Holocaust

TJS S6 Interlude – American Anti-Semitism – Interview with Ken Jacobson of the ADL

Is Judeophobia getting worse in the US? Kenneth Jacobson has worked for the Anti-Defamation League since 1971 and as deputy director, he shares his unique view on the history of Jew-hate in America.

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TJS Live – Survival Zionism part V

Here is part five of the live series on Survival Zionism. This episode returns to the United States to look at the impact of these fateful years on American Jewry. If you like the live style, sign up for this year’s TJS Live weekly class at:jewishstory.co/registerclass/

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TJS S3E18: The Eichmann Trial

The Holocaust was so dark and vast that the Jews struggled to integrate it into their consciousness, despite the hundreds of thousands of survivors in their midst. One of the turning points in even addressing this issue was the capture and trial of Adolf Eichmann, architect of the Final Solution. He was taken and tried,…

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TJS: S3E17 The Kastner affair

The memory of the the Holocaust is dark and traumatic enough that it threatens to overwhelm even the light of the present. Here is the first part of an exploration of Holocaust memory in Israel’s open decade, as seen through the lens of one of the darker stories of the early state – the Kastner…

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JS S2:E35: Jewish Resistance in the Warsaw Ghetto

By 1942 there was no escape from Europe for the Jews, and even if they had managed to run – who would take them in. This second episode on the Holocaust explores the message of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and finally brings American Jewry into the picture of the Jewish Story.

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