Tag: Holocaust
‘Exodus’ immigrant’s diary shows hardships of post-Shoah refugees
Dozens of personal diaries from people living through the early years of the Jewish state have been handed over to the National Library of Israel as part of the Operation Diary project.
One presented recently...
Roseanne, speak the truth about the Holocaust
The media is reporting that my friend Roseanne Barr said on a podcast that no Jews died in the Holocaust.
I have not talked with Roseanne. I find it hard to believe that someone who...
Polish-language, Canadian newspaper ‘doubles down’ on antisemitism
The Ontario-based, Polish language newspaper Goniec has “doubled down on antisemitism,” per a B’nai B’rith Canada investigation.
The paper “regularly engages in Holocaust distortion by using language such as the ‘Holocaust Enterprise’ to describe attempts by Jewish groups...
Holocaust survivors to rewrite recently discovered Torah scroll
The Survivor Torah Project, an effort to restore a Torah scroll hidden from the Nazis, has now reached Toronto, Canada.
The scroll was found recently after being hidden for 75 years, given for safekeeping by a...
Antisemitism ‘working definition’ not a ‘work in progress,” new IHRA co-presidents say
The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) is in the news a good deal these days. The intergovernmental organization is best known for its working definition of antisemitism, which many nations and institutions have adopted. Pro-Israel supporters...
British historian under fire for saying left to ‘replace’ Holocaust with slavery
It was the Tweet heard around parts of the United Kingdom. Then it disappeared. Now it’s back.
“The reason the left has such ire for the Jews is jealousy. They want to replace the Holocaust with...
A 92-year-old makes military bases her first stop in Israel … 16 times
Camilla Maas makes it clear that she doesn’t speak for Israelis. She doesn’t speak for American or international Jewry. The nonagenarian states plainly that she speaks for herself.
And for Sar-El, which partners in the United...
On ‘Remembrance Day,’ Zelenskyy asks Dutch to mourn dead Ukrainians
On a visit to the Netherlands on the country’s Remembrance Day—held annually on May 4 at 8 p.m. to commemorate soldiers and civilians who died in World War II, and in other wars and peacekeeping...
Frankfurt returns painting to heirs of Jewish collector murdered in the Holocaust
Fritz von Uhde’s painting “Portray of a Lady” will be restituted to the heirs of Jewish collector Gustav Rüdenberg, according to an agreement with the Städel museum in Frankfurt, Germany, which the New York...
Dutch survey: 10% of history teachers have Holocaust-denying students
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...