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Selection of Hungarian Jews on the ramp at Auschwitz II-Birkenau in German-occupied Poland during the final phase of the Holocaust in May/June 1944. Credit: Yad Vashem via Wikimedia Commons.

‘Yom Hashoah: A Day to Remember’ online program to feature survivor’s ordeals

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The Touro College Hans Goldschmidt Institute for Human Rights and the Holocaust will mark Holocaust Remembrance Day on April 28 with an online program called “Yom Hashoah 2022: A Day to Remember” from noon to 1:30...
Warsaw Ghetto Square at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem on Holocaust Remembrance Day, April 21, 2020. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

The here and now of Holocaust remembrance

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It is of tragic relevance that anti-Jewish Arab riots, rocket fire and hate-filled solidarity protests around the world have upstaged the lead-up to Yom Hashoah, which begins on Wednesday evening. Normally at this time, Israel’s preparations for Holocaust Remembrance Day...
Forensic police officers exhume bodies in Bucha, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine. April 12, 2022

Ukraine, Israel and the meaning of ‘never again’

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Two months after President Paul von Hindenburg appointed him Chancellor of Germany, Adolf Hitler began his persecution of German Jews. No one at the time could have imagined that this would sow the seeds...
An Israel Police bomb disposal expert examines a shipment of grenades intercepted on the Israel-Lebanon border, on April 25, 2022. Credit: Israel Police.

Israel Police seize 100 grenades, firearms at Lebanon border

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Israeli security forces thwarted an attempt on Monday night to smuggle 100 grenades into the country from Lebanon, the Israel Police announced on Tuesday. The grenades, which were of the fragmentation type, were likely...
The American and Iranian flags, symbolizing talks in Vienna surrounding re-entry into the Iran nuclear deal. Credit: Novikov Aleksey/Shutterstock.

Israel now believes chances of new Iran deal ‘slim to none’

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Israel now believes the chances of a new nuclear deal being signed by Iran and the West are “slim to none,” according to Israeli diplomatic officials. “The possibility that the sides will sign a deal...
WATCH: Jewish National Fund's Conversations on Zionism asks journalists how to combat mainstream media bias.

‘Jews must speak up, defend Israel’

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The Jewish people have “responsibility” to help educate people about the truth about Israel, according to New York Sun owner Dovid Efune. “In today’s world, every single individual is an editor-in-chief,” said Efune. “There is access at our...
Palestinian students attend the opening of the academic year at a school of near Jerusalem on Aug. 17, 2016.

European parliament members condemn Palestinian Authority for anti-Semitic curriculum

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Despite Western calls for reform, the Palestinian Authority curriculum has ramped up its incitement in recent years, with school textbooks and other learning materials filled with anti-Semitism, calls for jihad, rejection of reconciliation and...
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz (third from left) tells Arab ambassadors during an Iftar meal to break the Ramadan fast that Israel is protecting freedom of worship throughout the country and especially in Jerusalem, April 25, 2022. Credit: Elad Malka, Israeli Ministry of Defense.

Gantz to Arab ambassadors: Israel fostering regional ties, enabling prayer in Jerusalem

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Israel is taking “unprecedented measures” to safeguard Muslim freedom of worship at the Temple Mount in Old City Jerusalem, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz told ambassadors from Arab countries at an Iftar dinner on...