The Holocaust

Inside Hana's Suitcase

Paulette Cooper, With Help From the Voice, Discovers Her Heartrending Past

In December, I finally got the chance to meet Paulette Cooper when we had breakfast near the offices of the Voice. For many of us who toil in this business of reporting on Scientology, we have no greater hero. Paulette's 1971 book, The Scandal of Scientology, was one of the first exposes of the chur ... More >>

Buried Prayers

In December, I finally got the chance to meet Paulette Cooper when we had breakfast near the offices of the Voice. For many of us who toil in this business of reporting on Scientology, we have no greater hero. Paulette's 1971 book, The Scandal of Scientology, was one of the first exposes of the chur ... More >>

Ilonko Krauss, Holocaust Survivor, Hit by Minivan

​The local Fox News television reporter puts it like this: "To survive the worst of the worst -- a Nazi death camp! -- and then 70 years later, you're crossing this little street in Queens and you get struck by a car... Well, that's what happened this morning." Basically. Ilonko Krauss was hit ... More >>

Paulette Cooper's Statement on Tom Cruise Winning a Humanitarian Award

Paulette Cooper​Last week, at a ceremony in Beverly Hills, the Simon Wiesenthal Center gave Tom Cruise its annual Humanitarian Award. As we pointed out earlier, this did not go down well with people who wondered why such a famous pro-justice organization would give an award to a man almost syn ... More >>

A Crazy Idea

Paulette Cooper​Last week, at a ceremony in Beverly Hills, the Simon Wiesenthal Center gave Tom Cruise its annual Humanitarian Award. As we pointed out earlier, this did not go down well with people who wondered why such a famous pro-justice organization would give an award to a man almost syn ... More >>

What Is Shoah?

Paulette Cooper​Last week, at a ceremony in Beverly Hills, the Simon Wiesenthal Center gave Tom Cruise its annual Humanitarian Award. As we pointed out earlier, this did not go down well with people who wondered why such a famous pro-justice organization would give an award to a man almost syn ... More >>

Interrogating the Architect in Eichmann

Paulette Cooper​Last week, at a ceremony in Beverly Hills, the Simon Wiesenthal Center gave Tom Cruise its annual Humanitarian Award. As we pointed out earlier, this did not go down well with people who wondered why such a famous pro-justice organization would give an award to a man almost syn ... More >>

Suspects Stole More Than $42M From Holocaust Relief Fund

​Seventeen people -- including six employees at a nonprofit that arranged reparations to Jewish victims of Nazi persecution -- stole more than $42 million from the Holocaust survivors' fund by submitting and processing bogus claims for relief, federal prosecutors announced today.

Carl Paladino and Yehuda Levin: Made for Each Other

​Not that he'd appreciate the metaphor, but now that Carl Paladino has jumped into bed with veteran local loon Rabbi Yehuda Levin, maybe he'd like to take ownership of some of Levin's greatest hits. The 56-year-old rabbi from Borough Park has been glomming onto TV cameras since the early '80s, ... More >>

Nazi Propaganda Laid Bare in A Film Unfinished

​Not that he'd appreciate the metaphor, but now that Carl Paladino has jumped into bed with veteran local loon Rabbi Yehuda Levin, maybe he'd like to take ownership of some of Levin's greatest hits. The 56-year-old rabbi from Borough Park has been glomming onto TV cameras since the early '80s, ... More >>

Atlantic City Holocaust Memorial Is...Not a Joke

Via The Forward/Claudio Papapietro​Ever come into contact with the expression wherein one "needs a night in Atlantic City"? Whoever coined it obviously never foresaw the day Atlantic City would be getting a Holocaust memorial.

The Return

Via The Forward/Claudio Papapietro​Ever come into contact with the expression wherein one "needs a night in Atlantic City"? Whoever coined it obviously never foresaw the day Atlantic City would be getting a Holocaust memorial.

Holocaust Survivors Face Eviction in Four Seasons Lodge

Via The Forward/Claudio Papapietro​Ever come into contact with the expression wherein one "needs a night in Atlantic City"? Whoever coined it obviously never foresaw the day Atlantic City would be getting a Holocaust memorial.

