Posts Tagged: Holocaust Education
We Must Keep the Memory of the Holocaust Alive Through Aggressive Education
My grandparents and many members of my family were exterminated by the Nazis. I would probably also have perished had my parents not had the...
International Jewish Organization Blasts Israeli-Born Star Natalie Portman for Comments on Holocaust Education
A major Jewish organization rebuked actress Natalie Portman on Monday for saying in a recent interview that Jews put too much emphasis on teaching about...
Natalie Portman Says Holocaust Education Shouldn’t be Used for ‘Fearmongering’
Famed actress Natalie Portman warned on Friday against the use of Holocaust education to evoke fear and paranoia. In an interview with the U.K. Independent she added that...
Holocaust Education Fellowship Helps Train Non-Jewish Teachers
JNS.org - When Kelly Webeck visited Nazi Germany’s former Chelmno extermination camp in Poland as part of the July 2015 European Holocaust tour of the Alfred...
Major Jewish Group Appalled at Proposal to Exempt German Muslims From Concentration Camp Visits
Leading Jewish human rights group the Simon Wiesenthal Center (SWC) expressed shock on Monday over a call by a Bavarian parliament member to exclude German Muslims...
World Must Understand That Anti-Semitism is a Universal Problem, Israeli Envoy Tells The Algemeiner (INTERVIEW)
"Anti-Semitism is not a Jewish problem. It concerns Jews, but it's a global and universal problem." So says Ambassador Gideon Behar, the Israeli diplomat who...
“ŽRemembering the Holocaust: Ruth Lichtenstein and Project Witness “Ž
It was May 7, 1945, when the Germans signed the surrender agreement that ended World War II, and what we now know as the Holocaust....
What is More Virtuous? Paying Taxes or Giving Charity?
David Axelrod was manhandled across cyberspace for tweeting an attack against Republican donors Sheldon and Miriam Adelson on the morning of September 11th. Let's be...
Former Sharon Adviser Doubles as Media Guru and Holocaust Educator
For more than two decades, Raanan Gissin has spoken on Israel's behalf in many capacities. Gissin—a former senior adviser to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and...
A World Without Holocaust Survivors
As the number of Holocaust survivors able to give direct testimony about their horrific experiences during World War II is dropping precipitously, the Jewish community...
