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 · Dec 15, 2023
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 · Dec 15, 2023
‘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 · Dec 15, 2023
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 · Dec 14, 2023
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 · Dec 14, 2023
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 · Dec 13, 2023
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… The Conversation · Dec 13, 2023
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 · Dec 13, 2023
‘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 · Dec 12, 2023
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.” The Independent UK · Dec 11, 2023
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 · Dec 11, 2023
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 · Dec 11, 2023
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 The Independent UK · Dec 11, 2023
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… Reason · Dec 11, 2023
The Hindu · Dec 10, 2023 The hypocrisy of Western democracy The root cause of Western complicity in Palestinian oppression lies in colonialism and imperialism
The Guardian - UK · Dec 10, 2023 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 · Dec 9, 2023 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 · Dec 9, 2023 More on Advocacy of Genocide Let's focus concretely on proposed bans on advocacy of "genocide," at Stanford and beyond.
Metal Hammer · Dec 9, 2023 “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 · Dec 7, 2023 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 · Dec 7, 2023 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.”
Al Jazeera · Dec 7, 2023 As war in Gaza rages, what’s behind Germany’s support of Israel? Germany has tried to make amends for its Nazi past, in what some experts say is an attempt to whitewash its image.
The Guardian - UK · Dec 7, 2023 ‘A frenzy of judgement’: artist Candice Breitz on her German show being pulled over Gaza The Jewish artist’s exhibition was cancelled when she commented on the Israel-Hamas war. She argues that Germany is weaponising false charges of antisemitism to chilling and repressive effect
The Guardian - UK · Dec 7, 2023 How Nicholas Winton saved 669 children (and counting) from the Holocaust: ‘He became everybody’s grandfather’ Four generations owe their lives to the man who brought trainloads of Jewish children from Czechoslovakia to Britain in 1939. The original refugees remember the Kindertransport – and the shy stockbroker who got them on it
AAP · Dec 7, 2023 NZ Labour labels Israel's attack on Gaza as genocide New Zealand's parliament has debated and approved a motion from Foreign Minister Winston Peters calling for steps towards a ceasefire in Gaza.