Killing Kasztner: The Jew Who Dealt With Nazis

Via The Forward/Claudio Papapietro​Ever come into contact with the expression wherein one "needs a night in Atlantic City"? Whoever coined it obviously never foresaw the day Atlantic City would be getting a Holocaust memorial.

As Seen Through These Eyes

A documentary about the creative impulse that sustained many young prisoners of World War II concentration camps

Is Auschwitz The New Disney World?

​Madonna has announced that when her "Sticky & Sweet" tour hits Poland, she just might take her four kids on a day trip to the Auschwitz concentration camp to remind them how very lucky they are.

Brute Force

​Madonna has announced that when her "Sticky & Sweet" tour hits Poland, she just might take her four kids on a day trip to the Auschwitz concentration camp to remind them how very lucky they are.

TRIUMPH RETOLD

A tribute to vitality in the cruelest times

Jeff Goldblum Blazingly Suited for Role in Adam Resurrected

A tribute to vitality in the cruelest times

SPIN DOCTORS

'Show me the gelt' is this league's motto

Anchoress Compares Democratic Victory to the Holocaust

'Show me the gelt' is this league's motto

The Memory Thief: The Least Sentimental Holocaust Film Ever

Too bad about the whole lack-of-coherence thing

Horniness Meets Horror in Stalags

Doc explores Israel's Holocaust s&m lit. Also, Tehilim gets lost in Jerusalem.

Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust

Doc explores Israel's Holocaust s&m lit. Also, Tehilim gets lost in Jerusalem.

Steal a Pencil for Me

Doc explores Israel's Holocaust s&m lit. Also, Tehilim gets lost in Jerusalem.

Dr. Bronner's Magic Soapbox

Doc explores Israel's Holocaust s&m lit. Also, Tehilim gets lost in Jerusalem.

Trial and Terror

In the face of Iran's Holocaust denial conference and contemporary desensitization comes this startling German doc

Mystic River: Heideggerian Cine-Essay Treks Up the Danube

In the face of Iran's Holocaust denial conference and contemporary desensitization comes this startling German doc

Ghost World

Quietly audacious, Hungarian cinematographer's debut is the most existential of Holocaust films

Bush Averts His Eyes

With rape as an official weapon in Darfur, Sudan officials are now welcome here

Film

With rape as an official weapon in Darfur, Sudan officials are now welcome here

B.-ing There

In Nobelist Imre Kertész's Liquidation, the Holocaust isn't inexplicable—it's a given

What Up, Holmes?

Michael Chabon and the world's most famous detective

Jew vs. Jew vs. Mel

Have Jewish Critics of The Passion of the Christ Actually Fueled New Anti-Semitism?

Tracking Shots

Have Jewish Critics of The Passion of the Christ Actually Fueled New Anti-Semitism?

It's Not Only About Terri Schiavo

Barriers to Killing Come Down

German Cinema Confronts the Past and Frets Over the Future

Barriers to Killing Come Down

Secrets and Lies

The Cleric and the Clerk Who Turned a Blind Eye

The IBM Link to Auschwitz

Researchers Uncover Records of the Company's Work at Death-Camp Complex

Biographer in Love

Researchers Uncover Records of the Company's Work at Death-Camp Complex

Final Solutions

How IBM Helped Automate the Nazi Death Machine in Poland

Managing the Unmanageable

The Jewish Museum Puts a Therapeutic Frame Around Transgressive Art About the Holocaust

Leaps of Faith

The Jewish Museum Puts a Therapeutic Frame Around Transgressive Art About the Holocaust

Leaps of Faith

The Jewish Museum Puts a Therapeutic Frame Around Transgressive Art About the Holocaust

Pride and Prejudice

The Jewish Museum Puts a Therapeutic Frame Around Transgressive Art About the Holocaust

Victims of History

The Jewish Museum Puts a Therapeutic Frame Around Transgressive Art About the Holocaust

Shoah Business

Lisa Kron Tells Her Father’s Story of the Holocaust

My Knees Were Jumping

Lisa Kron Tells Her Father’s Story of the Holocaust

Nazi Business

Lisa Kron Tells Her Father’s Story of the Holocaust