Organizers at the Illinois Holocaust Museum chose International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Jan. 27 for the official rollout of their new cutting-edge virtual-reality Holocaust experience, titled “The Journey Back.”
The growing volume of lip service paid by the world to the memory of the Six Million is neatly matched by the complacence about or support for contemporary Jew-hatred.
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published January 25, 2022
As we move closer to the re-opening of the St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum this summer, work continues on the museum's permanent exhibit.
The permanent exhibit
The new permanent exhibit at the museum will educate visitors on the history of...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published January 25, 2022
In honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27th, ChaiFlicks will be offering six complimentary films on the platform to honor the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust.
The six movies, 5 features, and one documentary were...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published January 19, 2022
At a secluded villa on Berlin’s Wannsee lake, 15 senior Nazi officials came together on January 20th, 1942. The 15 had been invited for a conference by SS General Reinhard Heydrich, who was appointed by Adolf Hiter to prepare for the Final Solution...
Today, we tell the remarkable story of Erika Schick Goldburg, a St. Louisan's whose life could indeed be made into an epic movie, similar to “Europa, Europa,” or “Sunshine,” the latter of which depicted a Hungarian Jewish family going through...
GABRIELLE KAPLAN-MAYER and Jordan Palmer
• Published January 17, 2022
Mazel Tov! If you or someone close to you is planning a Jewish wedding, you are in the midst of an exciting — and at times stress-inducing — experience. Besides the many wedding details that all couples need to plan, Jewish brides and grooms have...
The St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum is seeking entries for the 2022 Art and Writing Contest. The national contest asks creative middle and high school students in grades 6 through 12 to express the difficult and inspiring lessons of the Holocaust.
Entries...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published January 16, 2022
In post-World War II America, Jews in more than 150 cities tuned in every Sunday afternoon to hear what some described as the "voice of the Jewish community." That voice belonged to Robert Lurie, who lived and created his radio show, "The American...
Center for Israel Education
• Published January 13, 2022
Jan. 13, 1898 — Zola Accuses French of Antisemitism
L’Aurore publishes a 4,500-word front-page letter from Emile Zola under the headline “J’Accuse” (“I Accuse”), in which the acclaimed writer charges French President Felix Faure and his...
ROBERT A. COHN, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF EMERITUS
• Published January 12, 2022
The birthday of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will be marked this year on Sunday, Jan. 16.
Considering his major accomplishments as the leader of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement - for which he earned a well-deserved Nobel Peace Prize - it is still...
Dan Buffa, Special For The Jewish Light
• Published January 5, 2022
When fighting erupted between Israel and Hamas in early May 2021, passions on both sides of the ongoing conflict raged all across electronic and print media, television screens, and of course social media. Both sides claimed the justification of their...
