Holocaust
The European Jewish Association conference is “fundamental” to the debate regarding measures to curb anti-Semitism in Europe, says Jewish Community of Oporto president.
Claims Conference’s “ItStartedWithWords” digital campaign commemorates Kristallnacht.
Marking its 25th anniversary, the Manhattan institution seeks to engage with the second and third generations of survivors.
The only purpose of the “shocking and disgusting” conference, organized by a German political party fund, is to defame the Jewish state, says Israel’s Foreign Ministry.
Montana Tucker says her docu-series is opening up a vital conversation about the Shoah at a time of spiking Jew-hatred online.
“We do not accept death as the final word,” Prof. Michael Berenbaum says after the screening of a documentary about the difficult reparations talks between Jewish and German leaders and the resilience of Holocaust survivors.
“The Ratline: Love, Lies and Justice on the Trail of a Nazi Fugitive” is a methodically researched and harrowing book about Otto von Wachter, a high-ranking SS member and one-time governor of Krakow.
“If we don’t stop anti-Semitism at a certain point, it will spread,” said Ahmed Khuzaie, director of U.S. affairs at Sharaka, calling the Shoah “a human story. It’s not just about the Jews.”
The Israeli ambassador in Berlin, Ron Prosor, condemned far-right politician Holger Winterstein for his disrespectful behavior.
Lithuania’s Prime Minister Ingride Simonyte told JNS there is always more to do in terms of Holocaust education. “The main point is to be constant,” she said. “Not to just do a lot now and then nothing. It is not the intensity that matters, but the consistency.”
“We can only dream of ... what Lithuania would have been like if it had not been for the brutal hatred that blinded people,” says Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte at the memorial.
Joshua Newton said the tech giant’s move hurt his film’s prospects.
