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Can it be true? A Catholic Croat’s protest

Not even when he received the protest sent him by Dr. Prvislav Grisogno, a Catholic Croat and former Minister in the Royal Yugoslav cabinet, did Archbishop Stepinac speak up. Continue reading Can it be true? A Catholic Croat’s protest

Did The Vatican Make Nazism Possible in Germany and Croatia

Did the Catholic Church help German Nazism? A look at the record.

“Antagonism to the Jews of today must not be extended to the books of Pre-Christian Judaism.” – Cardinal Michael von Faulhaber in the Advent sermons, delivered in 1933.

The Vatican’s definitive statement, “We Remember: Reflections on the Holocaust,”  claims that Nazism was the antithesis of the Catholic church: Continue reading Did The Vatican Make Nazism Possible in Germany and Croatia

Natalie Portman Says the Jewish Community Is Too Fixated on the Holocaust

Natalie Portman says Jews focus too much on the Holocaust. May 27, 2015. Credit: Reuters
Natalie Portman says Jews focus too much on the Holocaust. May 27, 2015. Credit: Reuters

Portman emphasized that she thinks modern Anti-Semitism should be differentiated from Nazi ideology.

JTA Aug 24, 2015 8:39 PM

Natalie Portman has more ties to the Holocaust than some of her fans might realize. Portman’s great-grandparents were killed in Auschwitz and the Jewish actress played Anne Frank in a 1997 Broadway adaptation of “The Diary of Anne Frank.” Her latest project, a Hebrew-language adaptation of Amos Oz’s memoir “A Tale of Love and Darkness,” is partly set in pre-state Israel as the Holocaust looms on the horizon. Continue reading Natalie Portman Says the Jewish Community Is Too Fixated on the Holocaust