Posts Tagged: Holocaust Remembrance Day
British MP Asks Liberal Democrat Leader to Condemn His Party’s Anti-Semitism (VIDEO)
In the wake of British Liberal Democrat MP David Ward's recent infamous Holocaust Remembrance Day remarks, MP Robert Halfon asked Nick Clegg, Deputy Prime Minister of...
European-Funded Palestinian News Agency Publishes Article Denying the Holocaust
Just a day after issuing an apology for an anti-Semitic article published to its website, the European-funded Palestinian news service Ma'an News Agency published an...
Did an Offensive Cartoon Expose Our Own Failings?
With a tweeted apology from Rupert Murdoch himself and the eventual penance of The Sunday Times, what more could we ask for in...
Morsi Aide Denied Holocaust in 2010
"The myth of the Holocaust is an industry that America invented," Fathi Shihab-Eddim, an aide to Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, wrote in an article published...
David Ward Plays the ‘You of All People’ Card
The Holocaust Educational Trust has accused Liberal Democrat MP David Ward of "deliberately abusing the memory of the Holocaust, causing deep pain and...
Russian Jewish Leader Doubts Putin’s Commitment to Protecting Russia’s Jews
During a meeting with Russian Jewish Congress head Yury Kanner, Vladimir Putin's commitment to protecting the security of Russian Jews was placed in doubt. "I don't...
Israel to Increase Financial Assistance for Holocaust Survivors
Coinciding with Holocaust Remembrance Day, reports say that the Israeli Cabinet has boosted its budget for assisting Holocaust survivors. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
IDF Chief: “Jewish People Will Never Again Stand Defenseless”
Full text of IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz's message for 2012 Holocaust Remembrance Day. On Holocaust Remembrance Day, we stand as IDF soldiers and...
A Call to Remember From the Depths of Our Souls
Yom HaShoah, the day set aside in the Jewish calendar for Holocaust remembrance. During the nightmare years of the Shoah one moment stands out for what...
Politicizing the Holocaust in Modern Israeli Politics
The somber rituals of Holocaust Remembrance Day in Israel are traditionally apolitical. When the nation's notables gather at Yad va-Shem and the first...
Tragedies Strike Israel as Country Commemorates Holocaust
The wail of sirens sounded across Israel on Thursday, signaling the country to come to a standstill in tribute to 6 million Jews...
Right Before Holocaust Remembrance Day, Study Shows Europe’s Views on Jews
A poll of 8 European nations released a day before Holocaust Remembrance Day shows the Netherlands and Great Britain to have relatively low levels of...
Chicago Teenager Marks the Shoah, Everyday
The date selected for Yom Hashoah, 27 Nisan, marks the beginning of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising. Chosen—not without controversy—by the Israeli Knesset in 1953,...
Give Rise to the Heroism of Those Who Showed Bravery During the Holocaust
Starting at 8 pm ET on Wednesday evening until sundown on Thursday, Jews around the world will commemorate Yom Hashoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day, in...
