Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy said Monday he revoked “a teachable moment” offer to one of the men allegedly involved in the antisemitic sign at one of the company’s bars. The sports media personality explained in a video the new twist that took place. A video of the sign, which read “f— the Jews,” surfaced across social media over … Read more
Adrien Brody says he has PTSD from working on the 2002 Holocaust drama “The Pianist,” owing to the dramatic weight loss he undertook for the film. The star, who won a Best Actor Oscar for his performance as Holocaust survivor Władysław Szpilman in the Roman Polanski movie, spoke about the experience making the biopic during … Read more
“The start to a new life.” Just six words made an impact on Lily Ebert in 1945, a year after she and her family were forced out of Hungary and sent to the notorious death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, where her mother, younger sister, brother and over 100 members of her extended family were killed in the … Read more
Tommy Kail knew all about the book “We Were the Lucky Ones” by Georgia Hunter years before it became a best-selling novel. “I met Georgia in 1999 before I graduated college,” he told the NY Post in an exclusive interview, “and she married one of my best friends.” The New York Times bestselling book is … Read more
I was at the Oscars when director Jonathan Glazer made his speech after winning a little bald man for his Holocaust film, “The Zone of Interest” — and I was furious. Glazer stood up and in front of hundreds of celebrities said, “Our film shows where dehumanization leads at its worst. It’s shaped all of … Read more
More than 450 Jewish creatives and professionals in Hollywood are denouncing “The Zone of Interest” director Jonathan Glazer’s speech from the 2024 Oscars. In his speech, Glazer, 58, drew parallels between Nazi Germany and the ongoing conflict in Gaza. “We refute our Jewishness being hijacked for the purpose of drawing a moral equivalence between a Nazi … Read more
Danny Cohen, who served as the executive producer on the Academy Award-winning film “The Zone of Interest,” revealed Friday that he does not support the acceptance speech made by director Jonathan Glazer at the 2024 Oscars. In the speech, Glazer, 58 drew parallels between Nazi Germany and the ongoing conflict in Gaza. In his acceptance … Read more
“The Zone of Interest,” the acclaimed Holocaust drama that’s up for Best Picture at the 2024 Oscars, will have its Polish premiere on Thursday at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum. According to Variety, director Jonathan Glazer will introduce the harrowing film at the site of the Auschwitz concentration camp, where parts of the movie were … Read more
On Saturday, the world marks the first International Holocaust Remembrance Day since Hamas brutally attacked Israel on October 7, 2023. There are some 245,000 Holocaust survivors still alive today — 49% of whom are in Israel, according to a new demographic report by the Claims Conference. Israel’s elderly survivors have a direct connection to October 7 … Read more
It was a forbidden romance like so many others: A meaningful glance. Hearts aflutter. Secret meetings and messages. Bu David Wisnia and Helen “Zippi” Tichauer’s love story took place in the shadow of smoking crematoria, their trysts hidden from guards by prisoners in black and white uniforms. “It was wintertime in Birkenau, the largest and … Read more
Early in Steve McQueen’s extraordinary documentary “Occupied City,” the film cuts to the interior of the elegant main hall in Amsterdam’s grand Royal Concertgebouw. In World War II, the Nazi-German occupiers held events in the hall, but at some point in 1942 the names of the Jewish composers adorning it were covered. Concerts continued, but … Read more
In the British comedy “Extras,” Kate Winslet, who appears as a version of herself, is playing as a nun in a film about the Holocaust. When commended for using her platform to bring attention to the atrocities, she replies callously, “I’m not doing it for that. I mean, I don’t think we really need another … Read more
Director Steve McQueen said his unusual four-hour Holocaust documentary shot in Amsterdam is rooted in his strong sense that “the past is present” in physical manifestations all around us, as well as a reminder to stay vigilant. “It’s very cliche, but we have to not forget. Because see what’s happening now in the politics of … Read more
A New York history educator restored a lost piece of history after unearthing harrowing footage that depicts US soldiers freeing Jewish people from a train bound for a Nazi death camp. After the colorized clip was posted to YouTube, several Holocaust survivors came forward, claiming to recognize themselves and their family members in the video. … Read more
It was in very poor taste. A fast food restaurant in Argentina has been called “offensive” and “disgusting” by Jewish groups after serving items named after Holocaust victim Anne Frank and former Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler. The tone-deaf stunt was unveiled by the owners of Honky Donky, a burger merchant located in Rafaela City in … Read more
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, widely known as “America’s Rabbi,” is chiming in on his “friend” Roseanne Barr’s recent controversial statement that “nobody died in the Holocaust.” On a recent episode of the podcast “This Past Weekend With Theo Von,” Barr, 70, commented on what “truth” means in America and how platforms can limit discussions of certain topics. “Like … Read more
Roseanne Barr, 70, has shocked her former fans again after some confusing comments about the Holocaust during a recent podcast appearance. “This Past Weekend” host Theo Von might have found himself lost in Barr’s byzantine bit about “bulls – – t” surrounding the 2020 election, commenting on the different concepts and perceptions of “truth” in America, … Read more
Pink Floyd’s troubled Waters strikes again. Controversial rock frontman Roger Waters is back in hot water after seemingly cosplaying as a Nazi SS officer — and comparing deceased Al Jazeera journalist Abu Akleh to Anne Frank at a recent concert in Germany. The inflammatory performance, which went down last week at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in … Read more
Whoopi Goldberg has once again apologized for her comments claiming that the Holocaust was “not about race.” A rep for the 67-year-old provided a statement to The Post on Tuesday, just days after a recent interview in which she reiterated the same Holocaust slur that got her suspended from “The View” last February. “My best … Read more
A brass menorah memorialized in a historic photo from Nazi-era Germany has returned to the country for the first time since the Jewish family it belonged to escaped with their lives nearly 90 years ago. And, on Monday night at sundown, the second night of Hanukkah, the candles of the cherished menorah were lit in … Read more