Tag: Holocaust survivors

Epoch Cinema Documentary Review: ‘Big Sonia’

December 1, 2022
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Commentary Sometimes, it takes going through immense pain and suffering to make one truly appreciate every moment of the life they’ve been blessed with. Other times, these same people who have experienced tremendous hardships, yet still smile at life, can profoundly touch the lives of others. In multiple award-winning documentary, “Big Sonia” (available on Epoch…

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Book Review: ‘Shmuel’s Bridge: Following the Tracks to Auschwitz With My Survivor Father’

February 12, 2022
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Jason Sommer is an American poet. He has written five collections of poetry. His father is a Holocaust survivor. Many of his family members experienced the Holocaust; many of them did not survive. His “Shmuel’s Bridge” is a memoir of that very subject. Even in prose, one can tell that Sommer is a poet. His…

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Israel Condemns Poland Restitution Law, Recalls Top Diplomat

August 15, 2021
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WARSAW, Poland—Israel on Saturday condemned Poland’s approval of a law that restricts the rights of Holocaust survivors or their descendants to reclaim property seized by the country’s former communist regime and announced it was recalling its top diplomat in protest. The move ignited a diplomatic crisis between Israel’s new government and the nationalist conservative government…

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