A New York Minute

Documenting Nazi Destruction

04/09/2013 | Stewart Ain | Staff Writer | A New York Minute

Geoffrey Megargee and Martin Dean, research scholars in the Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington are the lead editors of the center’s planned seven-volume “Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos in Nazi Germany and Nazi-Dominated Territories, 1933-45.” Research began 13 years ago, and the first volume was published in 2009.

A ‘Wide Lens’ On Pius XII’s Life

04/03/2013 | Steve Lipman | Staff Writer | A New York Minute

Pope Pius XII, head of the Catholic Church during World War II, died in 1958, but a controversy over his reputation lives on. Did he do enough to stand up to the Third Reich? Amazon.com lists 3,002 books about Pius, and they keep appearing.

Jewish Lefty 'Gun Guy:' An Oxymoron?

03/28/2013 | Adam Dickter | Assistant Managing Editor | A New York Minute

Dan Baum grew up in a liberal Democrat home in New Jersey. But after a summer camp experience in 1961 left him loving the feel of firepower, he’s become something of a black sheep. In “Gun Guys,” (Knopf) the journalist and author talks about how surprised he was to find abundant Members of the Tribe who shared his passion for pistols.

A Night Of Infinite Questions And Answers

03/19/2013 | Steve Lipman | Staff Writer | A New York Minute

Loving Israel, The AIPAC Way

03/08/2013 | Rabbi Gerald Skolnik | Jewish Week Online Columnist | A New York Minute

I am an unabashed Israel junkie. There is nothing that goes on there that I'm not interested in. I make it my business to keep current on Israel's politics, music, sports... You name it, I'm interested in it.

At The Heart Of Israel’s Emergency Response

03/05/2013 | Stewart Ain | Staff Writer | A New York Minute

Yoni Yagodovsky is director of international affairs for Magen David Adom, which provides ambulances, blood services and emergency medical response throughout Israel. He has been involved in the response to virtually every mass casualty incident in the Jerusalem area in the past 25 years.