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‘Defender of Israel Award’ goes to three men whon willingly put their lives on...

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During the attacks and atrocities committed by Hamas terrorists in southern Israel on Oct. 7, Elchanan Kalmanson, his brother Menachem Kalmanson and their nephew, Itiel, drove towards the Gaza Strip under heavy rocket fire,...

Florida teacher, honored by Jewish Foundation for the Righteous, wants to teach Shoah ‘continuously’

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Mary Ellen Richichi, a non-Jewish middle-school teacher in the Florida public school system, grew up immersed in Holocaust education. Her father, who served in the U.S. military during the Cold War, was always watching History...

Jewish business group, foundation recognize Gottheimer’s Holocaust-education efforts

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The Orthodox Jewish Chamber of Congress, an umbrella group for Jewish businesses, and the Morris Katz Foundation recently recognized Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) with its 2024 Morris Katz Award for his commitment to Holocaust education. Katz was...

Campus rally challenges Missouri award for photo of Shani Louk’s body

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A prestigious award given by the University of Missouri to a photojournalist who took an image depicting the half-naked body of Shani Louk, a 22-year-old Israeli murdered by Hamas terrorists at the Nova music...

Photographer’s award praised by ‘Times’ same day he’s named in lawsuit

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Meaghan Looram, director of photography at The New York Times, praised on Feb. 21 the “fearless and compassionate work” of Yousef Masoud, who just won a George Polk Award in Journalism for his photography related to the...
Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.), chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered remarks at an event honoring the work and lives of 60 diplomats who helped Jews fleeing the Nazis, as recognized by the Forgotten Heroes of the Holocaust Congressional Gold Medal Act, Jan. 23, 2023. Credit: Courtesy.

Cardin honors diplomats who helped Jews fleeing Nazis during World War II

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Ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.), chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered remarks at an event on Tuesday honoring the work and lives of 60 diplomats who helped Jews...
Irwin Cotler. Photo by Dave Gordon.

‘Be on the front lines,’ former Canadian envoy Irwin Cotler advises young Jews

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Irwin Cotler, the 83-year-old human-rights advocate and former Canadian parliamentarian, received the lifetime achievement award of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs last month at a conference in Ottawa. The award, according to organizers, recognized “his...
Peter Savaryn. Credit: Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine.

Canada apologizes for lauding another soldier who fought for Nazi unit

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A week after Anthony Rota, the speaker of Canada’s House of Commons, resigned over its parliament honoring a Ukrainian man who fought in a voluntary Nazi unit, another highly decorated member in the Waffen-SS Galicia Division has come...

Calgary Peace Prize going to Palestinian poet who spews hate against Jews

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The Anti-Defamation League has called Mohammed El-Kurd an “unvarnished, vicious antisemite.” Yet in spite of widely available evidence attesting to his prominence as a hatemonger, Mount Royal University in Canada chose to award the writer with...
Holocaust survivor Margot Friedländer, June 12, 2012. Credit: Scott-Hendryk Dillan via Wikimedia Commons.

German president honors Holocaust survivor with lifetime achievement award

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German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier awarded Holocaust survivor Margot Friedländer with the country’s Walther Rathenau Prize for outstanding lifetime achievement in foreign policy, reported Deutsche Welle. Born and raised in Berlin, Friedländer, 100, was the sole member...