Posts Tagged ‘hirsch’

Confronting “Hasbara Culture” with Yakov Hirsch

In this episode we have a conversation with Phil Weiss and Yakov Hirsch about the cultural sources of pro-Israel movements in American politics. For several years now Hirsch has examined what he calls “hasbara culture” — the ways that a discourse of Jewish victimhood has conquered Jewish, Israeli, and even American political culture. Hirsch explains […]

Google Doodle honors Fredy Hirsch, Zionist educator who saved Holocaust youth

Google Doodle ran a special feature on Thursday honoring Alfred “Fredy” Hirsch, a teacher and Zionist youth movement leader, in Nazi-occupied Europe, who saved the lives of many Jewish children and provided many others with a glimmer of hope and dignity in the hardest circumstances the world had ever known.  Hirsch was the deputy supervisor of […]

Meet Fredy Hirsch, the unknown Holocaust hero who saved children at Auschwitz

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Gabor Hirsch, prominent Swiss activist for Holocaust education, dies at 90

Gabor Hirsch, prominent Swiss activist for Holocaust education, dies at 90 – Jewish Telegraphic Agency Skip to content Advertisement Advertisement Views: 0

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