Holocaust articles
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Read this incredible essay about Magneto, Judaism, and the legacy of the Holocaust
Over at Defector, writer Asher Elbein just published one of the single best pop culture-politics crossover essays I've read in a long time. In The Judgement of Magneto, Elbein expertly analyzes the history of the Max "Erik Lensherr" Eisenhardt — better known as Magneto, the Mutant Master of Magnetism — and how the character's shifting perceptions over six decades of publication have resonated with changing sentiments around the governing of the nation of Israel and the social functionality of...
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Annual Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony underway at Yad Vashem
The annual Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony is underway at Yad Vashem, Israel's national Holocaust memorial and museum in Jerusalem.
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Holocaust survivor marks that history differently after Oct. 7 horror
Israel will start marking Holocaust Remembrance Day on Sunday evening. But this year, after the unprecedented Oct. 7 attack by the militant Hamas group, the somber commemoration carries a heavier weight than usual for many Holocaust survivors.