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Dr. Rafael Medoff, a Jewish history author and professor, spoke at Rambam High about how newspapers, including The New York Times, downplayed Holocaust news coverage as the genocide unfolded.

Dr. Rafael Medoff speaks at Rambam High School on Holocaust news coverage

To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp, Rambam Mesivta High School in Lawrence hosted a Jewish studies scholar who discussed the Holocaust from an editorial perspective. more

By Matthew Ferremi | 2/6/20

Eva Ebin, Rachel Gleitman AND VERA Eden, left to right, nd Vera Eden escaped death when a shower head used to release poison gas malfunctioned at the concentration camp in Auschwitz.

Reunited after 70 years

A malfunctioning gas chamber shower head saved the lives of three women from Munkacs, Czechoslovakia, in May 1945 at Auschwitz, one of several Nazi concentration camps. Shortly after their brush with death, Auschwitz was liberated by Allied forces. more

By Vanessa Parker | 11/25/15

Holocaust Remembrance Day was commemorated by many Five Towns synagogues during two events on Wednesday. Above, Polish-born Holocaust survivor Meyer Hack showed his prisoner number that was branded on his arm.

Commemorating Holocaust Remembrance Day

Calling it one of the most important events in Jewish history, Rabbi Steven Graber, the spiritual leader of Temple Hillel in North Woodmere, listed two other reasons why the Holocaust should be remembered. more

By Jeff Bessen | 4/16/15

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