Tag: Holocaust Education
Pew study: Most Americans know dates of Holocaust, but not number of Jews killed
Less than half of Americans, some 45 percent, know that 6 million Jews perished in the Holocaust, while 29 percent weren’t sure or had no answer, according to a Pew Research Center study released on...
Anti-Semitism and Holocaust education in Morocco
While most Arab countries refrain from addressing the issue of anti-Semitism and do not include the topic of the Holocaust in their school curricula, Morocco appears to be taking a different approach. Speaking at...
Rivlin meets with Lebanese-born businessman who donated Hitler’s hat to Yad Vashem
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin met on Sunday with Abdallah Chatila, a Lebanese-born Swiss businessman who purchased Adolf Hitler’s hat and other Nazi memorabilia at a recent auction and donated them to Yad Vashem.
Chatila purchased the items,...
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Survivors’ descendants, youth, to carry on Holocaust education
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here is a continuing focus on Holocaust education in the county, with the Lawrence Family JCC and the J Company Youth Theatre announcing a planned “Remembrance Reading” at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the JCC,...
Utah Jewish Federation seeks Holocaust education after student dons Hitler costume
The United Jewish Federation of Utah said it plans to speak with a local school district about implementing an anti-hate curriculum after an incident at a local school where a student dressed up as Nazi leader...
Florida high school principal fired after not recognizing Holocaust as fact
The principal of a high school in the heavily Jewish-populated Florida city of Boca Raton has been fired by the school board in Palm Beach County after he declined to recognize that the Holocaust occurred.
The board...
Oregon enacts law requiring public schools to teach Holocaust education
Oregon public schools will be required to teach students about the Holocaust and other genocides after Gov. Kate Brown signed on Monday a bill, which unanimously passed in the state legislature, into law.
“Today more...
Fifth-grade student sent to principal’s office for telling kids to stop Nazi salute
A fifth-grader at a Tennessee public school was sent to the principal’s office this week after telling students to stop doing Nazi salutes.
“Please comment with support for my 11-year-old daughter. She was removed from...
Harvard satirical publication apologizes for sexualized Anne Frank bikini photo
The Harvard Lampoon, Harvard University’s student-run satirical newspaper, has apologized for publishing over the weekend a sexualized photo of Anne Frank in a bikini.
“Gone Before Her Time: Virtual Aging Technology Shows Us What Anne...
Kaliv Chassidic leader Rabbi Menachem Mendel Taub dies at the age of 96
Kaliv Chassidic leader and Holocaust-remembrance advocate Rabbi Menachem Mendel Taub passed away on Sunday at his home in Jerusalem at the age of 96.
Thousands attended the funeral of the haredi religious leader on Sunday afternoon.
Born in...