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Renee Ghert-Zand

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Netflix tells tale of 7 siblings who miraculously survived the Holocaust to restart life in US

Now streaming, ‘UnBroken’ illuminates story of the Webers, who lived in hiding on a German farm for two years — only to be cruelly separated upon...

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Renee Ghert-Zand

Clothing historian stitches together Holocaust history by focusing on ‘women’s work’

Nonfiction ‘Four Red Sweaters’ tells wartime stories of four young Jewish women while examining larger questions such as Nazis’ circular economy...

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Renee Ghert-Zand

In Nazi-occupied French Alps, a doctor risked death to save a Jewish girl. Why didn’t others?

Newly published ‘Two Sisters’ is a family memoir that goes back and forth in time to examine motivations for resistance and questions of morality...

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Renee Ghert-Zand

From radical drag queen to rabbi, film depicts journey of a Jewish law breaker

‘Sabbath Queen’ follows gay scion of rabbinic dynasty Amichai Lau-Lavie for two decades as he challenges traditional Judaism’s norms and becomes...

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Renee Ghert-Zand

Cookbook author proves it’s possible to make delicious — and kosher — Cuban cuisine

As far as author and researcher Genie Milgrom knows, her recently published “Salsa! A Cuban Kosher Cookbook” is the only cookbook that teaches...

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Renee Ghert-Zand

In striking art film, contemporary poets respond to the horrors of the Holocaust

Screening in New York and Los Angeles, genre-defying film about how poetic language can heal trauma points to how Israelis and Jews could use it to...

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Renee Ghert-Zand