Comic-Con Panel Packed for Holocaust Survivor, Jewish-Created Superman
Nearly 75 years ago, Ruth Goldschmiedova Sax, a Jewish teen, was forced to stand nude…
Jewish Family Service Secures State Funds for California Holocaust Survivors
Thanks to the efforts of Jewish Family Service of San Diego, state lawmakers have appropriated…
A Powerful and Sadly Always Relevant ‘Anne Frank’ at Moxie Theatre
Sad to say, “The Diary of Anne Frank” never goes out of style. Though there…
War on Terror Evokes America’s Nazi-Friendly Era, Author Says at UCSD
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Eric Lichtblau, author of an exposé of the Nazi era’s shameful American…
Cygnet Theatre Hosts a Rowdy Bunch of ‘Bad Jews’
Truth be told, the characters aren’t so much “Bad Jews” as they are odious people.…
Czech Children’s Opera ‘Brundibar’ a Tragic Holocaust Memory
The year was 1943. The Jewish composer Hans Krása was already incarcerated in the Theresienstadt…
Explaining Evil: UCSD Psychiatrist Plumbs the Minds of Nazi Genocidal Killers
UCSD psychiatrist Joel Dimsdale recalls the day an executioner came for him four decades ago…
An Auschwitz Survivor Sees Himself in Today’s Syrian Refugees
The journey of a refugee is never forgotten. The sense of danger just behind, of…
Leni Riefenstahl’s Life Loosely Retold in ‘Amazons and their Men’
Leni Riefenstahl was a complex character — a groundbreaking filmmaker who devised film techniques that are…
Community View: Distant Echos of Quemoy and Matsu in U.S. Response to Crimea
San Diegans may be focused on the success of Aztecs men’s basketball team this weekend,…
