Tishrei 5, 5778, 9/25/2017
 Lawmakers from 20 states pledge to mandate Holocaust education26 legislators from 20 states commit to mandate public schools to teach about the Holocaust and other genocides. 'Will you be witness to the crimes which occurred here?'Elie Wiesel's son Elisha speaks at the March of the Living about bearing witness to the horrors and not being silent while atrocities occur. 'Listen to the survivors and remember their names'Education Minister Bennett speaks at March of the Living, urges parents to ensure their children meet survivors, learn their stories. 'All our memories of the Holocaust were burned with our home'Holocaust survivor whose home was burned in November's arson intifada says she and her husband lost pictures of Holocaust victims in fire. New Hebrew-German prayer book in memory of Holocaust victimsBerlin rabbi publishes Hebrew-German prayer book in honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day. 'They murdered my mother, so I killed them in revenge'Max Privler joined the anti-Nazi resistance fighters at the tender age of 11, after watching his father shot and mother hanged by the SS. 'They marched us to death, people died like flies'Survivor Moshe Porat describes life in a slave labor camp and the terrible death march that followed. Holocaust survivor testimony: Jeannine Sebbane-BouhannaJeannine Sebbane-Bouhanna describes her flight to freedom from Nazi-occupied France. 'They loaded us into cattle cars - like sardines'Holocaust survivor Moshe Jakubowitz recalls his father's murder at the hands of the Germans and his life in a concentration camp. 'Only a strong and powerful IDF can prevent a second Holocaust'IDF Chief of Staff leads delegation in March of the Living commemoration in Poland, says survivors an inspiration, helped build Israel.Special interview with Elie Wiesel's sonElisha Wiesel, son of Nobel laureate Eli Wiesel, says there is no single lesson to be learned from the Holocaust. Watch: Hitler couldn't kill meHolocaust survivor tells Arutz Sheva having a family is her way of defeating the Nazis. 'This generation should know and not forget.' Reparations: Arabs get 100 times more than Holocaust victimsHolocaust Day: Israeli NGO compares int'l condemnation of Israel's offer to Arab "land-owners" with European restitution to murdered Jews. Research: Grandchildren of Holocaust survivors have more anxietyResearch checks reaction of high schoolers to ISIS videos on the internet, finds differences between descendants of survivors and others. Netanyahu: Palestinian Authority should stop paying terroristsIsraeli PM says halting terrorists' salaries will be true test of PA's desire for peace. Holocaust: The careless anti-Semitism of morally-incoherent educatorsImagine American middle school students students told to write arguments justifying the extermination of Jews. Inconceivable? It happened. SS soldiers’ names to be removed from Dutch Holocaust monumentResearchers discover names of Nazis on Holocaust monument honoring Jewish victims, authorities say they'll erase the Nazi names. 'Our people climbed back up from the pit of death'PM and his wife meet with this year's torchbearers for Holocaust Memorial Day. From Holocaust remembrance to Holocaust survivor actionA new global campaign called “We Remember, We Act” calls to move from Holocaust commemoration to action to help poverty-stricken survivors. Holocaust-era US visa applications discoveredFamily from Amsterdam which submitted applications to flee Nazi genocide perished in the Holocaust. 'Allied leaders already knew extent of Holocaust by 1942'New book by Prof. Dan Plesch reveals that Allies knew of Nazi atrocities and danger to European Jewry as early as 1942. ADL offers Holocaust awareness training for White House staffFollowing Sean Spicer's Hitler gaffe, ADL offers Holocaust awareness training to White House officials. Why can’t this White House get the Holocaust right?Spicer, Hitler and the Soup Nazi: Why can’t this White House get the Holocaust right?Holocaust survivor: Sean Spicer is ignorant, not anti-SemiticVeteran Israeli journalist and Holocaust survivor Noah Klieger calls rush to label Trump administration anti-Semitic 'hypocritical'. WH spokesman: I let Trump downSean Spicer apologizes again for saying Hitler did not use chemical weapons, says he "let the President down."Yad Vashem asks WH press secretary to visit websiteIsraeli Holocaust Museum asks Sean Spicer to visit website to learn about Holocaust following gaffe that Hitler never used chemical weapoonsGreece Holocaust memorials vandalizedVandals smash one Holocaust memorial smashed and deface another in two Greek communities.Spicer: Even Hitler didn't use