Righteous Persons documentary to premiere at Edmonton Jewish Film Festival
By Adam Bentley (EJNews) – I am Jewish and Canadian, Israeli and Edmontonian. I am a filmmaker whose short films have been screened on CBC…
Holocaust
Yom Hashoah: Edmonton commemorates Holocaust Remembrance Day
(EJNews) – On April 24, 2017, chilly weather and a grey threatening sky provided a damp and somber backdrop for a solemn Yom Hashoah ceremony….
7 new books about the Holocaust you should read, according to scholars
By Josefin Dolsten (JTA) — From Anne Frank’s diary to Elie Wiesel’s “Night,” books about the Holocaust remain some of the most powerful and well-known…
An incredible Holocaust escape story, proven by science
By Tom Tugend LOS ANGELES (JTA) – A one-hour TV program airing this week on PBS links an incredible Holocaust escape story to advanced scientific…
Try not to cry during this Oscar-nominated film about a Holocaust survivor and his violin
By Curt Schleier (JTA) — Filmmaker Kahane Cooperman hasn’t written an Oscars acceptance speech yet, but she likely will before the Academy Awards ceremony on Feb….