Holocaust

San Diego Schools Must Do More to Curb Growing Antisemitism

By Mark Powell Times of San Diego SAN DIEGO — Protests continue across college and high school campuses as students voice opposition to Israel’s self-defense in the Gaza war, citing concerns about collateral damage and the loss of Palestinian lives. However, some of these demonstrations have transformed from anti-Israel protests to antisemitic protests. Therefore, it

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Holocaust, Israel, Opinion, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education

‘All The Light We Cannot See’ Illuminates Dark Places

By Eric George Tauber CINCINNATI, Ohio — How do we get through difficult times? How can we find a ray of hope when all we see are shadows? During the COVID-19 pandemic, many of us turned to streaming services like Netflix to cope with our feelings of boredom and isolation. My personal favorites were works

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Eric George Tauber, Holocaust, Opinion, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Supernatural Tales Embody Wishes of Holocaust Rescue

SAN DIEGO – This collection of five graphic stories was released on Halloween, October 31, not coincidentally.  Each fictional tale has elements of the supernatural, mostly intervening on behalf of Jews who otherwise would have been murdered by the Nazis in the Holocaust. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Holocaust, Jewish Fiction

UC San Diego Program to Explore Legacy of Famed Physicist Leo Szilard

By Eileen Wingard   LA JOLLA, California — Szilard Biographer William Lanouette and geneticist Matthew Meselson will celebrate the 125th anniversary of Leo Szilard’s birth and the Szilard archive held in UC San Diego Library’s Special Collections & Archives on Thursday, Nov. 2, from 4-5 p.m. online. To register for “Leo Szilard’s Legacy: Science in

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Eileen Wingard, Holocaust, San Diego County

Hamas Merged Nazi and Islamist Ideologies

Hitler’s fanaticism and the legacy of his henchmen in implementing his “Final Solution” against the Jews cannot begin to compare with the Islamic fanaticism of Hamas. Unlike the Nazis, who did their best to conceal their genocidal crimes against the Jews, the followers of Hamas take immense pride in carrying out their acts of mayhem against the Jew, as we saw in the recent October 7th attack against the Jews on Shabbat and during the holiday of Simchat Torah. [Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel]

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Holocaust, International, Israel, Jewish History, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Middle East

San Diego International Film Festival to Feature Story of Holocaust Survivor’s Courage

By Eva Trieger SAN DIEGO — I always find myself looking forward to mid-September as I eagerly anticipate my phone interview with Tonya Mantooth, CEO and Artistic Director and Co-Founder of the San Diego International Film Festival. Our conversations are always fun, eye-opening, inspired and while we’ve never had the chance to meet, extremely personal.

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Eva Trieger, Holocaust, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

P.A.’s Abbas Tells Terrible Lies About the Holocaust

By Rabbi Dr. Bernhard Rosenberg EDISON, New Jersey — The chairman of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas,   claimed that Jews were murdered in the Holocaust not because of their Jewishness. “This is explained in many Jewish books,” Abbas said. “They say that Hitler killed them because of their Jewishness. Not so. They (the Nazis) fought

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Bernhard H. Rosenberg-Rabbi, Holocaust, International, Jewish History, Middle East

J’Accuse! A Call for Truth, Justice, and Jewish Honor

By Franklin Gaylis and Sara E. Brown SAJAC (South African Jewish American Community) was one of the first organizations to promote Michael Kretzmer’s documentary, J’Accuse! in 2022. This documentary film tells the story of the Lithuanian Holocaust. Approximately 220,000 Lithuanian Jews — 96.4 % of Lithuania’s Jewish population, the highest proportion in Europe — were

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Holocaust, International, Opinion, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast