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German Cultural Events Axed As Gaza War Tensions Spike

Artist Candice Breitz worked for several years to set up an exhibition in the German city of Saarbruecken, only for it to be cancelled over her stance on the Israel-Hamas war.

International Business Times

Antisemitism is alive in 2023, not a thing of the past

It all reminds me as a kid learning about things like the Salem witchcraft trials and the Holocaust. You thought to yourself: ”That’s crazy that those things could happen back then.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Gessen Gets German Prize Amid Controversial Gaza-Nazi Comparison

Masha Gessen receives German literary prize amidst controversy over comparing Gaza to Nazi ghettos. The event sparked intense debate in Germany.

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Author receives German prize in scaled-down format after comparing Gaza to Nazi-era ghettos

The Russian-American writer Masha Gessen has received a German literary prize in a ceremony that was delayed and scaled down in reaction to an article comparing Gaza to Nazi German ghettoes

The Independent UK

Schindler’s List at 30: Spielberg’s Holocaust drama is as essential as ever

The blockbuster film-maker turned the horrors of the second world war into an Oscar-winning drama that is a public service

The Guardian - US

A Time-Bending Twist Reveals the Gutting Truth of 2023's Most Devastating War Movie

In its final moments, 'The Zone of Interest' peers through time, and through its audience.

Inverse

‘It will always be less hellish than the reality’: why cinema keeps returning to the Holocaust

Three new films attempt to address the Holocaust. But can cinema ever hope to adequately confront humanity’s darkest chapter?

The Guardian - UK

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Top Polish leaders celebrate Hanukkah in parliament after antisemitic incident

Top Polish leaders have joined members of the Jewish community for a Hanukkah celebration in parliament

The Independent UK

Award ceremony suspended after writer compares Gaza to Nazi-era Jewish ghettos

US-Russian journalist Masha Gessen won Germany’s Hannah Arendt prize for political thought

The Guardian - UK

Schindler's List at 30: a look back at Steven Spielberg's shattering masterpiece

Schindler’s List, released 30 years ago, remains Steven Spielberg’s most highly acclaimed and emotionally sapping film. Winning seven Academy Awards, including best picture and best director, it was widely praised for its portrayal of the horrors of the Holocaust.

The Conversation

Why did a far-right MP take a fire extinguisher to a Jewish menorah just as Poland's new government was being voted into power?

In an attack caught on video, a member of the Polish parliament (Sejm) used a fire extinguisher to put out the Hanukkah candles on a menorah positioned in a public area of the building, filling the room with mist and covering bystanders with foam. Grzegorz Braun, an MP for the…

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Sir Nicholas Winton: the true story of the British WW2 hero who saved 669 children from the Nazis

Winton became a key player in the Kindertransport rescue task force. Now his astonishing story is being told in a new film starring Anthony Hopkins

Evening Standard

‘I no longer feel at home here’: German Muslims frustrated by Israel backing

Many say Germany’s historical responsibility for Nazi crimes makes it hard for people to criticise Gaza strategy

The Guardian - UK

Globes analysis: Let the awards season of Barbenheimer begin

Early awards in Hollywood’s unfurling awards season have gone to films like Celine Song’s tender relationship drama “Past Lives,” Jonathan Glazer’s piercing Holocaust film “The Zone of Interest” and Martin Scorsese’s sprawling Osage murders epic “Killers of the Flower Moon.”

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Biden is hosting a Hanukkah ceremony at the White House as fears mount about rising antisemitism

President Joe Biden is hosting a White House reception to mark Hanukkah, celebrating the holiday as he has continued to denounce rising antisemitism in the U.S. and abroad amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war

The Independent UK

Live updates | Israel says it's prepared to fight for months to defeat Hamas

Israel says it is prepared to fight for months or longer to defeat Gaza’s Hamas rulers, as its ground offense intensifies with more airstrikes and artillery fire

The Independent UK

Holocaust survivors will mark Hanukkah amid worries over war in Israel, global rise of antisemitism

Holocaust survivors from around the globe will mark the start of the fifth day of Hanukkah together with a virtual ceremony as worries grow among Jews worldwide about the Israel-Hamas war and a spike of antisemitism in Europe, the United States and elsewhere

Reason

The Rotten Core Of College Campuses

Many readers may be aware that it is currently the holiday of Chanukkah. And maybe you know that during this holiday, the Jewish people light a menorah (candelabra) with eight candles to remind us of a miracle: in ancient times, there was only enough oil to light a lamp for…

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The Hindu

The hypocrisy of Western democracy

The root cause of Western complicity in Palestinian oppression lies in colonialism and imperialism

The Guardian - UK

Jonathan Glazer on his holocaust film The Zone of Interest: ‘This is not about the past, it’s about now’

The director’s audacious new film about Auschwitz’s commandant was 10 years in the making. He explains how it was made – and the importance of finding light in the darkness

Reason

New Survey Showing Public Ignorance About the Holocaust Among Young Americans

The Economist/YouGov survey indicates 1 in 5 young Americans believe the Holocaust is a "myth." The result is troubling, but less bad than it looks. It is also just one part of a broader problem of widespread ignorance about history and political issues.

Reason

More on Advocacy of Genocide

Let's focus concretely on proposed bans on advocacy of "genocide," at Stanford and beyond.

Metal Hammer

“Black Sabbath are afraid of us blowing them offstage. I’d feel the same in their position”: Lemmy, Ozzy and the story of legendary 80s rock festival the Heavy Metal Holocaust

In August 1981, 40,000 rabid fans descended on an English football ground to watch Motörhead headline the Heavy Metal Holocaust. And it got chaotic

The Texas Tribune

Conservative consulting group rebrands with new name after leader met with white supremacist Nick Fuentes

In a Nov. 13 filing with the Texas Secretary of State, an attorney for Pale Horse Strategies LLC wrote that the firm would also conduct future business under the name “West Fort Worth Management LLC.”

The Conversation

Holocaust comparisons are overused -- but in the case of Hamas' Oct. 7 attack on Israel they may reflect more than just the emotional response of a traumatized people

Many observers have referred to the massacre of Israelis by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, as the deadliest attack against the Jewish people in a single day “since the Holocaust.”

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