Debbie Bernstein News Today

Michael and debbie, thank you both for joining me. michael, as a holocaust survivor, what do you think about what you just heard being said there in that clip from fox news? >> well, im disgusted basically. my father was an accountant. he had basically negotiating skills, he and my brother were gassed in auschwitz. my mother knew how to pack -- learned how to pack bullets that killed jewish people. there were over 6 million people killed in the holocaust. over 1 million people killed in auschwit...

Enslaved and taught them skills. today, the white house is now condemning a fox news segment, in which our host said this. >> obviously, im not black, im jewish. when so it say about the holocaust, for instance, that there were some benefits for? while theyre hanging out in concentration camps, we learned the strong work ethic? maybe learned a new skill? >> did you ever read man search for meaning? they talked when i had to survive in a concentration camp by having skills. you had to be useful. ...

For notoriety right when they say outlandish things. the problem is, just as you said, painting that rosy picture, its incredibly dangerous. the more we water down history, the point of teaching history, history professors will tell, you the point of teaching history is so that we dont repeat it. if we dont learn from history, its bound to repeat. if you take that away, any water down history, what do you get? we get a repeat. we get a repeat of the bigotry, the hatred, its just really upsetting...

The host should apologize, and there is no room for this fake news on television. >> what my dad set, is exactly right. i think it is about notoriety, whether it is politicians looking for notoriety in florida, or hosts on tv looking for notoriety, right, when they say outlandish things. the problem is that, just as you said, painting that rosy picture, its incredibly dangerous. the more we water down history, the point of teaching history. history professors will tell you, the point of teaching...

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The Jewish Plays Project has announced its first-ever podcast series, inviting national participation in the 11th Annual Jewish Playwriting Contest . Available today at jewishplaysproject.org/podcast, audiences can listen to short audio plays excerpted from the seven finalist plays and vote for their favorites.