Yad Vashem Statement on the Poway Synagogue Shooting
May 2, 2019
Yad Vashem & Israel
Yad Vashem Hall of Names by David Shankbone - Wikimedia Commons Yad Vashem strongly condemned the actions of the antisemitic white supremacist at
Yad Vashem Calls for end to ‘divisive anti-Semitic language’
Mar 30, 2019
Israel & Yad Vashem & USA
Yad Vashem advertisement in The New York Times and The Washington Post:
We implore all leaders and citizens to refrain from hateful discourse, and
Michel Bacos, French Hero Pilot of Jet Hijacked to Entebbe and Nazi Fighter, Dies at 94
Mar 30, 2019
France & Israel & Uganda & Genocide
The New York Times:
Michel Bacos, the valiant French pilot who was forced by terrorists to fly his jetliner to Entebbe, Uganda, in 1976, but
Israeli Spy Who Led Capture of Eichmann Dies at 92
Mar 24, 2019
Israel & Germany & Argentina & War Crimes
The New York Times:
Rafi Eitan, the canny Israeli spymaster who commanded the Nazi-hunting team that captured Adolf Eichmann in Argentina and many
Israeli Organization Scanning Danube for Remains of Holocaust Victims
Mar 7, 2019
Hungary & Budapest & Israel & Volunteers & Yad Vashem & Auschwitz & Poland & Germany & Danube & Museum
On January 14, 2019, ZAKA announced that nearly 75 years after tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews were shot into Budapest’s Danube River, the
Podcast: ‘Explaining The Holocaust to Millennials’
Feb 6, 2019
Israel & Podcast & Education & Films & Millennials
The Tipping Point podcast is a weekly podcast about Israel produced by The Israel Project, a non-partisan American educational organization
Poland: Revisionism Triumphs Over Accuracy
Jan 29, 2019
Poland & Germany & Israel & Holocaust & Yad Vashem & USHMM
Daniel Tilles, assistant professor of history at the Pedagogical University of Cracow, writing in Notes from Poland explains that Poland’s
Paris Exhibition Opens Honoring Diplomats Who Saved Jews in Holocaust
Jan 24, 2019
Paris & France & Israel & Exhibition & Diplomats & Museum
The Times of Israel reports that on January 24, 2019, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin opened a Paris museum exhibition highlighting the stories of
Israel Home to 220,800 Holocaust Survivors
Jan 24, 2019
Population & Israel & Survivors & Poland & Bulgaria & Morocco & Tunisia & Iraq & Libya
The Times of Israel reports Israel is home to some 220,800 individuals whose lives were impacted by the Nazi regime:
Over a third, 38%, of the
Richard Cohen: “When and how did it become acceptable to be an anti-Semite?”
Jan 21, 2019
Opinion & Antisemitism & USA & Israel
Richard Cohen writing in The Washington Post:
Eleven years ago, a writer for Harper’s wondered what would happen to Farrakhan if I ceased writing
Understanding Holocaust Remembrance Days
Jan 21, 2019
Remembrance & Yom Hashoah & Israel & USA & UN & Holocaust Remembrance Day & Argentina & Hungary & Genocide
There are two main Holocaust Remembrance Days : Yom Hashoah, designated by Israel and International Holocaust Remembrance Day designated by the
Tiny Jewish Population Remains in Myanmar
Jan 21, 2019
Myanmar & Burma & Rohingya & USHMM & Israel
The Times of Israel reports that Myanmar, with a population of 52 million now has a Jewish community of only about 20 people:
Most of the Jews had
Follow-Up: Hungarian Jews Divided About Search for Holocaust Victims
Jan 18, 2019
Hungary & Israel & Danube & Holocaust & Victims
Following up on an earlier post, Reuters reports that Hungary’s largest Jewish group has asked to halt an Israeli-led effort to uncover the remains
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