Posts Tagged: holocaust
Trump Spokesman Mocked at White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner Over Holocaust Remarks
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer’s recent controversial remarks about the Holocaust were mocked on Saturday by the headline comedian at a major media gathering...
New York Times Op-Ed Sides With Pope Against Jewish Group on Holocaust Comment
An op-ed in the New York Times faults the American Jewish Committee for criticizing Pope Francis’ casual comparison of European treatment of Muslim migrants to...
New York Times Finds Trump’s Relationship With Jews ‘Bewildering’
President Donald Trump’s speech at a Holocaust commemoration event in Washington on Tuesday provided the New York Times with an opportunity to regurgitate vague and...
On Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day, Educating the Next Generation
JNS.org - As Sunday evening approached in Israel, stores and businesses shuttered early while the country moved into a state of mourning for the martyrs and heroes...
At Auschwitz, the Dead Wish to March With the Living
Once again, I have found myself lost amid the remains of Auschwitz. The last time I was here, I visited with a delegation from the Israeli...
Lost And Not Found: The Unknown Fate of Jews’ Everyday Possessions Looted by the Nazis
JNS.org - At an antiques flea market in Berlin, one stand has two Hanukkah menorahs for sale. The husky, white-haired merchant wearing a Soviet hammer-and-sickle pin said one of...
Alan Dershowitz: Democrats’ Overreaction to Spicer’s Holocaust Blunder Dishonors the Six Million
The politicization of the Holocaust dishonors the memory of the six million. Sean Spicer made a serious mistake when he compared Bashar Assad to Hitler, and...
New York Times Critic Complains Holocaust Movie Isn’t Gory Enough
As is often the case, the most telling New York Times coverage of the Jews comes not in the news columns or on the editorial...
New Documentary Details Extraordinary Holocaust Escape
JNS.org - The mission to tell the world the story of Jack Kagan's risky escape from a Nazi labor camp consumed Kagan and his son Michael for years....
In ‘Ultimate Sign of Victory,’ Elderly Holocaust Survivor Returns to Auschwitz-Birkenau, Recounts His Harrowing Experiences There
A video of an elderly Hasidic Holocaust survivor returning to the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp in Poland and emotionally recounting his harrowing experiences there has gone...
Purim Guide for the Perplexed, 2017
Purim’s historical background 586 BCE: Babylonian Emperor Nebuchadnezzar's destruction of the First Temple on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount, and his expulsion of Jews from Judea and Samaria, triggered a wave...
After Multiple Swastikas Found at U of San Diego, Jewish Prof Reveals Feces Left Outside His Office Following US Presidential Election
A Jewish professor at the University of San Diego (USD) told the school’s student paper on Thursday that someone left feces in front of his...
Texas Pre-School Teacher Fired Over ‘Kill Some Jews’ Social Media Post Apologizes for Pain Caused, Particularly to Jews; Says ‘Racist, Antisemitic’ Rhetoric Does Not Reflect Her Current Beliefs, Upbringing
A Texas pre-school teacher fired on Wednesday for encouraging followers to “kill some Jews” on social media prior to her employment expressed remorse for her offensive comments...
70 Years Later, Still No Answers on the Holocaust
I’ve listened to the stories of Holocaust survivors, studied the history, and read many books about what happened 70 years ago. But for me, the learning...
