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    Smuggling Jewish Refugees in Key West

    How the Caribbean became a stopping point for the American journey of so many Jews

    byArlo Haskell
  • People carry rafts as they take part in a protest against the U.S. refugee ban outside The Trump Building  in New York City, March 28, 2017.
    People carry rafts as they take part in a protest against the U.S. refugee ban outside The Trump Building  in New York City, March 28, 2017.
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    Jewish Communities To Show Solidarity With Refugees by Holding Vigils in Commemoration of the ‘St. Louis’

    Numerous gatherings are planned around the country on June 6

    byJonathan Zalman
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    Ghosts of the St. Louis

    How a protest over immigration policy stirred up memories of one grandmother’s journey to America, and a boatload of Jewish refugees who were turned away

    byChristopher Noxon
  • 17th June 1939: German Jewish refugees, looking through portholes aboard the Hamburg-Amerika liner 'St Louis' on arrival at Antwerp, where a temporary home was found for the 900 refugees aboard. Most were later deported.
    17th June 1939: German Jewish refugees, looking through portholes aboard the Hamburg-Amerika liner 'St Louis' on arrival at Antwerp, where a temporary home was found for the 900 refugees aboard. Most were later deported.
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    Did U.S. Anti-Immigrant Hysteria Doom the Passengers on the ‘St. Louis’? It’s Complicated.

    The ship’s refugees seeking safe haven from the Nazis were victims of a global system that included America

    byBarry Trachtenberg
  • The MS St. Louis in the Port of Hamburg.
    The MS St. Louis in the Port of Hamburg.
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    This Twitter Account Is Dedicated to the Passengers of the St. Louis—Refugees Who Were Ultimately Killed by Nazis

    A pair of Jewish educators have created a unique Twitter tribute for International Holocaust Remembrance Day

    byJonathan Zalman
  • Elaine May, Mike Nichols, and Dorothy Loudon as panelists on the game show Laugh Line on April 3, 1959. (NBC Television)
    Elaine May, Mike Nichols, and Dorothy Loudon as panelists on the game show Laugh Line on April 3, 1959. (NBC Television)
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    Mike Nichols: ‘Jewish Humor Is a Way of Surviving’

    An excerpt from Stars of David: Prominent Jews Talk About Being Jewish

    byAbigail Pogrebin
  • Germans pass by the broken shop window of a Jewish-owned business that was destroyed during Kristallnacht. (US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD)
    Germans pass by the broken shop window of a Jewish-owned business that was destroyed during Kristallnacht. (US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD)
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    Reexamining FDR’s Response to Kristallnacht

    Ken Burns and others call it impressive, but the truth is less inspiring

    byRafael Medoff
  • The MS St. Louis.(US Holocaust Memorial Museum)
    The MS St. Louis.(US Holocaust Memorial Museum)
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    What We’ve Learned from the St. Louis

    Talking to survivors and thinking about Israel’s recent immigration decision

    byAdam Chandler
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