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Anne Frank and ‘Night’ may soon be required reading in Texas public schools. Is that good for the Jews?

February 9, 2026February 9, 2026Sara Wood

In the years since school libraries became a culture-war flashpoint, Texas has been one of the most active states to pull books from shelves in response to parental complaints — sometimes including versions of Anne Frank’s diary and other Jewish books. Now, Texas is pursuing a new approach: requiring that Frank’s diary, and several other […]

Tim Walz invokes Anne Frank in pressing Trump to end ICE operations in Minnesota

January 26, 2026February 1, 2026Sara Wood

Tim Walz, the governor of Minnesota, invoked Anne Frank in exhorting President Donald Trump to call off the ICE operations in the Twin Cities in which a second protester was killed over the weekend. Speaking at a press conference on Sunday, Walz — whose master’s degree focused on Holocaust education — suggested that the conditions […]

Man burns library books on Jewish history, including Anne Frank’s diary, in Jewish suburb of Cleveland

May 14, 2025May 15, 2025Sara Wood

A man checked out dozens of books on Jewish history and other marginalized topics from a public library in a heavily Jewish Cleveland suburb before filming himself apparently setting fire to them, local authorities said. Local Jewish leaders decried the incident at the Beachwood Public Library, appearing alongside other interfaith leaders at a press conference […]

Demonstrators with Nazi flags target a Michigan production of ‘The Diary of Anne Frank’

November 12, 2024November 16, 2024Sara Wood

Demonstrators holding flags with Nazi swastikas targeted two rural Michigan towns over the weekend, including the site of a community theater production of “The Diary of Anne Frank.” They also reportedly chanted a pro-Donald Trump slogan. The actors portraying Anne Frank and her family, in the play produced by the Fowlerville Community Theatre, found out […]