Posts Tagged: Holocaust Education
Romania Marks Decision to Teach Jewish History, Holocaust in Schools
Romania, a former ally of Nazi Germany, on Tuesday marked its decision to make the Holocaust and Jewish history part of the school curriculum, with...
Meta President: Holocaust Survivor Shows How Technology Can Help Us Learn From the Past
“No one will believe you. No one will remember.” That’s how the guards in Nazi concentration camps would taunt their victims. But we do remember, in...
Christie’s Cancels Follow-Up Auction of Jewelry With Nazi Ties After Facing ‘Intense Scrutiny’
The auction house Christie's canceled an upcoming auction of jewelry from an Austrian art collector after facing backlash over the source of her wealth, which...
Does Holocaust Education Actually Work? Yes — Ask the Data
Should we stop Holocaust education and shutter Holocaust museums? A growing chorus of voices, both within and outside the Jewish world are saying that we should. Some...
Study: Holocaust Education Reduces Hate Crimes Against Minority Communities
JNS.org - Mandated Holocaust education in US schools reduces hate crimes both against Jews, as well as across a wide swath of minority communities, according...
23 Percent of Dutch Millennials Believe Holocaust is Myth: New Survey Elicits Shock In Netherlands
Dutch Justice Minister Dilan Yeşilgöz led a chorus of outrage Wednesday over a just-released report showing widespread lack of awareness from Dutch citizens about the...
United Arab Emirates Adds Holocaust Education to School Curriculum
Two years after normalizing relations with Israel through the Abraham Accords, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will include Holocaust education in its school curriculum, the...
Congress Passes $1.7 Trillion Omnibus; Jewish Groups Tout Billions for American Jewish Community, Israel
The House of Representatives Friday afternoon passed a massive $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill, which includes billions of dollars in expenditures supporting Israel and the...
Australian Lawmakers Call For Holocaust Education
An Australian parliamentarian has proposed a motion to require students throughout the commonwealth to be educated about the Holocaust. Labor Party MP Josh Burns proposed the...
Acts of Heroism and Compassion: Lessons From the Holocaust
JNS.org - Although memory begins around the age of two and a half, it lasts only about two months in adults, where non-emotional events and...
Educating the Whoopi Goldbergs of the World About the Holocaust
JNS.org - During a discussion on “The View” about a Tennessee school board’s banning of the graphic novel, "Maus," written by the son of Holocaust...
‘This Isn’t Just History’: Seminar Gives K-12 Teachers Tools to Teach Lessons of the Holocaust
Ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Thursday, 23 middle school and high school teachers and museum staff took part in an intensive, virtual two-day...
Why We Must Remember the Holocaust Correctly
Three words loom large in our Holocaust remembrance: Arbeit macht frei, usually translated as "work will make you free." Ironically, they had little to do with the...
Europe’s Jewish Students Face Antisemitic Onslaught
If there were a survival handbook for Jewish students at the universities of Europe, it would probably begin with this: Tell no one that you're...
