Tag: Holocaust
Anne Frank’s stepsister and Auschwitz survivor Eva Schloss regains Austrian citizenship
A Jewish woman who fled Austria as a child to escape Nazi persecution, and later became the stepsister of famed diarist Anne Frank, has reclaimed her Austrian citizenship at the age of 92.
Eva Schloss...
Israeli Foreign Minister Lapid: Polish property restitution bill hints at anti-Semitism
Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, who on Thursday took a stringent position against a Polish bill to limit the restitution of property stolen from Polish Jews, continued to press the Polish government on Sunday,...
America and Germany to collaborate on Holocaust-education efforts
The United States and Germany launched a dialogue on Holocaust issues on Thursday in the face of rising anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial, signing a letter of intent during a ceremony.
According to a State Department...
Mela Iancu: A Holocaust Heroine in Romania
In 1939, Mela Iancu, a Romanian Jewish leader, established the Jewish Center for the Protection of Mothers and Children. With branches throughout Romania, the center contributed to the salvation of hundreds of women and...
Greene publicly apologizes for comparing face masks to Holocaust
Weeks after comparing the wearing of face masks in the U.S. House of Representatives to the Holocaust in a podcast, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) publicly apologized for her remarks.
She did so in front...
Documentary on Babi Yar massacre to premiere at Cannes Film Festival
Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa’s documentary film “Babi Yar. Context” has been selected to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in July.
The 120-minutes long film is based entirely on archival footage uncovered by Loznitsa, which...
UAE becomes first Arab Gulf country to open Holocaust-education exhibit
In a continuing cultural relationship with Israel and the United Arab Emirates as part of the Abraham Accords, a museum in the United Arab Emirates debuted an exhibition about the Holocaust that also aims...
Greene’s mask Holocaust analogy is ‘appalling,’ says top Republican leader
The top Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives has become the latest leader to condemn Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s remarks that compared wearing masks to Jews being forced to wear yellow stars during...
Roman Kent, who reminded world of Holocaust, dies at 96
The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous reported the death of its longtime president, Roman Kent, who passed away on May 21 at his home in New York City. He was 96 years old.
A Holocaust...
‘They own the media:’ Coronavirus anti-Semitism remains lethal
Another one of my musical heroes, sadly, outed himself this week as an anti-Semite. On this occasion, it was the turn of Van Morrison—the consummate blues artist from Belfast in Northern Ireland, whose hoarse...