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Alan Zeitlin

Alan Zeitlin is a writer whose articles have appeared in The Jerusalem Post, The Jewish Press, The Forward and other publications. He is based in New York and hosts the “Film Fury” podcast.

“We can’t ignore the tragedy because God is not absent from the universe. As it says in Psalms, ‘The guardian of Israel does not slumber or sleep,’” says Rabbi Yosef Zarnighian of Congregation Mikveh Israel in Philadelphia.
Assaf Lowengart, who played for Team Israel in the Olympics, thrilled fans in his first week with the independent league team.
“I couldn’t stop thinking about it as a young man,” says Joe Berlinger of World War II and the Holocaust. “Had I been born back then, I clearly would have been murdered. I couldn’t believe that people could do that to each other.”
“We live in a world of conspiracy and denial, and we have to fight it by making films such as ours,” says Daniela Völker, who wrote, produced and directed a film about Rudolf Höss.
As to why there seems to be a flurry of Holocaust films out right now, one director said it may be due to a delay from the COVID pandemic when some held their projects back.
“The joke was that maybe the guy who got my kidney would become a good singer,” Yitzy Spinner told JNS.
A husband and father, Gabriel Boxer told JNS that he didn’t sleep much a few nights before his stint in the Gaza Strip.
“Your love is an integral part of our resilience,” Gilad Erdan, Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, told the crowd.
Therapist Rachel Bernstein says she has spoken to more than 1,000 former cult members in the course of three decades.
Independent league baseball player David Vinsky, who hit an RBI double on the night, told JNS he lets Jewish fans know that he is an athlete of the tribe.
Kai Bird, who co-authored the 2005 book, hopes that the film will convince people to prevent further nuclear bombing attacks.
Benyamin Cohen, who penned a new book on the Jewish genius, told JNS about how Einstein was the classic absent-minded professor, had his brain stolen, was offered the Israeli presidency and who ... snored.