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Students from schools across the country gathered to watch the Holocaust documentary presented by NCJW-Peninsula section.

Film director and TikTok Star enhance Holocaust education for the next generation

In a continued effort to promote Holocaust education within schools the National Council of Jewish Women-Peninsula Section hosted a virtual showing of viewing of the documentary ”The Barn.” … more

By Kepherd Daniel | 2/2/23

We must remember — and teach — the Holocaust

When I was growing up, it was hard not to notice the numbers tattooed on her wrist. Children are often very observant, and I was curious about what they meant. more

By Daniel Offner | 1/26/23

U.S. Rep.-elect George Santos has yet to directly respond to questions about his claimed work and education history, as well as where hundreds of thousands of dollars he loaned his campaign originated from. Now he's facing additional questions about whether his claims his grandparents escaped the Holocaust are true.

Santos claims grandparents were Holocaust survivors challenged

George Santos faces growing scrutiny over where he has worked, where he went to school, and where his seemingly sudden wealth has come from. But now the U.S. Representative-elect is being questioned about something much different: Is he a descendant of Holocaust survivors? more

By Michael Hinman | 12/22/22

Remembering for those who no longer can

There are very few people left who can answer the question, “Where were you when Pearl Harbor was bombed?” more

12/1/22

Marc Hecht presented his family’s story of the Holocaust to Lawrence Elementary School students last spring.

Focusing on Holocaust education in New York public schools

There is a renewed emphasis on Holocaust education thanks to a new state law signed in August by Gov. Kathy Hochul, requiring public school district superintendents to attest in a survey that their schools are making the Holocaust part of classroom instruction. more

By Kepherd Daniel | 10/20/22

The battle against antisemitism continues

With the Jewish High Holy Days and Yom Kippur behind us, we in the Jewish community look forward to all that is to come in the new year, 5783 on the Hebrew calendar. more

By Eric Post | 10/13/22

When Nazis killed 6 million, where was America?

I implore readers to watch the new six-hour, three-part series on PBS, “The U.S. and the Holocaust,” by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein. more

9/29/22

Assemblyman Ari Brown was one of several people who spoke about the ongoing battle against antisemitism in Cedarhurst on Aug. 23.

Revving up the battle against antisemitism in Cedarhurst

For the third time in more than two years, Cedarhurst village was the backdrop in the battle against antisemitism. more

By LISA MARGARIA Special to the Nassau Herald | 9/1/22

After eight years of writing and revising, Woodsburgh resident Sandy Wolberg completed “A Soul Beneath the Earth: A Holocaust Memoir of Faith and Resilience” in June.

Woodsburgh author keeps mother’s Holocaust story alive

In keeping with her mother’s philosophy of informing the world, longtime Woodsburgh resident Sandy Schipper Wolberg published a book about her mother’s experience surviving the Holocaust, “A Soul Beneath the Earth: A Holocaust Memoir of Faith and Resilience,” in June. more

By Lisa Margaria | 6/30/22

HAFTR eighth-grader Alex Preminger reflected on his experience interviewing a Holocaust survivor for his Names, Not Numbers project.

Survivors recall the Holocaust

The tragedy of the Holocaust continues to reverberate in the 21st century, as students at the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway Middle School took part in the Names, Not Numbers project and showed their videotaped interviews with survivors on June 2. more

By Lisa Margaria | 6/9/22

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