Holocaust
Jason Isaacs, who played Lucious Malfoy in the “Harry Potter” series of films, has spoken about experiencing anti-Semitic attacks as a teenager in London by the far-right group National Front.
In response, the Israel Embassy in Portugal tweeted: “As a proud Zionist bulldog, I can promise that If Israel develops a cure for COVID-19, Colonel Sousa e Castro will have access to it if needed.”
The longtime director was selected in part due to “his unparalleled contribution to teaching the post-war generations about the horrors of the Holocaust.”
“Despite the passing of 75 years since the end of World War II, Poland still struggles to come to grips with its history,” said Rabbi Abraham Cooper, associate dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center.
It comes a week after German prosecutors charged a former secretary at Stutthof with 10,000 counts of being an accessory to murder.
The use of Nazi symbols was particularly rattling since Temple Beth Shalom houses a Torah scroll that survived the Holocaust.
“United States law governs domestically but does not rule the world,” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in the decision.
“Ultimately, the IRGC is more dangerous than any of the groups listed, and constitutes a real and present danger to Iranian dissidents, the Jewish community and Canadians in general,” said B’nai Brith Canada.
The move comes a few months after a report by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany found that the state ranked last in Holocaust knowledge.
“Hate speech cannot be accepted, not against Jews, not against gypsies, gays or the disabled,” says Prime Minister Xavier Bettel, after signing a landmark agreement to compensate his country’s Holocaust survivors.
“We are planting the trees in order to commemorate the Jews of Kyiv massacred at Babi Yar. These saplings will grow tall to memorialize the lives lost, yet we won’t be able to enjoy their fruits when they ripen,” said Chabad Rabbi Jonathan Benyamin Markovitch.
It will first be available in English-speaking countries such as Australia, New Zealand, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland and the United States.
