OPINION May 17, 2019 Bradley Blakeman: Poland abuses its relationship with President Trump in mistreatment of Holocaust survivors President Trump has led the way in advocating for justice for Holocaust survivors, but Poland has rebuffed the administration.
Media May 15, 2019 Harvard Lampoon apologizes after Photoshopped image of Anne Frank in bikini causes outrage The Harvard Lampoon apologized for publishing a Photoshopped image of Anne Frank that depicted the Holocaust victim in in a skimpy bikini to show what she would have looked like “if she hadn’t died.”
Israel May 15, 2019 Polish ambassador to Israel assaulted in Tel Aviv amid diplomatic row over Holocaust reparations The standoff between Poland and Israel has further escalated after Poland's foreign ministry summoned Israel's ambassador to the country after the Polish ambassador to Israel was assaulted and spat on in Tel Aviv on Tuesday.
Holocaust May 9, 2019 White supremacists carrying Nazi flags interrupt Arkansas Holocaust Remembrance Day event A group of white supremacists carrying Nazi flags and hurling racial slurs briefly interrupted a Holocaust remembrance event in Arkansas earlier this week, local media reported.
Holocaust May 8, 2019 Auschwitz Museum criticizes Aussie company for selling products with images of notorious concentration camp The Auschwitz Museum denounced an online marketplace for independent artists Wednesday over the sale of memorabilia featuring images of the infamous Nazi death camp.
OPINION May 2, 2019 Irving Roth: On Holocaust Remembrance Day, Auschwitz survivor says persecution of Jews begins with words Over 100 years ago, Wilhelm Marr established the written basis upon which German anti-Semitism was built. In coining the term “anti-Semitism” in his pamphlet “Victory of Judaism over Germansim,” Marr sanitized the act of Jew-hatred and provided an innocuous label for his politically-rooted racism; a new repackaged form of Jew-hatred was born.
OPINION May 2, 2019 Reps. Scalise and Zeldin: On Holocaust Remembrance Day, we must commit to fighting anti-Semitism There is no acceptable justification for the resurgence of anti-Semitism, which is one of humanity’s oldest and most persistent forms of hatred.
OPINION May 2, 2019 Doug Schoen: On Holocaust Remembrance Day, emphasize expanded education to fight anti-Semitism Thursday is Yom HaShoah – Holocaust Remembrance Day – when we remember the 6 million Jews murdered by the Nazis. But while the Holocaust ended 74 years ago with the defeat of the Nazis in War II, anti-Semitism has not disappeared.
Controversies April 19, 2019 Middlebury College professor asked students to calculate dose of lethal gas used in Nazi gas chambers A Middlebury College chemistry professor’s exam question asked students to calculate the lethal dose of the poisonous gas used by Nazis during the Holocaust, reports say.
World War Two April 17, 2019 Great Synagogue of Warsaw to 'reappear', 76 years after being destroyed by Nazis during Ghetto Uprising The Great Synagogue of Warsaw, destroyed by the Nazis in 1943, will re-appear as an image in blue light, brightening the sky above the city Thursday night.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez April 13, 2019 AOC faces backlash for using 'First they came ... ' Holocaust poem in defense of Omar U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., continues to ignite outrage while defending freshman colleague Rep. Ilhan Omar, this time by using a poem about the Holocaust to defend the Minnesota Democrat.