Guest Voices: Holocaust


Posted at 04:56 PM ET, 11/30/2012

Bergen-Belsen and Bitburg 27 years later: A personal perspective
By Menachem Z. Rosensaft
Son of Holocaust survivors returns to Germany to dedicate memorial site at a concentration camp.

By Menachem Z. Rosensaft  |  04:56 PM ET, 11/30/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 02:07 PM ET, 10/26/2012

Wolpe on Brandon’s Holocaust analogy: ‘It is stupidity on stilts’
By David Wolpe
L.A. rabbi thinks it’s time for Holocaust references to be off limits to “manifest idiots.”

By David Wolpe  |  02:07 PM ET, 10/26/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Pastor Brandon; Hitler; Holocaust; gay marraiage; same-sex marriage; Minnesota for Marriage; Rabbi Wolpe

Posted at 12:21 PM ET, 10/19/2012

A Holocaust film that must be seen
By Menachem Z. Rosensaft
French film captures the horror of it all with enormous sensitivity, including the anguish of parents unable to protect their children.

By Menachem Z. Rosensaft  |  12:21 PM ET, 10/19/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  La Rafle; the Roundup; Holocaust; Nazi-occupied Paris; Menachem Z. Rosensaft

Posted at 05:12 PM ET, 03/26/2012

During the Holocaust, a musical prayer of hope
By Caroline Stoessinger
Since early childhood, music has always been a kind of prayer for 108-year-old Alice Herz-Sommer, the pianist from Prague and the world’s oldest living Holocaust survivor.

By Caroline Stoessinger  |  05:12 PM ET, 03/26/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  holocaust, judaism

Posted at 10:30 AM ET, 03/19/2012

How President Eisenhower should be remembered
By Menachem Z. Rosensaft
For Holocaust survivors and their families in particular, General Eisenhower holds a hallowed, place in our hearts and emotions.

By Menachem Z. Rosensaft  |  10:30 AM ET, 03/19/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  eisenhower, holocaust, memorials, judaism

Posted at 12:49 PM ET, 02/07/2012

Searching for accountability in the Holocaust Torah scrolls’ scam
By Menachem Z. Rosensaft
After a Maryland rabbi’s guilty plea, a call for more accountabilty.

By Menachem Z. Rosensaft  |  12:49 PM ET, 02/07/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Holocaust, judaism, law