Marian Turski, Holocaust survivor and co-founder of Warsaw’s landmark Jewish museum, dies at 98
Marian Turski co-founded Warsaw’s landmark Jewish history museum and became president of the International Auschwitz Committee. (Maciej Jaźwiecki/POLIN Museum)
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
February 19, 2025
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Marian...
The abuse of Israeli hostages shocks a ‘bring them home’ movement that feeds on hope
Close relatives of Israeli hostage Eli Sharabi, at the family home in Tel Aviv, react as they watch on a television screen his release...
Sen. Ron Wyden says the Democrats need ‘chutzpah’ to return to power
The son of Jewish parents who fled the Nazis for safe harbor in the United States, Sen. Ron Wyden shares lessons from 40-plus career...
92 years ago today, Hitler took power. This historian wants us to see the lessons we’ve ignored from his rise
Adolf Hitler speaks in the Lustgarten in Berlin during the Reich presidential election on April 4, 1932. (German Federal Archives/Wikimedia Commons)
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
January 30,...
Lee Yaron’s account of Oct. 7 attacks named Jewish book of the year
In “10/7,” journalist Lee Yaron profiles victims of the Oct. 7 massacre from a wide range of communities. (Uri Bareket; St. Martin’s Press)
By Andrew...