BOSTON (JTA) – Henryk Ross risked his life to take surreptitious photographs of the brutal life in the Lodz Ghetto in Nazi-occupied Poland Now a cache of nearly 50 of those photos taken by the Jewish ...

Henryk Ross, "Untitled from Litzmann (Lodz) Ghetto" (1940–1945), photograph, gelatin silver print. Gift of Howard Greenberg in honor of Jacques Preis. (courtesy the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) The ...

“We do not see things as they are; we see them as we are.” This is the Talmud quoting Shmuel ben Nachmani on dreams, but the observation speaks fittingly—and pointedly—to last summer’s commemoration ...

The loaded word carries more than 500 years of baggage, at times becoming an emblem of hate and oppression. But even with its negative connotations, it can also be a badge of authenticity and ...

SOMETIME during the last three years, Roxbury and the Harvard School of Education found each other. The meeting was quiet and not very friendly. The relationship it sparked has left both participants ...

Henryk Ross risked his life to take the surreptitious shots of the brutal conditions. BOSTON (JTA) – Henryk Ross risked his life to take surreptitious photographs of the brutal life in Poland’s Lodz ...