Grandmother with Jemima on Gold medal-winning walk
August 7, 2022 by AAP
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When Jemima Montag’s bracelet clinked against her wrist as she claimed 10,000m race walk gold, she could feel her late grandmother, a Holocaust survivor, there with her. Read more
Bob Katter invokes the Holocaust in defending the Manly 7
July 29, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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Independent Queensland MP Bob Katter has defended the seven Manly rugby league players who refused to play in a strip displaying colours od the LGBT rainbow flag on religious and personal grounds. Read more
Renovation work in Poland finds 60 Jewish tombstones near old Gestapo building
Dozens of Jewish tombstones were discovered this week in the Polish town of Radzyń Podlaski (also known as Radin), about 35 miles from Lublin, near a building that had been used as headquarters for the Gestapo during the years of World War II and the Holocaust. Read more
A talk with God about the Holocaust
May 1, 2022 by Mike Wagenheim - JNS
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For some, the issue never fades from memory. Menachem Rosensaft was born in 1948 in Bergen-Belsen, a Nazi concentration camp turned into a displaced persons camp after the war. Read more
March of the Living resumes in person with only eight Holocaust survivors
The International March of the Living will resume in person for the first time in two years but with a reduced capacity, due to Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, and only eight Holocaust survivors participating. Read more
Zelensky’s unfortunate Knesset address
March 23, 2022 by Ruthie Blum - JNS
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Clearly realizing, or having been told by advisers, that he’d crossed a line in his Zoom speech to the Knesset on Sunday evening, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky subsequently softened his tone. Read more
Abramovich partners with Yad Vashem
February 23, 2022 by Simmy Allen
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Jerusalem’s Yad Vashem and Roman Abramovich announced today a new long-term strategic partnership aimed at strengthening Yad Vashem’s endeavours in the areas of Holocaust research and remembrance. Read more
German FM lays wreath for Holocaust dead
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has laid a wreath at a Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem ahead of talks with Israeli leaders during her first official visit to the region. Read more
UN remembers the Holocaust as it abandons the Jewish People
February 2, 2022 by David Singer
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The United Nations (UN) ceremony to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day was held on 27 January – as the UN was simultaneously continuing its incessant assault on the Jewish People that is once again giving rise to increasing Jew-hatred worldwide. Read more
TikTok pledges to free itself of hate
February 1, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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Social Media giant TikTok has pledged to free its platform of hatred and to introduce education to explain the Holocaust to new generations. Read more
Ho-hum Holocaust Remembrance Day
February 1, 2022 by Thane Rosenbaum
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The Holocaust, by definition, never brings with it good news as the topic of any conversation. Read more
Tennessee school board removes graphic novel ‘Maus,’ author calls it ‘Orwellian’
A school board in Tennessee unanimously voted to remove a Pulitzer Prize-winning book on the Holocaust from its schools because it includes eight minor curse words such as “damn” and an illustration of a naked woman. Read more
Yair Lapid on Holocaust Remembrance Day: ‘The Jewish State is the future and Mauthausen is a museum’
Israel’s Foreign Minister Yair Lapid made a special visit to the Mauthausen Concentration Camp in Austria to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which is held on the anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp Auschwitz. He was joined by the Chancellor of Austria, Karl Nehammer. Read more
165,800 Holocaust survivors live in Israel
Some 165,800 Holocaust Survivors live in Israel, 90% of whom are over 80, according to data published Wednesday by Israel’s Holocaust Survivors’ Rights Authority ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Read more
Claims Conference launches new innovative social media campaign: #DONTBEABYSTANDER
January 26, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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Gideon Taylor, President of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference), announced today a new social media campaign in partnership with Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Centre, called #DontBeABystander: Those Who Risked It All To Save A Life. Read more
The International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust
January 24, 2022 by Simmy Allen
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Yad Vashem will mark the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust through a range of events both in-person and online. Read more
UN approves Israeli resolution combating Holocaust denial
The U.N. General Assembly on Thursday adopted an Israeli-sponsored resolution that condemns denial and distortion of the Holocaust. Read more
Yad Vashem launches academy to train future leaders in Holocaust awareness
January 9, 2022 by Deborah Fineblum
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One hundred stalwart souls braved the chilling Jerusalem rain and influx of new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday to witness the rollout of what is designed to be the next big step for empowering Holocaust awareness for future generations. Read more
Erdan submits UN resolution opposing Holocaust denial and distortion
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan has submitted a resolution to the U.N. General Assembly to combat Holocaust denial and Holocaust distortion. Read more
Angela Merkel visits Yad Vashem
October 11, 2021 by Simmy Allen
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In the face of European hypocrisy, time for Israel’s supporters to remake the cultural weather
October 8, 2021 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
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The European Commission released on Tuesday its first official strategy on fighting antisemitism and promoting Jewish life. Read more
Oboler to attend important forum on the Holocaust remembrance and antisemitism
October 8, 2021 by Henry Benjamin
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Herzog at Babi Yar: Leaders must ‘condemn slightest hint of antisemitism’
Israel’s President Isaac Herzog addressed the international gathering on Wednesday marking 80 years since the Babi Yar massacre in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sept. 29-30, 1941. Read more
At long last, Babi Yar victims to receive the respect they deserve
October 7, 2021 by Israel Kasnett - JNS.org
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The horrors of the Nazi mass extermination camps in the Holocaust are well-known but the “Holocaust by Bullets,” during which Jews were shot one by one, is less known. Read more
The hate-fest that is Durban rears its ugly head again
September 16, 2021 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
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Next week, the United Nations is set to reinforce infamy. In the wings of the U.N. General Assembly meeting in New York, it is to hold a 20th anniversary summit of its so-called World Conference against Racism that took place in Durban, South Africa, four days before the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Read more
Warsaw’s Jewish community buries remains found of unidentified Holocaust victim
Warsaw’s Jewish community buried the remains of an unidentified Holocaust victim on Tuesday, found in a building that was once part of the Warsaw Ghetto. Read more
Israel up in arms after Polish Parliament passes law limiting restitution of property lost in Holocaust
August 12, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
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The Polish parliament approved on Wednesday a law limiting the ability of Holocaust survivors and descendants of Holocaust victims to reclaim their property, prompting Israeli officials to take action and issue harsh condemnations. Read more
German court to try 100-year-old former Nazi guard
A German court has set a date to try a 100-year-old former Nazi SS guard who served at a concentration camp outside of Berlin during World War II, a spokeswoman for the Neuruppin state court said on Monday. Read more
Row between Israel and Poland over Holocaust property restitution escalates
June 28, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
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The dispute between Israel and Poland over an amendment to a Polish law that would hinder Holocaust victims’ ability to claim their property in the country escalated Sunday when both countries summoned each other’s ambassadors for a dressing down. Read more
UAE becomes first Arab Gulf country to open Holocaust-education exhibit
In a continuing cultural relationship with Israel and the United Arab Emirates as part of the Abraham Accords, a museum in the United Arab Emirates debuted an exhibition about the Holocaust that also aims to raise awareness about antisemitism amid an increase in hate crimes against Jews worldwide. Read more