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This Jewish New Yorker survived the Holocaust and the Hungarian Revolution, and is still helping others today
Susan Kalev at her Washington Heights home. (Lily Lester)
By Jackie Hajdenberg
April 22, 2025
(New York Jewish Week) — Susan Kalev, 80, lives in a two-bedroom...
Will the next pope be good for the Jews?
Pope Francis, praying; the pope died Monday, leaving the papacy in “sede vacante” as the world wonders who will ascend.
By Mira Fox
April 22, 2025
It’s...
How do you deal with invitations from someone whose behavior drives you nuts?
It’s no fun dining out with someone who’s always got a complaint about his food. Illustration by iStock
By Beth Harpaz
April 22, 2025
Dear Bintel,
I’m reaching...
Our preeminent historian of the Jews is finally ready to confront Auschwitz
Simon Schama stands in front of a train carriage at Auschwitz-Birkenau Courtesy of PBS
By Dan Friedman
April 22, 2025
One road to Auschwitz ran through a...
Hidden in a famous WWII photo, two heroic Jewish stories
US troops of the 69th Infantry Division (left), shake hands with Russian troops on the wrecked bridge over the Elbe. Bernard Kirschenabum is second...