Posts Tagged: International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Hungarian Jews Condemn Politician Over Planned Memorial for Nazi Ally Miklos Horthy
JNS.org - Hungary’s leading Jewish organizations on Wednesday condemned a senior Hungarian politician over his plan to deliver a speech at a ceremony honoring a Nazi ally on...
Israel’s Annual Antisemitism Report Highlights Rising Jew-Hatred in Europe
JNS.org - Israel's newly released annual report on global antisemitism has drawn attention to rising Jew-hatred in several notable areas, particularly in Europe. Presenting on Sunday to...
#WeRemember Holocaust Remembrance Campaign Spreads to 45 Countries
JNS.org - Ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Jan. 27, the World Jewish Congress (WJC) has launched a global campaign encouraging millions of people to...
Faculty at Toronto’s Ryerson U Organize Holocaust Memorial Event, Following Student Boycott of Initiative to Institute ‘Education Week’ on Nazi Genocide of Jews
Faculty members and administrators at Toronto's Ryerson University organized a Holocaust memorial event last week, a month after students boycotted an initiative to institute a Holocaust education week at...
White House Takes Heat for Holocaust Remembrance Statement Omitting Mention of Jewish Genocide
The White House has faced widespread criticism since Friday, when it issued a statement in honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day that omitted mention of the Jewish...
Trump Vows to Help Prevent Future Genocides in Holocaust Remembrance Day Statement
JNS.org - President Donald Trump vowed to fight against evil in his statement marking Friday’s International Holocaust Remembrance Day, on the 72nd anniversary of the liberation...
Holocaust Survivors Mark 72 Years Since Auschwitz Liberation
Dozens of Auschwitz survivors placed wreaths and flowers Friday at the infamous execution wall of the former German death camp, paying homage to the victims...
Netanyahu Notes Rising Antisemitism in Europe, Iran Threat in Holocaust Remembrance Day Remarks
JNS.org - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu noted the uptick in antisemitism across Europe and the ongoing Iranian nuclear threat during an event marking International Holocaust Remembrance...
Netanyahu: World’s Silence in Face of Iran’s Threats Against Israel Will End With Trump Presidency
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu repeated his long-held belief on Thursday that Iran poses the “greatest danger” to Israel and predicted that the world’s silence in...
The ‘Optics’ of Dead Jews
Columnist Peter Beinart warned this week that "unless they change course, [US President] Donald Trump and [Israeli Prime Minister] Benjamin Netanyahu are going to get...
International Holocaust Remembrance Day: New Film Documents ‘Butterfly Project’ to Honor Each of 1.5 Million Children Killed by Hitler
A documentary about a unique memorial for the children who perished at the hands of the Nazis premiered at the Manhattan Jewish Community Center this...
Thousands Post Remembrance Photos in What Organizer Calls ‘Largest Social Media Commemoration of Holocaust to Date’
Ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Friday, thousands of photos of people holding “We remember” or “I remember” signs have been broadcast on a...
Have We Learned the Lessons — and Causes — of the Holocaust?
This coming Friday is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. It is often assumed that the Holocaust was caused by a long-lasting antisemitic infrastructure in Germany and on the...
Academic Pens Open Letter to Canada’s Trudeau; Decries Jewish Invisibility
“As a historian who knows that a political gaffe is a politician caught telling the truth, I believe you were being sincere,” wrote Gil Troy...
