Cordancia Chamber Orchestra will perform “Music from Terezín,” a program of works by Jewish composers who were victims of the Holocaust, on May 11 and 12.
Holocaust
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Film review: “Son of Saul”
There have been plenty of films over the years that have attempted to tackle the subject of the Holocaust, but nothing quite like László Nemes’s gripping “Son of Saul.” Winner of the Grand Prix at last year’s Cannes Film Festival — where even securing a place in competition is a rare achievement for a first-time […]
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Film Review: “Ida”
Aside from special occasions organized by significant segments of the community like the local Polish film festival or the Jewish film festival, few motion pictures from Poland play in theaters in this country, which makes the release of the new movie “Ida” an unusual and welcome event. It also should make audiences grateful all over […]
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Unholy alliance
After retiring from his position as a New York State Family Court judge, Anthony Sciolino has published “The Holocaust, The Church, And The Law Of Unintended Consequences: How Christian Anti-Judaism Spawned Nazi Anti-Semitism.” The book paints a scathing picture of the Catholic Church’s anti-Jewish bias over many centuries, a bias that Sciolino says helped create the conditions that allowed the Holocaust to happen.
