Vulnerabilities in the Human Condition. The host for this show is Stephanie Dalton. The guests are Jay Fidell and Tim Apicella. Our panel discusses the social psychology of propaganda and social media, and the human frailties and vulnerabilities that make us susceptible to propaganda and demagoguery, how Putin has learned to use it to affect […]
Remembering Holocaust Remembrance Day (History is Here to Help)
A Day for us all to Remember What Happened. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guests are Peter Hoffenberg and Seymour Kazimirski. Peter Hoffenberg and Seymour Kazimirski take a moment to remember the Holocaust, with a view to examining its roots and to understand what happened, what it represented then, what it […]
The Congressional Controversy over references to the Holocaust (Bigotry In America)
Like what you see? Please give generously. http://www.thinktechhawaii.com What do those terms mean in the 21st Century. AOC and others have used terms historically reserved to the Holocaust for other events taking place in current times. Is it inappropriate to use terms historically reserved fro the Holocaust in Europe for these current events? Terms like […]
How appropriate is it to analogize concentration camps (Bigotry In America)
Like what you see? Please give generously. http://www.thinktechhawaii.com The controversy over AOC’s recent remarks . Julien Gorback, a Holocaust scholar, discusses the controversy which followed Alexandra Ocasio Cortez’s recent remarks about concentration camps, Nazi’s and “never again,” symbols of the Holocaust. The host for this episode is Jay Fidell. The guest for this episode is […]
Testimonies, Truth Claims, and the Future (Community Matters)
Preserving Holocaust memories without betraying the people. Are Holocaust survivor video testimonies closer to the truth than Holocaust memoirs, documentaries or fiction? What factors affect the version of the truth with which we are presented? How do we preserve Holocaust memories without betraying the people whose memories they are? The host for this episode is […]
The Seven, A Family Holocaust Story (Community Matters)
A hidden chapter in Holocaust history. In this episode of Community Matters, Jay Fidell talks with Ellen G. Friedman about her book titled The Seven, A Family Holocaust Story. The host for this episode is Jay Fidell. The guest for this episode is Ellen Friedman. ThinkTech Hawaii streams live on the Internet from 11:00 am […]
Death Camp Survivor: Bernard Offen
Bernard Offen comes to Hawaii on a regular basis, but this time he also came to make a movie about his experience and survival as a teenager in 5 death camps during the War. We’ll try to find out what held him together and how it shaped him as a person. We’ll talk with him […]
A Biography of Ben Hecht with Julien Gorbach
Julien Gorbach of the Journalism Program at the School of Communications at UH Manoa is a wealth of knowledge on journalism history, including the rise of fascism in World War II. Julien joins Jay to cover his new book on Ben Hecht, a Jewish American journalist, novelist, and playwright who is most famous for his […]
Looking Back At the Holocaust and Hawaii
Duke Oishi and Maria Kashem highlight a talk given by Seymour Kazimirski at the Holy Family Catholic Academy, about the effects of the Holocaust. Original Air Date February 9, 2014. Episode 168. The hosts for this episode were Duke Oishi, Maria Kashem. The hosts for this episode were Duke Oishi, Maria Kashem. The hosts for […]
Seymour’s World – The Forgotten Holocaust with Fanny Wedro
Seymour’s World – The Forgotten Holocaust with Seymour Kazimirski and Holocaust survivor Fanny Werdo. One of the few remaining survivors of the Holocaust, Fanny Wedro visits the studio to share her story of what happened to her and her family in Ukraine, how she lived through it and the state of her country after the […]