 'Maus.' (Courtesy/Pantheon & Schocken Books)
January 28, 2022, 11:25 pm
Tennessee school board’s removal of ‘Maus’ sparks local backlash, book giveaway
After district jettisons iconic Holocaust graphic novel, a comic book store vows to give out free copies, church plans discussion on its themes and a professor pledges free classes
By Andrew Lapin
School board members in McMinn County, Tennessee, objected to Art Spiegelman's 'Maus' because of its language and images. (Philissa Cramer/JTA)
January 27, 2022, 8:50 am
Tennessee school board removes iconic Holocaust novel ‘Maus’ from its curriculum
Author Art Spiegelman says decision by McMinn County to bar book from eighth grades, citing ‘curse words’ and nudity, is ‘Orwellian’
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Cartoonist Art Spiegelman attends the French Institute Alliance Francaise's "After Charlie: What's Next for Art, Satire and Censorship at Florence Gould Hall on February 19, 2015 in New York City. (Mark Sagliocco/Getty Images via JTA)
August 17, 2019, 7:32 pm
‘Maus’ creator Spiegelman says Marvel censored his Trump super-villain critique
Comics artist says he was asked to excise a comparison of the US president to a nefarious fictional character, in an essay for the publisher
By ToI Staff
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