In the second installment of And So It Goes, HBO’s new two-part documentary about Billy Joel, the Piano Man explains why he wore a yellow Star of David in August 2017, during his residency at Madison Square Garden, in his most extensive filmed account...

When Arlen Chaleff got a call from the St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum, she didn’t hesitate. Within moments, she was digging through old file cabinets, pulling out patterns along with  naturalization papers and anything else she could...

A St. Louis Holocaust survivor was honored with a special memorial service late last month — 60 years after his death.  Walter Berger’s family members gathered June 30 to unveil a new monument at his grave in Memorial Park Cemetery in Staunton,...

(JTA) — In 1941 Sarajevo, a Muslim woman hid her Jewish friend from fascist roundups. Half a century later, that same Muslim woman was trapped in the besieged capital during the 1992-1995 Bosnian War — and her Jewish friend made sure she got out. These...

The door closes behind you, and suddenly, you're in the dark. The air is still. A cold floor beneath you. Around you, shadows flicker—portraits of people once packed inside this very kind of railcar. Some clutch children. Some look out, searching for...

A darkly funny, Oscar-shortlisted short film about Holocaust memory and modern marketing is heading to ChaiFlicks, the Jewish themed streaming service. Starting June 12—Anne Frank’s birthday—viewers can stream “The Anne Frank Gift Shop,” a 15-minute...

It wasn’t a ribbon-cutting or a gala. There was no long list of speeches, no formal program. Just a small group gathered quietly near the Kindertransport section of the St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum on Wednesday morning, May 28 to dedicate...

This story was originally published on Moment.com. Sign up for the Moment Minute.  Music, at its core, is freedom. It cannot be caged by ideology or controlled by propaganda. The Nazis understood that, which is why they tried so desperately to suppress...

While listening to the incredible program that was last month's Yom HaShoah Holocaust Commemoration 2025 at Congregation Temple Israel, I thought I had heard all the stories one could hear about surviving the Holocaust. I was wrong. The featured...

An extraordinary moment unfolded Monday evening in Washington when Gene Simmons, the 75-year-old frontman for legendary rock band KISS, encountered Harold “Hal” Urban, a 100-year-old World War II veteran who participated in the liberation of the...

You might not know her name, but Rose Valland helped save part of the soul of Europe. And she did it while the world’s most ruthless art thieves—Nazis in their knee-high boots and pressed gray coats—stormed through Paris, stealing and crating up...

As the Jewish Light first reported on Feb. 28 in an exclusive interview with the Simon Wiesenthal Center, Argentina had pledged to open its sealed Nazi-era financial archives. Now, that pledge has become reality. In a historic decision, Argentina...