Posts Tagged: holocaust
Poles Carry Their Own Hatred for Jews
JNS.org – I know there is a dialogue taking place between the Israeli and Polish governments over Poland’s recently enacted Holocaust law, but a few historical...
Our View from Auschwitz: How Tragedies of the Past Become Lessons for the Future
JNS.org - “History repeats itself because nobody listens the first time.” -- Erik Qualman Last month, we had the opportunity to delve deeper into the devastating and...
Bernard-Henri Lévy: Simone Veil, Emmanuel Macron, and the Panthéon
For those who are old enough to have lived through both events, the comparison was undoubtedly remarkable: the induction of Simone Veil in France’s Panthéon,...
Analyst: Changes Make Polish Holocaust Law ‘Less of a Defeat’; Jewish Groups Hail Move
An Israeli commentator said on Wednesday the changes to the Polish “Holocaust Law” criminalizing discussion of Poland’s complicity in the murder of Jews during World...
At Unveiling of New Terezin Monument, European Jewish Leader Warns ‘Lessons of Holocaust Have Been Forgotten’
A new monument -- commemorating the victims of the Nazi Holocaust -- was unveiled on Monday at the site of the Terezin concentration camp in the...
Trump Lays Waste to Obama’s Amoral Foreign Policy
It has been an incredible few weeks to be a lover of Israel. After eight years of tension with the Obama administration, Israel now has...
Palestinian President Claims Jews’ Behavior Caused the Holocaust
In yet another long and disoriented rant on Monday, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas took his antisemitic sentiment to a new level. Abbas told a Palestinian...
Holocaust Survivors and Their Descendants Sing to Celebrate Life
JNS.org – Some 600 Holocaust survivors, their children and grandchildren sing in a moving tribute to the power of life and good over evil. The project...
American Astronaut Marks Yom HaShoah on International Space Station
American astronaut Andrew Feustel marked Yom HaShoah -- Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day -- by delivering a special message that was beamed down to Earth from...
Jewish Survival: The True Story of the Holocaust
Maybe Simon Wiesenthal was wrong. Maybe the majority of survivors who stumbled out of the liberated death camps, and the few who were hidden by...
Holocaust Letters Contained ‘a Lot of Hope,’ Exhibit Shows
"Hope to see you in good health, a thousand kisses, mommy," were the last words Betty's mother wrote to her before being sent with her...
Citing Lessons of Holocaust, Embattled US National Security Adviser Calls for Action to End Syria Bloodshed, Highlights Iran Threat
US National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster warned on Thursday of the regional threat posed by Iran. At an event at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in...
Remembering the Danes’ Heroic Holocaust Actions
On February 13, 2018, Prince Henrik -- husband of Danish monarch Queen Margrethe -- died at the age of 83. Many Jews recall the courage of the Danish royal...
Polish Jews Reel From Wave of Antisemitism Following Furor Over Country’s New Holocaust Law
Poland’s Jews are reeling from a wave of antisemitism as a furious controversy intensifies over Poland’s role in the murder of three million Polish Jews...
