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Israel to build a rail line that that will run from Ben Gurion Airport to the Western Wall

The project would include a new 1.8 mile-long tunnel under downtown Jerusalem and the Old City.

Rudolf Kasztner: Hero or Nazi Collaborator?

The Talmud says that “he who saves one life, it is as if he saved the entire world.” So a person who saved 1,684 lives during the Holocaust would surely be considered a hero. But Rezsö (Rudolf Israel) Kasztner, a lawyer, journalist, and head of the Zionist Aid and Rescue Committee (Vaada) in Hungary during WWII, […]

A Different Kind of Holocaust Music

As one of the founders of musical minimalism, the composer Steven Reich’s repertoire is full of impressive credits. But his 1988 Holocaust-inspired, Grammy-winning, 3-movement piece for string quartet Different Trains may be his crowning achievement. Inspired by memories of the trains Reich took between L.A. and New York to visit his separated parents from 1939 to 1942, this stirring, […]

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Israel to build a rail line that that will run from Ben Gurion Airport to the Western Wall

Rudolf Kasztner: Hero or Nazi Collaborator?

A Different Kind of Holocaust Music

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