Lithuanian MP Who Said Jews Shared Responsibility for Holocaust Quits Freedom Commission
Clearly, this faux pas has allowed us a glimpse into the mind of a modern-day Lithuanian anti-Semitic politician.
Israeli Government, European Jewry Condemn Poland’s New Restitution Law
“It is outrageous that someone who survived the Holocaust, who will be in their later years, will still be deprived justice by this cruel, illegitimate and discriminatory law."
Conference Debating Bringing Holocaust Images to Life [video]
In today's digital age, such film footage is particularly compelling and stirring, granting us a glimpse into a living memory of a world that was – and is no longer.
Billionaire Nelson Peltz Resigns from Wiesenthal Center Board over Call to Boycott Ben &...
Since the October 7 massacre, Anuradha Mittal, founder of the progressive think tank Oakland Institute, and the head of the board of directors of...
UK Holocaust Memorial International Design Competition Entering Advanced Phase
A jury consisting of 13 members including London Mayor Sadiq Khan, and Julia Peyton-Jones, the former director of the Serpentine Galleries, will meet at the Victoria and Albert Museum next month to choose the winner.
Jewish Foundation to Send More than $300,000 to Righteous Gentiles in Poland
“This is just one of many ways we can repay our boundless gratitude for all that they did to save Jews during the Holocaust,” said Stanlee Stahl, executive vice president of the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous.
Senate to Vote on Holocaust Restitution as Vienna Philharmonic Returns Looted Painting
The law allows the heirs six years to sue in US court from the day they become aware of the existence and location of the looted object.
Israel Accuses Amanpour of Belittling the Holocaust by Comparing Kristallnacht to Trump
Does anyone really require an apology from a crazy person who can't tell the difference between the Holocaust and the Trump administration?
Netanyahu to Putin: We Must Take Strong, Timely Stand Against Murderous Ideologies (video)
"The main lesson of the rise of the Nazis and ... their defeat, is that one needs to take a strong and timely stand against murderous ideologies."
Designer Karl Lagerfeld Upsets Holocaust Survivors, Families with Talk Show Remarks
"You cannot kill millions of Jews and then take in millions of their worst enemies afterwards," Lagerfeld said.
German Artist Lays Down 75,000th ‘Stumbling Stone’ in Memory of Holocaust Victims
The name of the Stolpersteine project invokes an anti-Semitic saying, when one accidentally stumbles over a protruding stone: "A Jew must be buried here."
Reform Clergy Cycles to Auschwitz in ‘Ride for the Living’
The "inspiring one-day, 60-mile bike ride from Auschwitz-Birkenau to JCC Krakow" takes place during the Jewish Culture Festival.
Large Majority of Israelis Support More Benefits to New Immigrants
A large majority of Israelis are willing to support an increase in benefits to help new immigrants succeed.
Lodz Hosts First-Ever Jewish Festival, Honors City’s Illustrious Jewish Fire Marshal
In recent years, a growing number of these individuals, popularly known as the “Hidden Jews of Poland,” have begun to explore their connections to Judaism
Director of Tokyo Olympics Opening Ceremony Sacked for Making Fun of the Holocaust
Wiki offers a huge list of Olympic Games scandals and controversies.
Did You Miss That? Mahmoud Abbas Says Hitler Fought Jews for their ‘Usury and...
Abbas, whose doctoral dissertation denied the Holocaust, has also infamously accused Israel of “50 Holocausts.”
Poland’s Prime Minister Claims Not Only Polish, German Perpetrators — Jewish Perpetrators of Holocaust,...
Israeli lawmakers are calling for a reduction in the country's level of diplomatic engagement with Poland.
At Age 92, Israeli Holocaust Survivor Brothers Reunite with US Family, Celebrate Bar Mitzvah...
"It's exciting, there's nothing else to say, it's very exciting."
Google Honors Japanese Diplomat Who Saved Jews during Holocaust
Chiune Sempo Sugihara issued between 2,100 and 3,500 transit visas and saved some 6,000 Jews, papers which later came to be known as “visas for life.”
Israel Launches Events at UN to Mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day
This Sunday marks the 74th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and death camp.
Hitler’s ‘I Knew Nothing’ Bodyguard Dies at 96
Adolf Hitler’s bodyguard, who claimed he knew nothing about the Nazi extermination of 6 million Jews. Has died at the age of 96.
SS Staff...
Report (Updated): Jewish Convert to Christianity to Lead March of the Living
Evans is the son of a Jewish mother whose parents had emigrated from the Soviet Union, and an abusive, antisemitic alcoholic Christian father.
New Traces of Life Found in Theresienstadt
Nearly 70 years after the Nazis fell, evidence is found in Theresienstadt that life flourished even among those marked for death.
Auschwitz Survivor to Celebrate 100th Birthday Day after Yom Hashoah
At 27, after her family had been moved to a ghetto, they were then transferred to Auschwitz.
Pope Condemns Catholics who Disrupted Kristallnacht Ceremony
Pope Francis, reacting to the disruption of a recent interfaith Kristallnacht memorial in Buenos Aires, Argentina, told Latin American religious leaders visiting the Vatican...
Hungarian Jews May Use Force to Stop Jobbik Protest
The Federation of Hungarian Jewish Communities (Mazsihisz) is considering sending people to physically prevent Hungary's ultra-nationalist Jobbik party from holding a rally at a...
Dutch Holocaust Monument Smeared with Blood, Mud
In addition to the anti-Semitic vandalism at the monument, there were a number of other incidents as well around the same time.
New Age Holocaust Commemoration: Meet the Designer
Ahead of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day (Saturday, January 27) I spoke to Edward Jacobs who, with his partner Dr. Michael Berenbaum, specializes in erecting "narrative historical, sociological and Identity Museums."
Greek Soccer Player Attacked for Nazi Salute (video)
The 20-year-old Katidis is pleading ignorance.
Ukraine Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman to Visit Yad Vashem
Groysman was the first Jew to occupy a high political office when he was elected as House Speaker in 2014.