Holocaust

A survivor kept the key from a German synagogue destroyed on Kristallnacht

Now, 86 years later, the relic is returning home.

By JACOB GURVIS/JTA
11/11/2024

Can European sports events truly protect Israeli, Jewish fans? Are they trying to?

Sure, Israel is under attack, has been at war, and it’s far from perfect. But it is the land that will take in and protect Jews, and that is something that didn’t exist in 1939.

By JOSHUA HALICKMAN
10/11/2024

Students commemorate 86th anniversary of Kristallnacht at Oporto Holocaust Museum

The President of the Porto Jewish Community, Gabriel Senderowicz, stated that "Kristallnacht is not part of history but happening today. The way to fight antisemitism is to educate the youth."  

10/11/2024

Hannah Szenes: poet, paratrooper, photographer remembered 80 years after death

While Hannah Szenes is mainly remembered for her poetry, her photographer casts a revealing glance into her time in Israel and before.

Troubling pattern of Holocaust minimization: Jewish stereotypes found in Irish textbooks

The report, which is the first carried out by IMPACT-se on European national curricula, identifies worrying representations of Jews and Israel.

Revisiting Kristallnacht with rising global antisemitism

On this 86th anniversary of Kristallnacht, all of us across continents have been newly and harshly confronted with the rising specter of classic antisemitism and its new form, anti-Zionism. 

By LAURA KAM
05/11/2024

Obama urges Jewish Americans to back Harris, criticizes Trump’s ties to Holocaust deniers

At the rally, Obama asked why Jewish Americans would place their faith in a president “who sat down for pleasantries with Holocaust deniers.” 

04/11/2024

'Heil Hitler' shouted at five Jewish schoolgirls on public transport in Melbourne

One of the girl's mothers said it was disgusting that 80 years after the Holocaust, her daughter was being subjected to such horror.

Global silence on Iran's calls to kill Jews draws Nazi-era comparisons

After Kristallnacht, some members of the Nazi regime openly called for the genocide of the Jews. In today’s times, the Iranian regime and its supporters call for the destruction of Israel. 

By LARRY DOMNITCH
04/11/2024

Graphic novel tells emotional tale of Jews in 1930s aimed at modern audience

Judessey is a fast-moving and attention-grabbing tale, not without moments of real emotion, told in a series of vivid hand-drawn pictures, embellished with speech bubbles.

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