VIENNA — Hundreds of Holocaust survivors in Austria and Slovakia were poised to get their first coronavirus vaccination Wednesday, acknowledging their past suffering with a special tribute 76 years after the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp, where the Nazis killed more than 1 million Jews and others.
Halie Soifer’s organization, the Jewish Democratic Council of America, was criticized by the ADL in September for abusing the Holocaust.
The Palm Beach County School Board fired high school Principal William Latson for a second time this week over his refusal to acknowledge that the Holocaust is a historical event in 2018. Latson was fired in 2019 over the remarks before being reinstated this fall.
After CNN’s Christiane Amanpour commemorated Kristallnacht, her comments were met with an immediate backlash, with many expressing shock at the belittling of the horrors of Nazi Germany.
CNN anchor Christiane Amanpour recalled Kristallnacht — the infamous anti-Jewish pogrom carried out throughout Nazi Germany — by noting that President Donald Trump’s presidency has similarly been a “modern day assault” attacking “those same values.”
Jewish groups in the UK on Thursday lauded the “damning verdict” surrounding Jeremy Corbyn’s suspension from the Labour Party after a government watchdog found it had broken equality law.
The number of Jews living in Europe today is just a tenth of what it was just 140 years ago, a new study reveals, as France leads a surge in emigration due to antisemitism.
YAVNE, Israel — For thousands of older Israelis like Sara Weinsten, being housebound alone during the country’s second nationwide lockdown is difficult and depressing.
The estate of Holocaust survivor Judith Dim-Evans has filed a lawsuit against the producers of Borat: The Sequel over claims that she was interviewed under false pretenses and appears in the film without her permission.
Just days after a similar move by Facebook, Twitter has said it will remove all posts that deny the Holocaust — which the platform says violates its policy against spreading hateful content.
Germany has agreed to provide more than a half billion euros to aid Holocaust survivors struggling under the burdens of the coronavirus pandemic, the organization that negotiates compensation with the German government said Wednesday.
Social media giant Facebook recently announced that it will expand its hate speech policies to ban any content that “denies or distorts the Holocaust.”
A Florida high school principal fired for refusing to admit that the Holocaust is a historical fact was rehired by Spanish River High School in Boca Raton this week based on a 4-3 vote by the school board. Principal William Latson was fired last year after he told a parent that “not everyone believes the Holocaust happened.” Latson will also receive $152,000 in back pay as part of the agreement.
Two days after Jewish Democrats released an ad comparing Trump’s America to Nazi Germany, the Republican Jewish Coalition released two 30-second spots warning of the dangers of voting Joe Biden, his “far-left friends” including Senator Bernie Sanders and Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar and their “f—n insane” policies.
Retired New York State Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) slammed former Vice President Joe Biden on Sunday morning for comparing President Donald Trump to Nazi propaganda minister Joesph Goebbels.
Dozens of prominent faith leaders have denounced China’s persecution of Uyghur Muslims as “one of the most egregious human tragedies since the Holocaust.”
Seth Rogen on Monday called President Donald Trump a “white supremacist” and accused Republican lawmakers of spreading “blatantly antisemitic propaganda” in an interview with the Israel’s left-wing Haaretz daily.
Facebook permanently banned French comedian Dieudonne on Monday, saying the convicted anti-Semite had been deleted both from its platform and Instagram for publishing content that belittled Holocaust victims.
Atlantic writer and former ESPN host Jemele Hill, has admitted that the sort of anti-Semitism seen in Eagles player DeSean Jackson’s social media posts reveal an insensitivity to the persecution of others, within the black community.
BERLIN, Germany — A 95-year-old former Nazi concentration camp guard has been charged with war crimes during the Holocaust in what could be one of the last cases of its kind, a German court said Monday.
After being criticized for posting a number of anti-Semitic messages on Instagram, Philadelphia Eagles player DeSean Jackson has accepted an invitation from a Holocaust survivor to visit former Nazi concentration camp, Auschwitz.
BERLIN — Austria broke ground Monday on a new memorial to the country’s 65,000 Jews killed during the Nazi era.
Pope Francis declared June 17 the “Day of Conscience,” in honor of a Portuguese diplomat who single-handedly saved some 12,000 Jews during World War II at the cost of his own career and livelihood.
For us Jews, the anniversary of the end of World War II is pregnant with meaning, as it marks the end of the Holocaust, the greatest crime in world history.
Members of the Italian Jewish community expressed anger after the Naples city government created a poster to celebrate May Day containing the same phrase used on the gates of the Auschwitz death camp.
A Brooklyn, New York, clothier founded by Holocaust survivor Martin Greenfield, a man best known for dressing presidents and celebrities, is making masks to protect New Yorkers from the coronavirus.
JERUSALEM — With the global coronavirus pandemic ravaging the elderly, Israel’s aging population of Holocaust survivors finds itself on the country’s annual Holocaust Remembrance Day this year much like they were during World War II — alone and in fear of the unknown.
Actor and comedian Patton Oswalt attacked protesters opposed to the ongoing lockdowns in response to the Chinese coronavirus, comparing people’s plight today to that of Holocaust victim Anne Frank.
TEL AVIV – Israel’s first coronovirus fatality, 88-year-old Holocaust survivor Aryeh Even, was buried Sunday in Jerusalem with 20 mourners at his funeral.
Renowned historian Father Peter Gumpel said Monday that the opening of the Vatican’s “secret” archives will serve to debunk all the “fake news” that has been generated over Pope Pius XII’s supposed silence during Nazi persecution of the Jewish people.
TEL AVIV – A carnival troupe danced through the streets of a Spanish town dressed like Nazis and Jewish concentration camp prisoners next to a float made to look like crematoria, sparking outrage from Israel’s embassy in Madrid and Jewish groups.
The Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum has slammed the new Amazon Studios drama series “Hunters” for a fictionalized scene set at the concentration camp depicting a game of human chess in which the human pieces are eliminated and then killed.
Amazon has been criticized by the Auschwitz Memorial recently for its depiction of the Holocaust in its new series Hunters and for selling books featuring Nazi propaganda on its website.
Describing ICE’s migrant detention facilities as concentration camps cheapens the Holocaust, said Dean Reuter, author of The Hidden Nazi.
OSWIECIM, Poland — Survivors of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp gathered Monday for commemorations marking the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the camp, using the testimony of survivors to warn about the signs of rising anti-Semitism and hatred in the world today.
RAKEK, Slovenia — For Marija Frlan it’s as symbolic as it can get: A survivor of a Nazi concentration camp during World War II, the Slovenian woman turns 100 years old on Monday, the international Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Jerusalem — Israel will lobby key leaders at this week’s 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz on what it considers one of the gravest modern threats to the Jewish people: Iran.
French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday rallied against antisemitism, saying it “haunts our present time”, during a visit to Jerusalem to commemorate Holocaust victims.
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungary’s Jewish community on Sunday commemorated the 75th anniversary of the liberation by Soviet troops of the Budapest ghetto, where over 70,000 Jews were confined near the end of World War II.
Prince Charles will pay his first official state visit to Israel in January to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz at Jerusalem’s Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial.