chemical weaponsWhite House Press Secretary says 'even Hitler' didn't use chemical weapons the way Assad did. Foreign Ministry condemns Le Pen's Holocaust statementIsrael's Foreign Ministry responds to French candidate's statement, says it goes against French leaders' admission of responsibility. Belgium to move Holocaust memorial to 'quieter place'Antwerp Jews protest moving of Holocaust monument to 'quieter place,' authorities say move will help ease traffic. Prince Charles meets British, Austrian Holocaust survivorsPrince Charles recalls grandmother’s rescue of Jews from Holocaust.Serbian Holocaust survivors in 27 countries to receive new aidFirst country since 2009 Terezin Declaration to return heirless Jewish Holocaust-era property 'The culmination of my whole life is my bat mitzvah'Holocaust survivor Eugenia Unger, 91, of Buenos Aires, finally celebrates her bat mitzvah.Descendants of Holocaust victims allowed to sue GermanyUS court rules Jewish descendants can sue Germany for return of Nazi-looted collection. Memorial outside Holocaust victim's house gets movedAmsterdam residents sue city over postcard-sized Holocaust memorial plaque. Legion of Honour to Prof. Justus Rosenberg, 96, for saving JewsJewish but Aryan-looking Rosenberg joined anti-fascist network aiming to save Jews, helped smuggle 2000 out of France. Greek Holocaust memorial smashedVandals take a hammer to memorial commemorating 1,484 Jews from town of Kavala who were murdered in Nazi death camps. Tree that sheltered Jews named 'Tree of the Year in Europe'Famous oak tree that sheltered Jewish brothers from the Nazis during the Holocaust wins 'Tree of the Year in Europe' competition for 2017. Holocaust memorial vandalized in western UkraineNazi symbols spray-painted on a monument to Holocaust victims in Ukraine that was erected near their mass graves. The true story of zookeeper who hid Jews in his zoo during WWIINew film, 'The Zookeeper's Wife', recounts true story of Polish couple who hid 300 Jews in their zoo during the Holocaust. 'Jews were expelled for misbehaving'Jews protest at anti-Semitic event, almost get thrown out; self-hating Jew says Holocaust happened because Jews 'misbehaved.' Mel Gibson quietlly supporting Holocaust survivors'He has been an avid supporter of this organization for a few years now and does more than just write a check.' Greek Jewish community hails citizenship decisionGreek parliament approves decision to grant citizenship to descendants of Holocaust survivors. Old files reveal wartime tale of 'Bolivian Schindler'Cache of files reveals mining tycoon to be Bolivian Schindler. Croatian Holocaust victims seek $3.5 billion in compensationVictims of Croatia's pro-Nazi World War II regime and their relatives are seeking $3.5 billion in damages in a suit filed in the US. Art collector's heirs join with university to find lost artHeirs of legendary Jewish art collector Rudolf Mosse join with a German university to track down works he once owned. 'Jewish Schindler' to receive B'nai B'rith citationNaftali Backenroth-Bronicki, who risked his life saving Jews in Nazi-occupied Poland, is a forgotten hero of the Holocaust. Nazi collaborator fan represents Ukraine at Holocaust symposiumSupporter of Nazi collaborator whose troops murdered thousands of Jews to represent Ukraine at International Holocaust symposium in Paris.Congress introduces legislation to help Holocaust survivorsCongress introduces legislation to assist survivors in obtaining restitution of assets stolen in the Holocaust. March of the Living rejects 'legalized hate'Nuremberg Laws have contemporary legal implications for state-sponsored terror today in Iran, Darfur, Rwanda, Yugoslavia and Syria.Never too late? Nazi's son returns looted artworkHis father established the ghetto in Krakow. Plundered artwork was missing since 1939.Hague advised to offer $2.75 million in Holocaust restitutionExecutive board of the municipality of The Hague advises government to offer $2.75 million in restitution for Holocaust survivors. Store sells 'Yellow Star' necklacesInternet store sells 'yellow star' necklaces to 'help people remember the Holocaust.' Stolen Dachau gate with infamous slogan restoredGate with phrase 'Work will set you free' restored to Dacahu death camp after being stolen two years ago. Mike Pence visits site of Nazi camp DachauVice President lays wreath at International Memorial at the Dachau Nazi-era camp. Yad Vashem event to honor Holocaust survivor and authorYad Vashem receives collection of late Holocaust survivor, author, and historian Professor Yaffa Eliach. Today we remember Irena SendlerOn this day in 1910, a woman who would save many children in the Warsaw ghetto was born. |
