Tag: holocaust, hungary
Searching for life
Shana GoldbergDec 04, 2015
CHANUKAH EDITION 5776 LITERARY SUPPLEMENT I. There’s no place like home, as Dorothy famously proclaimed in “The Wizard of Oz,” and yet, conversely, like the title...
Is Kristallnacht being forgotten?
Shana GoldbergNov 05, 2015
Will Kristallnacht be forgotten, relegated to the ash heap of Jewish history, akin to the Kishinev Pogroms, which, let’s face it, no one really talks about anymore —...
To sell or not to sell? Woman in Gold
Rocky Mountain JewJun 16, 2015
There’s something funny about art. It’s often commissioned and paid for by private individuals, but somehow is thought of as a public good. The recent film ‘Woman...
Lessons from visit to Dachau
Shana GoldbergMay 14, 2015
The IJN traveled to Germany as part of a delegation of Jewish communal leaders from Colorado; the delegation was sponsored by MDC Richmond Homes American Foundation....
70th Anniversary of V-E Day
Rocky Mountain JewMay 08, 2015
For the past few months, starting in January, we’ve been marking the anniversaries of the liberations of Nazi concentration camps. Those liberations were the harbinger...
Colorado returns to Dachau
Shana GoldbergMay 07, 2015
And the heavens wept: German chancellor, liberators and survivors gather at Dachau on the 70th anniversary of its liberation. MUNICH — Hundreds gathered on a grey,...
Mizel delegation to Dachau
IJN StaffMay 01, 2015
The Mizel Museum is hosting a delegation to Dachau, Germany, April 29-May 4, for the 70th anniversary of the concentration camps liberation. The Colorado National...
Was FBI director Comey wrong?
Rocky Mountain JewApr 22, 2015
Apparently there’s a brouhaha over a speech that James Comey delivered last week at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum. The FBI director dared to hold the Nazis’...
Holocaust literature for kids: Too much?
Shana GoldbergApr 17, 2015
It’s natural that as Yom HaShoah approaches, conversations turn to the Holocaust and the brutal destruction of the six million. It’s also natural that the topic...
Wrenching journey: Seeking the site of my great-grandmother’s death
Shana GoldbergApr 09, 2015
I. Desolation 2012 I travelled to a region of Hungary where no tourist goes. It is nigh impossible to convey the desolation of this region, just north of Hungary’s...
