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Last month, a man approached the New York Times with a mystery: He discovered in his possession a World War II-era photo album–which included pictures of deported Jews alongside photographs of Adolf Hitler and other Nazi officials. The latter were taken from an intimate distance. The man, a 72-year-old fashion executive, desperately needed to pay medical bills, and wanted to […]

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The new website Awesome People Hanging Out Together is exactly what it sounds like–it’s a collection of photographs of memorable or unlikely pairings of famous or noteworthy folks. And, though not all of the people on the site are Jewish, there’s a healthy–and unexpected–representation from the Tribe. The 4-foot-7-inch tall Dr. Ruth hangs out with Shaquille O’Neal, who’s 7’1″. Bob Dylan poses with Muhammad […]

Yad Vashem, the Holocaust memorial museum in Israel, has an unexpected new ally in its efforts to chronicle the Nazi atrocities: Google. Each day, Yad Vashem gets literally hundreds of requests for information about Holocaust victims. It’s impossible for the museum to respond to all of them. But a collaborative project with Google offers massive assistance…in the form of […]

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