Posts Tagged: Holocaust remembrance
Anne Frank’s Diary in 2020: Vlogging From the Annex Hideout
A series of video diaries based on the writings of Jewish teenager Anne Frank during her years hiding from the Nazis during World War Two have become...
New Jersey Middle School Students Keep Holocaust Memories Alive With Documentaries on Survivors
“Kids can change the world,” said Tova Fish-Rosenberg, founder of Names, Not Numbers -- a national non-profit that is an intergenerational Holocaust oral history film...
Educators, Advocates Pledge to Build Holocaust Memorial in Central London, Despite Local Council’s Opposition
Plans to erect an ambitious Holocaust memorial center in the heart of London have been opposed by Westminster City Council -- the local authority that...
Why I Remember the Holocaust
As an expert countering the cultural boycott campaign against Israel, people often ask why I am such a passionate advocate for the arts and Israel. The...
An Open Letter to the Polish People on the Birkenau Church
To the people of Poland: As we approach the 75th anniversary commemorating the liberation of Auschwitz, I reach out to you in the spirit of peace....
#WeRemember Is Not a Campaign, It’s a Mindset
JNS.org - I’ve never been worried about my reputation. Maybe I should have, and maybe I should be. But the fact of the matter is...
Israeli President Welcomes Foreign Leaders to World Holocaust Forum: ‘This Is a Historic Gathering’
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin welcomed world leaders to the World Holocaust Forum in Jerusalem on Wednesday, calling the event “a historic gathering.” The forum -- set...
Bipartisan US Congressional Delegation Lands in Israel for Holocaust Memorial Event
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met in Jerusalem on Wednesday with a visiting US congressional delegation, led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA). The group --...
Britain’s Prince Charles to Mark Auschwitz Liberation in Jerusalem
Prince Charles will commemorate the liberation of Auschwitz 75 years ago when he visits Jerusalem later this month, his office said on Monday. He will be...
Will the Holocaust on Instagram Teach Remembrance?
JNS.org - To say that the impact of social media on society and popular culture has not been entirely beneficial is the understatement of the...
Jewish Teen’s Holocaust Doom Dramatized on Instagram
Hoping to enliven fading Holocaust memories, Israeli entrepreneurs have dramatized the plight of a Jewish teenager murdered by the Nazis by imagining her documenting her final...
Jeremy Corbyn’s False Empathy on Holocaust Memorial Day
Last week, people gathered across the United Kingdom to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, who joined 200 Holocaust survivors at a service in...
How to Teach the Holocaust Going Forward
JNS.org - Imagine that you are a Jewish doctor in a Nazi concentration camp. About 100 of your fellow inmates suffer from diabetes, and you...
Philippines’ Duterte Says ‘Never Again’ at Israel’s Holocaust Memorial
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte, who has said he would be "happy to slaughter" his country's drugs dealers on the scale of the Nazis' Jewish genocide,...
