Alan Zeitlin, Author at J-Wire https://www.jwire.com.au/author/alan-zeitlin/ Australia, NZ and worldwide Jewish news that matters Thu, 30 May 2024 08:02:44 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 6446428 Living in the literal ‘shadow’ of Auschwitz https://www.jwire.com.au/living-in-the-literal-shadow-of-auschwitz/ https://www.jwire.com.au/living-in-the-literal-shadow-of-auschwitz/#respond Thu, 30 May 2024 08:02:44 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=158938 As a teenager, Kai Höss found out that his grandfather, Rudolf, was the commandant of Auschwitz and one of the greatest mass murderers in history. He decided to take part in the documentary “The Commandant’s Shadow” because he wanted to educate people about crimes based on hate. In the film, Höss confronts his grandfather’s actions […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/living-in-the-literal-shadow-of-auschwitz/feed/ 0 158938 Holocaust documentary asks why Lithuania honours villains as heroes https://www.jwire.com.au/holocaust-documentary-asks-why-lithuania-honours-villains-as-heroes/ https://www.jwire.com.au/holocaust-documentary-asks-why-lithuania-honours-villains-as-heroes/#comments Sun, 15 Jan 2023 05:32:05 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=144020 Grant Gochin had seen documentation of Jonas Noreika’s signature ordering the construction of a ghetto to confine Lithuanian Jews who would be brutally shot to death. About 100 of Gochin’s relatives die this way, he said. So when the granddaughter of Noreika (who was governor of the Šiauliai district during the Nazi occupation of Lithuania) […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/holocaust-documentary-asks-why-lithuania-honours-villains-as-heroes/feed/ 3 144020 Former VP Mike Pence: Israel’s fight is our fight https://www.jwire.com.au/former-vp-mike-pence-israels-fight-is-our-fight/ https://www.jwire.com.au/former-vp-mike-pence-israels-fight-is-our-fight/#respond Thu, 17 Nov 2022 21:21:59 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=142470 “We stand with Israel because her cause is our cause,” former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said, addressing Tuesday night’s Iranian American Jewish Federation of New York gala in Manhattan. “Her values are our values. Her fight is our fight. We stand with Israel because we believe in right over wrong, in good over evil. […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/former-vp-mike-pence-israels-fight-is-our-fight/feed/ 0 142470 Jewish director says Facebook banning ads for his Holocaust film was shameful https://www.jwire.com.au/jewish-director-says-facebook-banning-ads-for-his-holocaust-film-was-shameful/ https://www.jwire.com.au/jewish-director-says-facebook-banning-ads-for-his-holocaust-film-was-shameful/#respond Thu, 29 Sep 2022 06:08:32 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=141164 A son of Holocaust survivors is demanding an apology from Facebook for blocking ads for his newly-released film “Beautiful Blue Eyes.” British filmmaker Joshua Newton said the tech giant’s move hurt his film, which was released in 143 theatres earlier this month. When his ads featuring the late actor Roy Scheider were flagged with a […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/jewish-director-says-facebook-banning-ads-for-his-holocaust-film-was-shameful/feed/ 0 141164 Ken Burns puts America under the microscope https://www.jwire.com.au/ken-burns/ https://www.jwire.com.au/ken-burns/#respond Thu, 22 Sep 2022 03:09:36 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=140923 Ken Burns can’t recall ever learning about the Holocaust in school. America’s most decorated documentarian, who boasts epic films like “Baseball,” “The Civil War,” “Jazz” and “The Roosevelts,” was asked by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum if he might make a documentary on the Holocaust. He decided to do so. Directed by Burns, Lynn […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/ken-burns/feed/ 0 140923 James Caan, best known for role of Sonny in ‘The Godfather,’ dies at 82 https://www.jwire.com.au/james-caan-best-known-for-role-of-sonny-in-the-godfather-dies-at-82/ https://www.jwire.com.au/james-caan-best-known-for-role-of-sonny-in-the-godfather-dies-at-82/#respond Sun, 10 Jul 2022 06:43:53 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=138615 Santino (“Sonny”) Corleone was a hot head whose life ended in a hail of bullets. James Caan, the Jewish actor who played the iconic role in “The Godfather,” lived much longer than that, though was also known to have a feisty character and temper of sorts. Caan died on July 6 at the age of […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/james-caan-best-known-for-role-of-sonny-in-the-godfather-dies-at-82/feed/ 0 138615 ‘Tehran’ pumps up the adrenaline for a show worth watching https://www.jwire.com.au/tehran-pumps-up-the-adrenaline-for-a-show-worth-watching/ https://www.jwire.com.au/tehran-pumps-up-the-adrenaline-for-a-show-worth-watching/#respond Tue, 07 Jun 2022 07:12:47 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=137482 Being a Mossad operative in Iran isn’t a job for the faint of heart. Viewers get a sense of such intensity watching “Tehran” on Apple TV+, a show that will keep them on the edge of their seats. In Season 1, Israeli actress Niv Sultan proved as Tamar Rabinyan—a young Jewish woman born in Iran […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/tehran-pumps-up-the-adrenaline-for-a-show-worth-watching/feed/ 0 137482 Children in crosshairs: The lasting, chilling effect of the Führer https://www.jwire.com.au/children-in-crosshairs-the-lasting-chilling-effect-of-the-fuhrer/ https://www.jwire.com.au/children-in-crosshairs-the-lasting-chilling-effect-of-the-fuhrer/#respond Fri, 29 Apr 2022 06:35:09 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=136258 The small Jewish boy from Berlin stood a few meters from Adolf Hitler. He waved the salute, ran away and told his parents. Shaken and called crazy for wanting to leave to go to a desert—this was years before Kristallnacht in November 1938—the family decided to leave Germany and head to Palestine. Ronen Israelski tells […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/children-in-crosshairs-the-lasting-chilling-effect-of-the-fuhrer/feed/ 0 136258 The ubiquitous ‘Fiddler’ again makes it way to the big screen https://www.jwire.com.au/the-ubiquitous-fiddler-again-makes-it-way-to-the-big-screen/ https://www.jwire.com.au/the-ubiquitous-fiddler-again-makes-it-way-to-the-big-screen/#respond Tue, 05 Apr 2022 00:35:11 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=135613 How did a non-Jewish director make one of the best Jewish films of all time? Did Frank Sinatra think he could play the part of Tevye? And why did Israeli prime ministers Golda Meir and David Ben-Gurion leave a lasting impression on Norman Jewison, who directed the 1971 hit drama-comedy-musical “Fiddler on the Roof?” “Not […]

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