Michelle Obama and Daughters Visit Berlin Holocaust Memorial

Posted on: June 19th, 2013

First lady Michelle Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha visited the Holocaust memorial in Berlin amid tight security Wednesday morning under tight security. They spent about a half-hour walking through the sea of 2,711 slabs that comprise the memorial, according to Uwe Neumaerker, its director. They were guarded by helicopters hovering over the area, which [...]

N.Korea: We Don’t Follow Hitler, We’ll Kill Anyone Who Says Otherwise

Posted on: June 19th, 2013

Kim Jong-Un handed out translations of the Hitler's manifesto to officials for his birthday, in January.

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Dov Hikind’s Mother Dies at 85; Burial Today

Posted on: June 18th, 2013

Frieda Hikind, mother of New York Assemblyman Dov Hikind, died on Noonday at the age of 95. Her funeral is scheduled for 10 a.m. (EDT) at Shomrei Hadas Chapels in Boro Park. Mrs. Hikind suffered a massive stroke last week after having been hospitalized for several weeks in Maimonides Hospital. She was born in Czechoslovakia [...]

Nearly 70 Years After War, Holocaust Memorials Continue To Proliferate

Posted on: June 12th, 2013

No earth was moved last month at the groundbreaking of one of the nation’s newest Holocaust memorials.

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Yahrzheit for Lubavitcher Rebbe Expected to Draw 50,000 Visitors

Posted on: June 11th, 2013

Tens of thousands of Jews are expected to visit the gravesite of the Lubavitcher Rebbe Tuesday, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson (z”l), who passed away 19 years ago. Thousands stood in the rain Monday night at the Queens gravesite at the beginning of the third day of the Hebrew month of Tammuz. The Rebbe was arguably [...]

Pillar of Melbourne Jewish Community Dies

Posted on: June 10th, 2013

A Vilna Ghetto survivor and partisan fighter whose restaurant in Melbourne became a meeting place for the postwar survivor community died on Saturday at the age of 89. Avram Zeleznikow was the only member of his family to survive the Holocaust and waded through more than 30 miles of sewers to escape the ghetto in [...]

US Recovers Nazi Diary of Alfred Rosenberg

Posted on: June 10th, 2013

The U.S. government has recovered 400 pages of the dairy of Hitler’s Jewish confidante Alfred Rosenberg, according to Reuters, which reported that the diary has been long lost. Rosenberg was hanged in 1946 for his party in the systematic murder of 6 million Jews. Details of the diary have not been released, but it may [...]

Underground Tunnel Discovered at Former Sobibor Death Camp

Posted on: June 9th, 2013

More evidence that Jews tried to change their fate at the hands of the Nazis: Archaeologists discovered that Jews at the Sobibor death camp built an escape tunnel but apparently didn’t live to use it.

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Anti-Semites Scrawl Crosses on Tel Aviv Synagogue

Posted on: June 2nd, 2013

When Jews vandalize mosques and monasteries, they are called ”price tag” attacks for government malign neglect of Jewish rights. When anti-Semites attack synagogues, it is not even reported.

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Hannah Arendt Opens in LA June 7 (Video)

Posted on: May 31st, 2013

A brilliant new biopic of the influential German-Jewish philosopher and political theorist.

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Peres’ Two-Month 90th Birthday Fete Starts in Native Belarus

Posted on: May 30th, 2013

Celebrations for President Shimon Peres’s 90th birthday August 2 started two months early on Wednesday in his hometown of Vishneyeva, Belarus, where a plaque was revealed on the home that now sits on the lot where President Peres grew up. The ceremonies were held in the presence of his eldest daughter Tzvia Walden, named after [...]

64-Year-Old Polish Jew Celebrates Bar Mitzvah at the Kotel

Posted on: May 30th, 2013

Both of his parents were born to Jewish families that perished in Auschwitz.

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Jerry Lewis: Still Can’t Watch Female Comics (Video)

Posted on: May 30th, 2013

When asked who were his favorite female comedians, he named Cary Grant and Burt Reynolds.

Bad Publicity Spurs Internet Sales of Hitler Look-alike Tea Kettle

Posted on: May 29th, 2013

Bad publicity sometimes is great for business, especially if it involves Hitler. JC Penney hurriedly removed a billboard showing a tea kettle that looked like Hitler. It sold out on the Internet.

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Polish History Professor Fired for Blaming Jews for Holocaust

Posted on: May 29th, 2013

The Polish Academy of Sciences has dismissed historian Prof. Krzysztof Jasiewicz following an interview in which he partly blames Jews for the Holocaust. Jasiewicz, 61, will lose his position as head of the Department of Analysis of Eastern Issues on June 1 but announced that he will appeal the decision. In the interview, which was [...]

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Germany Pledges $800 Million for Holocaust Survivors Home Care

Posted on: May 28th, 2013

Germany officials recently met in Israel for the first time to negotiate aid for Holocaust survivors, whom they visited in their homes and at soup kitchens. Now it announces $800 million more aid.

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Pressing Poland On Holocaust Restitution Presents Dilemma For U.S., Jewish Groups

Posted on: May 22nd, 2013

WASHINGTON – Poland is a stalwart American ally in Europe, a bulwark against an increasingly belligerent Russia and, with the recent opening of a major new Warsaw museum, is enjoying a flush of accolades for its belated embrace of its Jewish roots.

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Top Claims Conference Officials Botched Probe of 2001 Fraud

Posted on: May 22nd, 2013

“A majority of the claims made by the person who wrote the anonymous letter were refuted by Mr. Domnitser,” the report said.

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Claims Conference Looking to Quell Media Storm on 2001 Letter

Posted on: May 20th, 2013

An anonymous letter sent to the Claims Conference’s Frankfurt office in 2001 identified five cases where restitution was approved for ineligible claimants.

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‘Death to Jews’ Tattoo Bars Hungarian Martial Arts Fighter

Posted on: May 20th, 2013

A Hungarian martial arts fighter was disinvited from an event in Prague because of his Nazi tattoos, including one reading “death to the Jews.” Some of the sponsors of the Heroes Gate martial arts tournament told organizers that Attila Petrovszki from Hungary could not attend the May 17 event because he had a tattoo of [...]

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