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Los Angeles-based Jewish philanthropist Elissa Czuker dies at 53

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Elissa Czuker, who with her husband, Edward Czuker, donated to many prominent Jewish and political causes, died on Aug. 25. She was 53 years old. The mother of nine was active in the Young Israel...
The Valley of the Communities at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem. Credit: Yad Vashem.

Yad Vashem sound and light show to highlight lost communities

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Yad Vashem is planning a multimillion-dollar, state of the art sound and light show as part of a family-oriented educational center at the Jerusalem Holocaust Memorial, to tell the story of Jewish communities lost...
Jewish Children’s Monument, with names of 400 Jewish children murdered during the Holocaust, at the site of a former Jewish school in The Hague. Photo by Menachem Wecker.

Dutch survey: 10% of history teachers have Holocaust-denying students

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The Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, which is nearly 65 years old, is consistently one of the most visited museums in the Netherlands. Yet public-school teachers report an alarming rate of Holocaust denial among...
Platform 17, a Holocaust memorial, in Berlin. Photo by Menachem Wecker.

Study: Holocaust education reduces hate crimes against minority communities

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Mandated Holocaust education in U.S. schools reduces hate crimes both against Jews, as well as across a wide swath of minority communities, according to data from RealityCheck Research, a new nonprofit based in New York,...
The Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem, April 4, 2021. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Yad Vashem and Yeshiva University partner on Holocaust education

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Yeshiva University president Rabbi Ari Berman and Yad Vashem chairman Dani Dayan recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding to lay the groundwork for the two institutions sharing resources and training initiatives. A new advanced certificate...
Sharaka participants in the Old City of Jerusalem, Feb. 26 to March 3, 2023. Photo by Dan Feferman.

Arabs in Sharaka delegation to Israel describe eye-opening education about the Holocaust

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A delegation of people from Algeria, Bahrain, Iraq, Lebanon, Morocco, Syria and Turkey visited Israel from Feb. 26 to March 3 to learn about the Holocaust as a way to promote tolerance. The visit, during...
Jewish twins were kept alive to be used in Dr. Josef Mengele's medical experiments. These children from Auschwitz were liberated by the Red Army in January 1945. Credit: USHMM/Belarusian State Archive of Documentary Film and Photography.

AJC survey: Half of Americans don’t know how many Jews died in the Holocaust

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Only 53% of Americans over the age of 18 answered correctly that approximately six million Jews were killed in the Holocaust, according to an American Jewish Committee public opinion survey released ahead of International...
Yad Vashem chairman Dani Dayan. Photo by Alex Kolomoisky.

Israel, Argentina sign agreement to share Holocaust archives

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Argentina agreed to share archival records about Jews who fled the Holocaust to the country this week in a new agreement signed between Yad Vashem‒The World Holocaust Remembrance Center and the Archivo General de la Nación (General Archive...
Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Marcin Przydacz. Credit: Official Polish Government website.

Poland wants to change how Israel conducts Holocaust-study trips

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The Polish government wants to implement new rules regarding visits by Israeli students to study the Holocaust in the country, including reconsidering the presence of armed Israeli guards. Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Marcin Przydacz explained...
Anne Frank Credit: Collectie Anne Frank Stichting Amsterdam.

Los Angeles City Council officially declares May 12 ‘Anne Frank Day’

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The Los Angeles City Council has approved a resolution led by Los Angeles City Council members Paul Koretz and Bob Blumenfield declaring May 12 as “Anne Frank Day” in the city of Los Angeles. May...