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Holocaust survivor Eva Kor to receive Indiana’s top honor
IndyStar – Eva Mozes Kor, a Holocaust survivor who endured Nazi death camp experiments and founded a museum in Terre Haute to preserve that history, is being awarded one of Indiana’s highest honors. Kor, who lost much of her family at the Auschwitz death camp but went on to be
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Purim – Rejoicing the Holocaust that was diverted
Jerusalem Post – Purim has a special significance for me. My parents barely survived the Holocaust, and the rest of my extended family didn’t. This special significance reawakens every time I read the Megillah, and in my mind’s eye I try to translate the words of the Megillah into a
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Rabbi Sacks on the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign
The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel is dangerously wrong because beneath the surface it's an attempt to delegtimize Israel as a prelude to its elimination. No Jew and no humanitarian can stand by and see that happen. Let me explain why. (Learn more from Rabbi Sacks visit
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Amazon removes Holocaust denial books from sale
Titles which question or reject the Holocaust have been taken off the site, following discussions with the Board of Deputies Amazon UK has removed four books from sale which question or deny the Holocaust, following discussions with the Board of Deputies. The titles, including ‘Holocaust: The Greatest Lie Ever Told’
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March of the Living Sponsors Holocaust Educational Symposium at Loyola Law School on The Nuremberg Laws and The Nuremberg Trials
On Tuesday, February 28th, International March of the Living co-sponsored a Holocaust Educational Symposium on the Nuremberg Laws and the Nuremberg Trials, held at Loyola Law School of Los Angeles, in cooperation with the International and Comparative Law Review and Loyola Center for the Study of Law and Genocide. The
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March of the Living Seminar at Polin Jewish Museum in Warsaw
In February 2017, March of The Living leaders and organizers from the UK and South American held seminars at the Polin Jewish Museum in Warsaw. They studied how to use affectively and professionally the limited time they have, when visit the Museum with their delegations. In addition to the program
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The untold story of the Jews forced to work in Nazi death factories
Haaretz – Talking to: Dr. Gideon Greif, 65, expert on the history of Auschwitz and chief historian of Shem Olam: The Holocaust Faith Institute for Education, Documentation and Research. Where: A Tel Aviv café. When: Thursday at 7 P.M. You returned from Germany today. What was the purpose of your
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A whole new Jew: The antisemite who turned out to be one of the Jews he despised
WHAT IF, Csanád Szegedi wants to know, pondering the subtleties of halacha, a Jewish man gets circumcised only as an adult and, being under anesthesia during the procedure, can’t recite the requisite blessing? Is his circumcision still halachically valid? And what if, he inquires next, exhibiting restless curiosity, the surgeon
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Worst year on record as antisemitism soars in Britain
The Jewish Chronicle – The number of antisemitic incidents in Britain reached the highest level on record in 2016, according to new figures published by the Community Security Trust. The CST’s annual statistics show there were 1,309 incidents of Jew hatred last year — a 36 per cent increase on
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Polish Historians Publish Detailed List of Auschwitz Nazi Guards
Haaretz – Polish historians put online what they describe as the most complete list of Nazi SS commanders and guards at the former German death camp of Auschwitz. The Institute of National Remembrance said Monday that the SS KL Auschwitz Garrison list is based on data from archives in Poland,