This week in Jewish history: Göring’s Final Solution order and first Russian Jews arrive in NYC This week in Jewish history, Göring ordered preparations for the Final Solution, and Russian Jewish immigrants arrived in New York City.
This week in Jewish history: The Vel d’Hiv roundup and the end of the Spanish Inquisition This week in Jewish history: Remember the Vel d’Hiv roundup in Paris and the surprising abolition of the Spanish Inquisition in 1834.
‘Miracle’ reveals the incredible true story of the 51 boys who escaped Auschwitz’s gas chamber In “Miracle,” Rabbi Naftali Schiff and Michael Calvin recount how 51 Jewish boys escaped the gas chambers at Auschwitz.
How Nazis hid the Holocaust: 5 shocking details From Tom Hanks’ WWII series From Kristallnacht to Auschwitz, “World War II with Tom Hanks” explores how Nazi Germany carried out the Holocaust.
‘Marcel on the Train’ tells the story of how Marcel Marceau used comedy to save Jewish children in World War II “Marcel on the Train” brings Marcel Marceau’s little-known WWII rescue story to the stage, asking what humor is for when the world is brutal.
Satirizing nazis can be defiance — the ‘Drag Race’ Hitler Snatch Game performance wasn’t quite that Jewish humor has long used Nazi mockery to reclaim power and affirm survival. On “Drag Race,” The Only Naomy’s performance lacked the target satire requires.
