News for Holocaust Dutch Jewish woman who saved hundreds of children during Holocaust honoredDaycare operator Henriëtte Pimentel posthumously honored with Jewish Rescuers Citation for saving children under her care from death camps. Tokyo game's show director fired over Holocaust jokeDirector of the Opening Ceremonies committee was fired for controversial comments about the Holocaust made in 1998. FM Lapid slams "unjust and damaging" Polish restitution lawLapid says Israel will "firmly defend the dignity of Holocaust victims, their memory and their rights" as Polish Senate approves bill. 17 items looted during Holocaust seized from NYC auction houseDocuments including 19th C funeral scrolls, manuscripts and community records will be returned to Eastern European Jewish communities. For Shabbat Nachamu: A world of comfortHashem’s answer to the Third Reich will be a world where the evil doers of all sorts will not be participants. Olympics official: 'Let’s play the genocide of the Jews'Tokyo Olympics creative director fired over 1990s comedy skit mocking the Holocaust. Pangs of real pain - Tisha B'AvWe are angry, with God, the enemy, ourselves. We are angry at two millennia of tragedy, at the Holocaust. But is anger our only option? Pres. Herzog: 'We must extend a hand to Israel's senior citizens'President Isaac Herzog tours Jewish Agency’s Amigour Joseph Wilf Home for the Elderly. Polish nationalists disrupt commemoration for Jewish pogrom victims'Ultra nationalists, neo-Nazis, are now tolerated by too many of our people in government,' Polish Chief Rabbi Schudrich says. A bill mandating Holocaust education? Not so fastWhen Holocaust education meets critical race theory: A partisan history debate unfolds in Louisiana. Holocaust survivor's daughter named US Ambassador to GermanyUniversity of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann to return to the country her father fled from the Nazis - as the American Ambassador. Poland hopes Israel will change mind on restitution lawPoland's Deputy Foreign Minister: Israel's criticism of restitution law is inappropriate, we hope they'll change their approach. Statue unveiled of Polish woman who saved Jewish children during WWIIIrene Sendler saved hundreds of Jewish children and others during the Holocaust. Polish parliament advances law against Holocaust survivorsThe lower house of Polish parliament has advanced a bill to prevent Holocaust survivors from claiming looted property. US, Germany to cooperate on Holocaust educationBiden, Merkel Administrations sign letter of intent to share information and strategies on advancing Holocaust education. 'We will not abandon the Holocaust survivors'Minister Avigdor Liberman and Minister Meirav Cohen discussed joint activities for Holocaust survivors. Internationally recognized Holocaust scholar Richard L. Rubenstein dies at 97Rubenstein was credited with being an influence on Holocaust scholarship as well as influencing the novel turned movie Sophie's Choice. Watch: Pope Francis kisses number on hand of Auschwitz survivorPope Francis filmed kissing the number tattooed to the forearm of Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp inmate. 97-year old Holocaust survivor's TikTok videos mobbed with anti-Semitic hateLily Ebert's account used to answer questions about the Holocaust flooded with vile anti-Semitic and pro-Hitler comments.When the world turned its back on European JewryIn 1938, reps from 32 countries attended the Évian Conference to provide a solution to Jewish refugees from Germany. None was reached. Live: Celebrating Day of Liberation from Nazi HolocaustCeremony at Western Wall marks 76th anniversary of day Holocaust survivors were liberated from their Nazi captors. Level-headed conversation with a Holocaust denying anti-SemiteWatch YouTuber Rudy Rochman debate neo-Nazi protesters disseminating anti-Semitic propaganda at last year's AIPAC conference. Dutch party equates COVID measures to Nazism on national Holocaust remembrance dayForum for Democracy rebuked by Dutch Jews for banner comparing COVID restrictions to Holocaust ahead of national Holocaust Remembrance Day.Task force demands changes to Holocaust standards in FloridaDr. Laurie Cardoza-Moore: 'Bad Holocaust education will fuel the Jew-hatred of tomorrow.' German city returns painting to heirs of Jewish businessmanIn precedent-setting case, German city to return painting to heirs of Jewish businessman who was once in concentration camp. Wisconsin to require Holocaust education starting in 5th gradeWisconsin governor signs bill mandating students learn about Holocaust twice. 