“It happened, therefore it can happen again ... and it can happen everywhere.” Primo Levi (1919-1987)-- The Drowned and the Saved April 24 is Yom HaShoah (Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day), ...

(JTA) — Aron Bell, a Holocaust survivor and last remaining brother of the famed Bielski partisans who saved more than 1,200 Jews from the Nazis during the Holocaust, has died at 98. Bell, who later ...

(JTA) — Nechama Tec, a Holocaust survivor and historian whose book about a group of Jews in Belarus who successfully defied the Nazis was made into the 2008 film “Defiance,” died Aug. 3 in New York ...

The film “Defiance” told the story of the Bielski brothers, who led a group of partisans in fighting the Nazis and established a self-sustaining Jewish community in the forests of Belarus, but it didn ...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Liev Schreiber, star of the Showtime series Ray Donovan, narrates two new films set to premiere at the Jewish Partisan Educational Foundation’s (JPEF) 2013 Tribute Dinner ...

The 2023 Gala event commemorates the 15th anniversary of Defiance, the 2008 film that introduced the partisan story of resistance to global audiences, and honors the Bielski brothers. Highlights of ...

Namwene Mukabwa is a Collider author based in Nairobi, Kenya. He has a penchant for Westerns, classics, historical, and underrated movies and television series. He became hooked on screens at the age ...

In his early years, Aron Bell of Palm Beach helped his brothers save more than 1,200 Jews escaping Nazis during World War II. Now, he gathers with friends and family to celebrate his 90th birthday.

“In each and every generation they rise up against us to destroy us. And the Holy One, blessed be He, rescues us from their hands.” Yehuda Bielski never cooked. Except every year on Passover and ...

Documentary filmmaker Julia Mintz has been collecting stories for over 20 years. A little over a decade ago, one stopped her in her tracks. It was the story of a young girl who encamped in a ditch and ...

Nechama Tec, a Holocaust survivor and historian whose book about a group of Jews in Belarus who successfully defied the Nazis was made into the 2008 film “Defiance, “ died Aug. 3 in New York City, ...