Share to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribe11:31 PM • July 19 2026 IDTIn the midst of the Holocaust, a child sang a song about his mother's death in the Bershad ghetto, a pocket of current-day Ukraine that was occupied by Romania and Nazi Germany. In the song, the child watches strangers come and pray for his mother, and other strangers carry her away to be buried, but none pay attention to him.In the NewsLost Holocaust Music, Nearly Erased by Stalin, Goes on Tour in AsiaHow to Interpret the Israeli-Palestinian Reality in ReelsHélène Cixous: 'I Accept Israel's Existence, but I Don't Identify With It'Bumps at Funerals, Lines in Shelters: Israel's Wars Drive Israelis to DrugsClothes Like Homes: Sasson Kedem's Oversized Vision Finds a New GenerationRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIInside the Mossad Plot to Install Ahmadinejad as Iran's LeaderThe Most Optimistic Israeli in Jerusalem Is Leaving the CountryNetanyahu's Biggest Challenger: Who Is Gadi Eisenkot and What Does He Stand For?As Ground Invasion Looms, U.S. and Iran Want Wild-card Israel Out of the Fight103 House Democrats Vote to Cut U.S. Aid to Israel in Landmark Symbolic VoteDemocrats Rejected U.S. Aid to Israel, and AIPAC Couldn't Stop Them