Holocaust
In a Facebook post discussing how he spent his 40th birthday, he wrote, “I spent a beautiful day with my family, music, food in the home of my SS friend, then my birthday cake arrived, a gift from my SS friend.”
“We regret anyone was offended; it was certainly not our intention,” said Debra DeShong, senior vice president of corporate communications for MGM Resorts International.
Twenty-three percent of respondents reported being exposed to white supremacy, 8 percent to pro-Islamic State statements and 13 percent to disinformation about the Sept. 11 terror attacks, among other topics.
The final tally in the Vilnius city council decision to change the name of Kazio Skirpos Street was 21-16.
A $28 million project refurbishing and documenting Jewish sepulchral heritage in Poland is prompting dialogue between the Polish and Jewish people.
“In Jerusalem, together with presidents and heads of state, we will join forces in the uncompromising fight against anti-Semitism, xenophobia and Holocaust denial,” Israeli President Reuven Rivlin about the World Holocaust Forum, scheduled to take place on Jan. 27, 2020.
Heart conditions, bone and feet issues, and dental problems are common for the 80,000 or so elderly survivors who live in the United States, as are depression, anxiety and sleep disorders.
“Millions of Holocaust survivors and their descendants, as well refugees from Soviet oppression living in Israel, will find such comparisons unfathomable,” said Democratic Majority for Israel president and CEO Mark Mellman. “I find them odious. In an effort led by parties of the left, the German Parliament officially labeled BDS as ‘anti-Semitism’—and they were right.”
“Today more than ever, we need the learning opportunities that a bill like this will bring to our schools,” said Gov. Kate Brown.
It comes amid backlash against Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) saying that the United States is “running concentration camps on our southern border” in reference to migrant detention centers there.
“We are at a dangerous moment in time. Anti-Semitism is on the rise around the world and here at home, and the memory of the Holocaust is fading for far too many Americans,” said Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.). “We can combat this by making sure we teach our students, tomorrow’s leaders, about the horrors of the Holocaust.”
Spanish River Community High School principal William Latson told a mother of a student in April 2018 who sought to ensure that Holocaust education was “a priority” that “not everyone believes the Holocaust happened.”
