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If you've Googled anything today, you may have been struck by a harrowing black-and-white Google Doodle featuring a typewriter. It honors Nelly Sachs, an incredible German Jewish poet and Holocaust… survivor. Sachs was born to a well-to-do Jewish family in Berlin 127 years ago, on December 10, 1891. As a teen, Sachs was inspired by the writing Swedish author Selma Lagerlöf, to whom she wrote admiring letters. Much of her early published work was inspired by Lagerlöf's romantic style. As Hitler rose to power, Sachs was only… >> Read More

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This NYC Marathon Runner Honored Her Holocaust Survivor Mom in a Powerful Way

Arielle Kaplan

Among the 50,000-plus runners who participated in the annual New York City marathon on Sunday, there was one runner who especially moved us: Rochelle Goldschmiedt, who honored her Holocaust survivor… mother by wearing her Auschwitz number on her arm. Just a couple days before Sunday's race, Goldschmiedt received a henna tattoo of the number that her mother, Devora Hilsenrath, got when she arrived at Auschwitz from Hungary at age 14. The inspiration to do this Goldschmiedt told NorthJersey.com, was twofold: To honor her mother as… >> Read More

Books

Do We Need a Graphic Adaptation of Anne Frank’s Diary? Actually, Yes.

Emily Burack

The story of Anne Frank has become a universal tale, and her diary has become one of the world's most famous books. No matter how many times you read the story — of Anne and her family hiding in an… attic in Amsterdam — your heart breaks every time. If Anne Frank's tale is so universal, her story so well known, her name forever associated with the tragedies of the Holocaust, why is a graphic adaptation needed? Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaption does not diminish the original, but enhance it. Ari Folman (words) and David Polonsky… >> Read More

Yom Kippur

Not Everyone Can Fast on Yom Kippur and That’s OK

Jaclyn Novatt

“You shall observe my commandments and live by them.” This biblical phrase is often used in conjunction with the Jewish idea of pikuach nefesh (saving a life) — namely, that Jewish law can be… set aside to protect a person’s health or safety. I’ve long been familiar with the verse — but it has taken me nearly two decades to truly understand what this means. Let’s go back to Yom Kippur 2000. I was in college, and in treatment for anorexia nervosa. I had been hospitalized and released, but I… >> Read More

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Pink Is Passing On Her Jewish Identity to Her Kids in this Powerful Way

Emily Burack

Superstar and super-mom Pink (real name: Alecia Beth Moore) doesn't leave her kids at home when she tours. Her children with husband Carey Hart — Jameson, 18 months, and Willow, 7 — have… accompanied her on "Beautiful Trauma" tour since it kicked off last summer. As the singer told Reese Witherspoon on her new talk show, Shine With Reese, "Going on tour with children is really tricky. It’s exhausting. It’s the hardest thing I’ve ever done, But I’m very, very fortunate that I get to bring my kids with me and… >> Read More

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