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Matt Lebovic
The Ohabei Shalom Cemetery with its burial chapel in East Boston, Massachusetts, on June 10, 2018 (Matt Lebovic/The Times of Israel)
June 20, 2018, 10:55 pm
Immigrant center planned in the grounds of Boston’s oldest Jewish cemetery
Inside a converted burial chapel, the city's newest and most vulnerable residents will access citizenship resources alongside content on East Boston's Jewish past
By Matt Lebovic
SS chief Heinrich Himmler (center) shakes hands with Hitler's photographer, Heinrich Hoffmann, around 1941 (public domain)
June 20, 2018, 1:57 pm
New book claims a ‘secret deal’ between Nazis and Allies cut the Holocaust short
Journalist Max Wallace writes that a hushed-up pact between Heinrich Himmler and his sworn enemies prompted the SS chief to destroy the gas chambers of Auschwitz. Experts disagree
By Matt Lebovic
Leni Riefenstahl directs 'Olympia,' based on the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany (public domain)
June 14, 2018, 9:03 pm
The quiet absolution of pro-Nazi filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl
As the Berlin Museum of Photography prepares an installation about the life of the 'Triumph of the Will' propagandist, scholars worry it validates her distorted take on history
By Matt Lebovic
Anna 'Ans' van Dijk on trial in Amsterdam for collaborating with the Nazis (left) and diarist Anne Frank (public domain)
June 1, 2018, 4:20 pm
Was Anne Frank betrayed by a Jewish collaborator?
With her 'satanic hunting instinct,' the notorious Anna 'Ans' van Dijk is fingered to have tipped off Nazis about the Jews hidden in the 'Secret Annex,' leading to their murders
By Matt Lebovic
A Holocaust memorial created in the 'sauna' facility of the former Nazi death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, in Poland, with photographs of people deported there, October 2017 (Matt Lebovic/The Times of Israel)
May 31, 2018, 3:58 am
Defending Auschwitz selfies, a new book unpacks Holocaust tourism
While commemorating the genocide perpetuated by the Nazis, visitors to memorial sites are increasingly placing themselves in the frame
By Matt Lebovic
From left: Judith Resnick, Moses Ezekiel, Orde Charles Wingate, and Rae Landy, each of whose final resting places is at Arlington National Cemetery, outside Washington, DC
May 28, 2018, 4:24 pm
For the Jews of Arlington National Cemetery, American dreams were writ large
The first Jewish woman in space and a CIA agent called 'Super Jew' are among more than 5,000 Jews buried in the hilly shrine outside Washington
By Matt Lebovic
During an outing in 1922, Walter Hollander (third from left) with friends (public domain)
May 23, 2018, 3:49 am
Who was Anne Frank’s gay Uncle Walter?
After being imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp, Walter Hollander fled Germany. Once settled in Massachusetts, he attempted to help the Frank family flee Europe
By Matt Lebovic
Founder of Israeli Stage Guy Ben-Aharon, who has produced more than 30 staged readings and full productions of Israeli plays since 2010 (courtesy)
May 18, 2018, 6:14 pm
Boston theater producer happy to air Israel’s ‘dirty laundry’ on stage
After several major Israeli theaters passed on Joshua Sobol's 'The Last Act,' a small American troupe took on staging the 'politically potent' play's world premiere on May 18
By Matt Lebovic
Copies of "The Diary of Anne Frank" are displayed at the exhibition 'Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away' on November 28, 2017 at the Arte Canal Exhibition Centre in Madrid. (AFP PHOTO / GABRIEL BOUYS
May 16, 2018, 12:11 pm
Anne Frank’s gay uncle, sex jokes found ‘hidden’ in her diary
Just-released 'uncovered' writings in Frank's original diary show she enjoyed the occasional off-color joke -- just like any teen
By Matt Lebovic
Carrie Bornstein of Boston prepares for an injection during her surrogate pregnancy for a British-Jewish couple living in London, 2017 (courtesy)
April 28, 2018, 5:17 am
A surrogate mother’s ‘logical decision’ to help a couple living 3,269 miles away
By completing a nine-month 'extreme babysitting’ gig, a Jewish mother aids a childless British couple -- and removes stigma surrounding surrogacy in her own community
By Matt Lebovic
Diarist Renia Spiegel, who was murdered by the Nazis at the age of 18 in Przemysl, Poland (courtesy: Renia Spiegel Foundation)
April 12, 2018, 7:33 pm
The lost diary of Poland’s ‘Anne Frank’: An untold testament of a truncated life
For decades, few people knew of Renia Spiegel or her journal. The Holocaust victim's sister and a determined filmmaker are working to change that
By Matt Lebovic
Aftermath of the Babi Yar ravine massacre in Kiev, Ukraine, during which 33,000 Jews were murdered between Sept. 29-30, 1941. (public domain)
April 11, 2018, 3:40 am
In eastern Europe, when Nazis killed Jews, a ‘carnival atmosphere’ prevailed
In a new, second book about ‘Holocaust by bullets,’ Father Patrick Desbois depicts in grim detail local bystanders' culpability while Nazis implemented the Final Solution
By Matt Lebovic
During the Israel Summit at Harvard, retired NBA All-Star Amar'e Stoudemire (left) is interviewed by HBO sports correspondent Jon Frankel, April 8, 2018 (courtesy: Max August)
April 9, 2018, 1:32 pm
Harvard students tout Israel’s global impact at high-profile summit
The brainchild of eight undergrads, Sunday’s event highlights the Jewish state's 'uplifting narratives'
By Matt Lebovic
One of numerous photographs taken following the Kishinev pogrom of 1903. Here, a Jewish family stands outside of their ransacked home (public domain)
April 9, 2018, 5:05 am
How a small pogrom in Russia changed the course of history
Until the Holocaust, the Kishinev pogrom of 1903 was the archetype for anti-Jewish persecution, according to a new book about the massacre's long afterlife
By Matt Lebovic
Interior of the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, consecrated in 1675. The sanctuary, still without electricity, is lit by 1,000 candles for special occasions, January 2018 (Matt Lebovic/The Times of Israel)
March 25, 2018, 4:03 am
Why Amsterdam’s beloved nickname is a centuries-old Yiddish word, ‘Mokum’
Recalling a golden age for the Netherlands and Dutch Jewry, on today's streets of Amsterdam, mamaloshen still peppers local slang
By Matt Lebovic
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