The Lloyd M. Burstein Memorial "Holocaust Film Series 2025" begins Sunday at 4 p.m. at the Figge Art Museum in Davenport.

The Lloyd M. Burstein Memorial Holocaust Film Series 2025 begins at 4 p.m. Sunday, March 16, at the Figge Art Museum, 225 W. 2nd St., Davenport. Tickets are available at the door. Adults $7; ...

On Friday, March 7, just ahead of the Jewish Sabbath, a South Carolina firing squad will shoot to death my longtime pen pal and friend Brad Sigmon. This ...

1944 - The Wiesel family is sent to the Auschwitz concentration camp, when Elie is 15. January 1945 - Is moved with his father to the Buchenwald concentration camp. His father dies there. April 11, ...

From Ingrid Friedman: “The author argues that firing squad executions, like the scheduled execution of his pen pal Brad ...

New documentary on Holocaust survivor "Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire" to be shown at Central Mass. Jewish Film Fest.

Portrait With Maus Mask, 1989. At many points in his life Art Spiegelman has tried to escape his family’s past—and who can blame him? His parent ...

In the Academy Award-nominated film A Real Pain, two Jewish American cousins (Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin) embark on a ...

The late author, activist, scholar and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel speaks this haunting admission in a new documentary about his life. The film, “Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire” will screen as part of ...

The classes have already read “Night” by Elie Wiesel, an autobiographical account of life in Auschwitz. Next on the docket is “The Book Thief” by Markus Zusak, a historical fiction novel ...

More than anyone, it was twentieth-century Jewish human rights icon Elie Wiesel whose words encapsulated the stand of the members of L’chaim! When asked about his feelings on capital punishment ...

I believe teaching Elie Wiesel and the Holocaust enables this ... “In the story, Jews in a small town prepare to board trains to Auschwitz. Before leaving, they bury their valuables, believing ...