Warsaw’s Great Jewish Cemetery damaged by storm
A recent storm in Poland led to the destruction of many of the graves in the Great Jewish Cemetery of Warsaw.
A visitor told the haredi newspaper Hamevasser, "This scene is terrible. Thousands of Jewish graves, including...
Gilberto Bosques Saldívar’s 125th Birthday
Today marks the 125th birthday of Gilberto Bosques Saldívar, the diplomat known as the “Mexican Schindler” who is said to have saved 40,000 lives during WWII while serving as Mexico’s Consul General in France.
Born...
Nice et Jérusalem main dans la main
Le 14 juillet la ville de Nice commémorait le terrible attentat de l’année dernière sur la Promenade des Anglais qui avaient coûté la vie à 86 personnes.
A l’occasion de cette cérémonie, qui se déroulait en...
Through Rutgers program, teachers become ‘masters’ of Shoa education
At a time of rising concerns about racism and anti-Semitism, 38 educators from throughout New Jersey chose to spend part of their summer in a Rutgers University program whose aim is to enhance their...
Greece: Monk vandalizes Holocaust memorial
Father Kleomenis, an excommunicated Old Calendarist monk, on Monday filmed himself desecrating a Holocaust memorial in the city of Larissa while cursing Jews, denying the Holocaust and calling on “patriotic organizations” to take a...
Mélenchon agrees with Le Pen: France not responsible for Holocaust
Leftist French leader Jean Luc Mélenchon has said France bears no responsibility for the actions of the pro-Nazi Vichy government during the Holocaust, according to Haaretz — echoing the remarks of far right wing leader Marine le Pen.
Mélenchon...
Au Vel d’Hiv, une cérémonie qui fera date
Quai de Grenelle, sous l’œil d’une foule nombreuse, une cérémonie officielle s’est tenue soixante-quinze ans après la rafle du Vel d’Hiv où furent arrêtés puis déportés vers les camps de la mort 13152 juifs...
Argentinians in Israel call for justice for 1994 Buenos Aires bombing
Some 200 Argentinian youths gathered in Tel Aviv on Tuesday to commemorate the 23rd anniversary of the bombing of the Asociation Mutual Israelita Argentina (AMIA) Jewish Center in Buenos Aires, in a ceremony organized by Birthright...
Saudi king said to intervene in reopening of Temple Mount
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud personally intervened to end the closure of the Temple Mount following a terrorist attack at the site, according to an Arab media report on Tuesday.
Israel closed the...
Jewish ire at University of Sydney’s ‘Israel hate-fest’
The University of Sydney has distanced itself from a controversial Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions conference being hosted by its Department of Peace and Conflict Studies, after members of the Jewish community labelled the gathering...