Posts Tagged: Holocaust Jews
Treblinka: The Uprising the World Forgot
In some ways, we're more aware of the Holocaust than ever before. Memorials to it stand in cities around the world. Oskar Schindler and Anne...
Holocaust Memorials Are Monuments Against Civilization’s Enemies
The American Jewish community is a leader in Holocaust commemoration. Why? To teach the lesson -- “Never Again” -- of course. Yet skeptics still scoff: why...
As Jews, We Must Never Give Up — and Always Rise Up
"Mommy, who is going to hide us if there is another Holocaust?” I asked when I was seven years old. There was a moment of...
Lithuania’s Past, Antisemitism, and Israel
Lithuanians generally prefer to approach their own history by honoring their fighters for resisting Soviet rule -- and ignoring their active collaboration with the Nazis....
Study: A Quarter of Jews Murdered In Holocaust Killed In 100 Days In 1942, a 20th-Century Record
JNS.org - Almost a quarter of the Jews killed in the Holocaust were murdered during 100 days in 1942, making it the time frame with the...
Why Jews Find Themselves in the Eye of the Storm
JNS.org - Antisemitism is now a major issue in the West. In Britain, there are continuing convulsions over rampant antisemitism in the Labour Party. In America, there...
Britain Bans Entry to Prominent US Holocaust Denier
Britain has banned a prominent American Holocaust denier from entering the United Kingdom, according to a copy of correspondence from the interior ministry. Mark Weber, director...
Why They Keep Leaving Jews Out of the Holocaust
The Canadian government has announced that it will correct a memorial plaque at its new National Holocaust Monument, which spoke of the “millions of men,...
At Auschwitz, the Dead Wish to March With the Living
Once again, I have found myself lost amid the remains of Auschwitz. The last time I was here, I visited with a delegation from the Israeli...
Holocaust-Themed Russian Ice Skating Routine Causes Outrage
A Holocaust-themed ice skating routine on a Russian reality television show, involving the wife of a high-level aide to President Vladimir Putin, has sparked outrage...
Belgian Noble Family Descended From ‘Righteous Among the Nations’ Visits Israel
JNS.org - A delegation of the descendants of a Belgian noble family whose members saved Jewish children during the Holocaust visited Israel this week and met...
Obama, Kerry Issue Yom HaShoah Remarks to Commemorate Holocaust
JNS.org - US President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry issued statements for Israel’s Holocaust Memorial Day, Yom HaShoah, which began on the eve...
The History of Antisemitism and the Holocaust
As an organization dedicated to combatting antisemitism and fighting against all forms of bigotry, the Anti-Defamation League speaks often about the Holocaust both from a...
25% of Israeli Jews Fear Another Holocaust, Poll Shows
JNS.org - More than half (59 percent) of Israelis are afraid to travel outside the country, with 25 percent saying they are usually afraid to do...