Holocaust
“Here were Simon and Kirby, sending their star-spangled avatar to deck Hitler right on the cover,” pop-culture historian Roy Schwartz told JNS.
“What surprised me the most was the lengths to which Guides went to save people affected by the Holocaust, and how little the general public knew about it,” Lily Sassani, 18, told JNS.
The German branch of Jewish Voice for Peace is among signatories on a campaign that features a rally on the Nazi site’s liberation anniversary.
Preservation isn’t enough; this document must be seen, studied and understood.
Charlotte Roth becomes an Israeli citizen in Tel Aviv, completing her immigration process surrounded by five generations of descendants.
The 84-year-old told JNS, on a tour of his American Jewish Historical Society retrospective, that wanted to document “Jews who didn’t look like Jews.”
Proposed changes expand the panel and include contemporary manifestations of antisemitism, including the vitriol that ensued after Oct. 7.
American Jews are reportedly applying for European naturalization in growing numbers.
The imagery and timing “predictably landed as hurtful to Jacksonville Jews already on edge over rising antisemitic threats,” said Lisa Katz of the Combat Antisemitism Movement.
Some two-thirds of Brazilians believe that it is mandatory to teach about the Holocaust in school.
On several occasions covering International Holocaust Remembrance Day, presenters said 6 million “people” had been killed by the Nazis.
“I believe that the Nobel committee should take a stand on antisemitism,” Norwegian lawmaker Joel Ystebø tells JNS..
