Posts Tagged: Holocaust Memorial
Arab Knesset Member Compares Israel to Nazis
JNS.org - Member of Knesset Haneen Zoabi (Joint Arab List), a frequent harsh critic of the Israeli government, compared Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians to the...
German Memorials Reveal Clash Between Holocaust Guilt and Anti-Zionism
JNS.org - Germany is known for a strong state-level commitment to atoning for its Holocaust past, manifested through formal ceremonies, museums, and monuments. At the same time,...
Greece Outraged Over Desecration of Athens Holocaust Memorial for Children
Greece's Foreign Ministry on Thursday denounced the recent desecration of a commemorative plaque in Athens dedicated to Greek Jewish children murdered in the Holocaust. The memorial, located next to...
Israel Rebuts Turkish Reference to ‘Massacred’ Palestinians at Holocaust Event
JNS.org - Israel on Thursday rebutted comments made Wednesday by Turkish Parliamentary Speaker Cemil Cicek to members of Turkey's Jewish community at a Holocaust memorial event....
Argentina Jewish Groups Boycott Holocaust Memorial Following Prosecutor Nisman’s Death
BBC - Jewish groups in Argentina have boycotted the government's Holocaust commemorations a week after the mysterious death of the prosecutor Alberto Nisman. Mr Nisman was...
Prince Charles Says Holocaust is Warning and Lesson for All Faiths (VIDEO)
Britain's Prince Charles, in a speech on Tuesday at a London memorial service, described the Holocaust as a lesson to all faiths and a means to...
Israeli President Rivlin Makes First US Visit for UN Holocaust Memorial
Yahoo/AFP - Israeli President Reuven Rivlin left Sunday on his first official visit to the United States, where he will address a UN session marking...
Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem Vandalized
JNS.org - A memorial to Holocaust victims located in the Jerusalem hills between Kibbutz Tzora and Moshav Eshtaol has been vandalized, and its metal...
Anti-Zionist Jews Desecrate Yad Vashem With ‘Blood Bucket Challenge’ (VIDEO)
JNS.org - A group calling itself "Jews Against Genocide" has taken anti-Zionist displays to a new level. Borrowing a page from the playbook of Ohio student...
Two Separate Days – Two Separate Meanings
Today, the people of Israel marked their Holocaust Remembrance Day. Next week, Israel will celebrate their day of Independence. Many have come to see the...
International Holocaust Remembrance Day Marked by 54 Knesset Members at Auschwitz
JNS.org - The largest Israeli legislative delegation to date, numbering 54 Members of Knesset, marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Monday by holding a special...
New Excavations Shed Light on Sobibor Death Camp
JNS.org - A recent excavation has provided a silent testimony to the mass killing of about 250,000 Jews at the Nazis' Sobibor death camp in...
UN’s Ban Ki-moon Visits Auschwitz in Holocaust Commemoration
JNS.org - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited the remnants of the Auschwitz death camp for the first time in his current role, and walked under...
Budapest Holocaust Memorial Set for Spring Opening
Politics.hu - A Holocaust memorial centre is planned to be completed at Budapest's disused Jozsefvaros train station by next spring, the state secretary ...
