Posts Tagged: holocaust
Spanish Carnival Troupe Apologizes Over Holocaust-Themed Parade
A Spanish carnival troupe whose Holocaust-themed parade outraged Jewish groups and Israel's embassy in Madrid has canceled its remaining shows, organizers said on Wednesday. The troupe has...
Arab Recognition of the Holocaust
Muslim World Society chairman Saudi Sheik Muhammad Issa visited Auschwitz on January 23 with a delegation of leading Muslim clerics. One of the most prominent was Lebanese...
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....
At Manhattan Synagogue Holocaust Commemoration, UN Secretary-General Decries ‘Global Crisis of Antisemitic Hatred’
The United Nations Secretary General marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day at a Manhattan synagogue on Saturday, vowing to fight antisemitism around the world and pledging,...
Auschwitz and The New York Times, 75 Years Later
Our weekly issue of Life magazine, dated May 7, 1945, arrived on my ninth birthday. Its cover photo showed three solemn men, one with his...
#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...
The West Mourns the Jewish Dead. But What About the Living?
JNS.org - At Yad Vashem in Jerusalem on Jan. 23, some 46 political leaders and royals, including Britain’s Prince Charles, will be attending the fifth World Holocaust...
Holocaust Politics Is Bad for the Jews
JNS.org - At a time of rising antisemitism around the globe and threats from terrorism and nuclear blackmail aimed at the State of Israel, there...
An Unfair Attack on the JNF — From an Unlikely Source
The official journal of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has published an article depicting the Jewish National Fund (JNF) as a colonialist exploiter of...
A Holocaust Survivor Recalls the Miracle of Israel’s Founding
During World War II, I was lucky to survive with my parents and brother; another died from pneumonia. He was two years old. I was...
As Jews, We Must Never Give Up — and Always Rise Up
"Mommy, who is going to hide us if there is another Holocaust?” I asked when I was seven years old. There was a moment of...
German Chancellor Merkel Expresses ‘Shame’ During Auschwitz Visit, Vows to Fight Antisemitism
Angela Merkel expressed "deep shame" on Friday during her first visit as chancellor to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Holocaust memorial and vowed to fight rising racism and...
Right-Wing Holocaust Denial — in America
Young Americans for Freedom (YAF), a group that promotes conservatism on college campuses, has kicked one of its prominent speakers, Michelle Malkin, to the curb. They...
