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‘Looming in the Shadows of Lodz’: An exhibition of memory and history at the Watson Institute
A photographic journey by artist Leslie Starobin that explores Holocaust memory and family history is on view in a public exhibition on the Brown University campus through May 30.
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Looming in Shadows: Lodz Exhibit at Watson Institute
"'Looming in the Shadows of Lodz' underscores how artists interpret history through a personal lens, encouraging viewers to respond based on their lived experiences," Starobin said. "Inviting ...
NYC Holocaust survivors react to horrifying images of released Israeli hostages, evoking painful memories: ‘Warehouse of the living dead’
They survived Hitler and the Holocaust – but these Jewish New Yorkers never imagined they’d witness images evoking the ...
It’s more than just food: In my family, what we eat anchors and defines us
While writing her new memoir, How to Share an Egg, author and journalist Bonny Reichert discovers the family dinner table is ...
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In Northeast Philadelphia, Beth Midrash Harav B’Nai Jacob Stays True to Roots and Torah
At Beth Midrash Harav B’Nai Jacob, an Orthodox synagogue in Northeast Philadelphia, the community that members have fostered ...
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Pittsburgh families tell survivors’ stories from Auschwitz 80 years later on Holocaust Remembrance Day
That too was the case for 21-year-old Melvin Goldman, who also went to the death camp from the Lodz ghetto. At one point, he had six teeth knocked out. Lee Goldman Kikel is Melvin’s daughter. “He said ...
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Pittsburgh families tell survivors' stories from Auschwitz 80 years later on Holocaust Remembrance Day
That too was the case for 21-year-old Melvin Goldman, who also went to the death camp from the Lodz ghetto. At one point, he had six teeth knocked out. Lee Goldman Kikel is Melvin's daughter.
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'Not long ago, not far away': Holocaust survivors tell their stories 80 years on
she and her family were quickly confined in the Lodz ghetto. Her younger sister, like so many declared “unfit for work”, was swiftly killed. Subscribe free to our weekly newsletter for ...
Holocaust survivors recall horrors of Auschwitz as Prince William and Kate attend London memorial
On the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, survivor Tova Friedman says she thought she was the "only Jewish child in the world".
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Auschwitz survivors warn of rising hatred on the 80th anniversary of the death camp's liberation
In 2005, the United Nations designated Jan. 27 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day.Leon Weintraub, a 99-year-old survivor from Lodz, Poland, decried the rising hatred which he blames on ...
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At Auschwitz, a solemn 80th anniversary ceremony is held amid global rise in antisemitism
Marian Turski, who was 14 when he was forced to the Lodz Ghetto and then deported to Auschwitz, where his brother and father were murdered, used his speech to condemn a “huge rise in ...
Survivors return as world remembers Auschwitz 80 years after liberation
About 50 survivors of the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau will return to the site on Monday to remember the day it was finally liberated on 27 January 1945. They will be joined by heads of state ...