'Bill will affect generations of kids.' Mandy Patinkin breaks down in tears when he learns that he lost family in the Holocaust'Homeland' and 'Princess Bride' actor Mandy Patinkin discovers he has family who were sent to Treblinka in WWII. The story of the young boxer transported to Auschwitz & forced to fight for his survivalThe story of Salamo Arouch, a young Jewish boxer from Greece, transported to Auschwitz, where he fought 200 matches to stay alive. A 1998 Spielberg-produced Holocaust documentary will be streamed on NetflixOscar-winning documentary about Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust that was produced by Steven Spielberg will be available on Netflix. Did Great Britain enable the Holocaust? Dr. Mordechai Kedar weighs inWorld renowned orientalist notes that the siege imposed by the British on the country's shores pushed Hitler to exterminate Jews. Three generations of Holocaust survivors return to JudaismAfter fleeing an abusive Muslim husband, a Jewish convert to Islam returned to her faith - along with her grandmother and children.The importance of the Oporto Holocaust MuseumThe phrase “Never again” cannot and must not be reduced to an epigraph. Opinion. Six cold, hard, dry factsWe are overwhelmed with stories, memories, and tears during this period, but, we must not neglect the cold facts. Op-ed. Survivor's testimony: We had a symbolic Seder as the street next to us went up in flamesWatch the story of Halina Friedman, left for dead during a Nazi 'Aktion', one of the torch lighters at the 2021 Yom Hashoah ceremony. Symbolic Synagogue unveiled on site of Nazi MassacreBabyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center unveils first Jewish prayer space at Babyn Yar, site of massacre of 33,771 Jews. Holocaust survivor Sara Fishman: 'The note read that the smoke they saw was their parents'Watch: Sara Fishman, who lost most of her family in Auschwitz and is a torch lighter at the '21 Yom Hashoah ceremony, tells her story.Researchers: Holocaust survivors more likely to suffer heart disease, cancerStudy offers basis for closely monitoring people who experienced trauma early in life & the impact it can have on long-term health. The next Holocaust: Can it happen?The only real way to survive and live in safety is to move, and Israel is the only home for the Jewish People, and the safest place to be.Holocaust truths left out of the history textsThe story school history books leave out tells how the US and Hitler cooperated in the crimes committed against the Jewish people. Op-ed. Two vital lessons from the HolocaustMake sure you learn the lessons from the Holocaust in this article and do whatever you can to make sure they won’t be repeated. Op-ed. Holocaust survivor: 'Medical mandates today are a major step backward toward genocide'Vera Sharav, founder of the Alliance for Human Research Protection, speaks to German Corona Committee. Artist Yishai Jusidman presents for the first time in IsraelThe color is linked to the pesticide employed in the Nazi gas chambers, visible to this day in the gas chambers used by the Nazi's. Tribute broadcast to Holocaust survivors by the Massuah InstituteMassuah CEO: "We are at an historic crossroads where we are saying goodbye to the last survivors". Terezin ghetto and concentration camp falling 'deeper into ruin'With Theresienstadt ghetto and concentration camp falling apart, scholars worry that evidence of the Holocaust in danger of disappearing. JRoots event set to host over 50 organizations during Holocaust Remembrance DayThe event will include a full program of survivor testimonies, movies, educator sessions and more. Together, Against Forgetting: Our 6 Million to light a candle for every nameOur 6 Million and Adopt-A-Safta non-profits set to commemorate the memory of those lost during the Holocaust. Holocaust survivors pen letter to members of Canadian partyIn a letter, Holocaust survivors express support for IHRA definition of anti-Semitism. This chef, born next to a matzah factory, is delivering meals to Holocaust survivors'A Holocaust survivor who’s 90 years old, who’s taking care of them?' asks chef David Tefy. 'I have to do something.' Swastikas drawn on late Florida Holocaust survivor's car on Pesach eveFlorida Jews "horrified" to find swastikas drawn on a Cadillac inherited from their diseased family member, who was a Holocaust survivor. Eldest 'Righteous Among Nations' passes awayAnna Kozminska, the oldest Righteous Among the Nations passed away last week at the age of 101. Were Palestinian Arabs kicked out by 'European colonialists?'How did hundreds of Arabs - and Jews become displaced in the Middle East and who is telling the truth? Germany funds vaccination drive for Holocaust survivorsGerman government to pay $13.5 million to have Holocaust survivors around the world vaccinated against COVID.Nazis' secret files: 'They were recording their good work'A 60 Minutes documentary exposes the secret files of the Nazi regime, which documented not only victims, but details like head lice. Reclaiming Holocaust victim's property, one man makes a discoveryMenachem Kaiser thought he knew his family’s Holocaust history. Then he met Nazi treasure hunters. Let's play Holocaust!Someone’s gotta say it. Few ever do. And really, in all fairness, only a Jew with Judaic credentials like mine can write this. Op-ed. Norwegian city relents: Holocaust survivors can move to Jewish nursing homeSkien municipality backtracks following outcry, will allow 2 Holocaust survivors to move to Norway's only Jewish nursing home. Montreal auction house urged to remove Holocaust and Nazi relicsFriends of Simon Wiesenthal Center calls on Montreal-based auction house to immediately remove Holocaust relics from its online auction. |
