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Matt Lebovic
The Semer Project performed at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, on Nov. 14, 2017 (Ilene Perlman/Jewish Arts Collaborative)
November 23, 2017, 10:14 pm
Saved in a musical ‘Noah’s Ark,’ pre-Holocaust Jewish music performed again live
A shellac disc trove of sacred -- and very profane -- pre-WWII music rescued 15 years ago spurs creation of an ensemble that honors slain musicians' resistance to genocide
By Matt Lebovic
Emma Watson, Rupert Grint and Daniel Radcliffe are shown in a scene from 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2.' (AP/Warner Bros. Pictures)
October 25, 2017, 8:17 pm
Harry Potter’s ‘sacred meaning’ probed by Harvard chaplains
Touted as ‘the English class you didn’t know you missed,’ a podcast based on J.K. Rowling’s iconic series has converted Muggles around the country
By Matt Lebovic
The former Nazi death camp Sobibor, in eastern Poland, where more than 200,000 Jews were murdered during the Holocaust. A long-anticipated museum and visitor center is under construction, September 30, 2017 (Elan Kawesch/The Times of Israel)
October 17, 2017, 11:49 am
At former Nazi death camp Sobibor, a post-Holocaust construction boom
After decades of obscurity, a one-time Nazi-built extermination center is being transformed to commemorate Jewish victims and attract more visitors
By Matt Lebovic
Screenshot of a portion of the cartoon posted by Yair Netanyahu, September 8, 2017. (Facebook)
September 11, 2017, 1:13 pm
‘Alien reptile’ and cloaked figure in Yair Netanyahu’s meme have old-new origins
To demonize his father's political enemies, PM's son posted a meme 'rife with anti-Semitic themes' hidden in plain view
By Matt Lebovic
A Nazi flag outside the German consulate's house on Chestnut Street in Beacon Hill, May 1940. (public domain)
September 4, 2017, 3:48 am
When Boston was America’s ‘capital’ of anti-Semitism
Prewar Boston was a hotbed of ties to Nazi Germany, both public and covert. During the war, Jewish youth paid a bloody price for years of virulent hate
By Matt Lebovic
Protesters at 'dueling rallies' on the Boston Common, August 19, 2017 (Matt Lebovic/The Times of Israel)
August 20, 2017, 4:20 am
In Boston, concerned Jews gather in prayer and protest against bigotry
An interfaith vigil and well-publicized 'dueling rallies' draw thousands of Jews to denounce racism and anti-Semitism in America's Cradle of Liberty
By Matt Lebovic
During the 1930s in Yaphank, New York, members of the Nazi party march through the Long Island town, where they also organized a pro-Hitler summer camp (Public domain)
August 13, 2017, 11:29 am
American laws against ‘coloreds’ influenced Nazi racial planners
With neo-Nazis and white supremacists violently protesting in Charlottesville, Virginia, echoes of the country's awkward history of ties to Nazism
By Matt Lebovic
Massachusetts native Mike Shultz and his son Ari at Boston's Fenway Park, 2016 (Courtesy)
July 25, 2017, 4:47 pm
5-year-old Ari Schultz dies months after rejected heart transplant
Jewish pre-schooler became a social media darling through videos of his sports-fueled antics and exuberant banter
By Matt Lebovic
A rededication ceremony at the New England Holocaust Memorial in Boston, Massachusetts, following an act of vandalism, July 11, 2017 (Matt Lebovic/The Times of Israel)
July 12, 2017, 12:16 pm
Boston Holocaust memorial rededicated after vandalism
After one of the Shoah memorial's glass towers was shattered last month, community leaders gather to unveil repairs and praise Boston's response to the incident
By Matt Lebovic
Members of the federal police carry a Nazi statue at the Interpol headquarters in Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 16, 2017. (AP/Natacha Pisarenko)
July 5, 2017, 12:08 pm
Top collector cries foul on Nazi memorabilia trove uncovered in Buenos Aires
Argentinian officials claim recently discovered Nazi-era artifacts are 'original pieces'; some US-based aficionados of Third Reich collectibles beg to differ
By Matt Lebovic
The so-called 'People's Court' of Nazi Germany, set up outside of normal constitutional frameworks, 1944 (Public domain)
June 23, 2017, 10:02 pm
Boston event commends Nazi-era citizens’ acts of virtue, even as their judges abetted genocide
Tied to a US Holocaust Memorial Museum exhibit on how courts aided Nazi Germany, legal experts discuss the role of tribunals in protecting minorities
By Matt Lebovic
Anne Frank's hiding place bedroom during the 1950s (left) and her restored bedroom at the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam today (Matt Lebovic/The Times of Israel)
June 10, 2017, 7:21 am
Publication of Anne Frank’s diary saved her ‘Secret Annex’ from destruction
60 years ago, the Netherlands avoided 'national scandal' when activists rescued the wartime hiding place
By Matt Lebovic
Erin Davis performs at the Gotham Comedy Club in New York City, February 2017 (Courtesy)
May 29, 2017, 2:36 am
Jewish NYC ‘wing-woman’ makes love connections the old-fashioned way
After capturing the attention of comedy clubs and TV producers, matchmaker-turned-comic Erin Davis brings her Jewish dating shtick to new stages
By Matt Lebovic
A drug deal is photographed in Berlin, 1924 (Public Domain/German Federal Archive)
May 10, 2017, 8:26 pm
Did stimulants fuel Nazi Germany’s war of annihilation?
A probe into drug and alcohol use during Nazi Germany's 'blitzkrieg' assault on Europe opens a Pandora's box of coverups and accusations
By Matt Lebovic
Students at the Foxboro Regional Charter School in Massachusetts pose with a Holocaust-related mural in 2016, created through the school's Holocaust Stamps Project (Courtesy)
April 24, 2017, 5:47 pm
More than 9.2-million canceled stamps later, Holocaust postage project recognized in Boston
For 8 years, students at a Massachusetts charter school have collected stamps to learn about the Shoah -- and push back on bullying
By Matt Lebovic
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