Holocaust

Kanye West and Bianca Censori attend the 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards on Feb. 02, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for The Recording Academy. (Jun. 7, 2026 / JNS) The mayor of the city of Arnhem in the Netherlands, Ahmed Marcouch, invited the rapper Kanye West…

The audience applauds Holocaust survivor Benno Kern, born in 1927 in Vienna, Austria, June 2026. Credit: Courtesy of the Claims Conference. (Jun. 6, 2026 / Claims Conference) The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) announced the launch of “ Benno’s Light ,” the heartbreaking and inspiring story…

Sean Penn has shared some choice words about those who would dare ask him for a selfie (Picture: Getty Images) Sean Penn has been met with backlash after saying that he won’t do selfies for anyone – not even a ‘Holocaust grandmother and her six-year-old paraplegic.’ His comments came as…

The granddaughter of a prominent Nazi has said she will be “forever grateful” for the opportunity to meet and discuss the past with Irish Holocaust survivor Tomi Reichental.  The Slovakian born Jew died at the age of 90 in Dublin over the weekend. As a child, Mr Reichental lost 35…

British MP Rupert Lowe is refusing to back down after facing criticism over comments comparing the UK Pakistani grooming gang scandal to the Holocaust. Lowe, leader of the political group Restore Britain, came under fire after saying the scandal was “something the equivalent of the Holocaust” during a campaign event.…

Campaigner and Holocaust survivor Tomi Reichental has died aged 90, leaving behind a “lasting legacy of dignity, courage and enlightenment”. President Catherine Connolly led tributes, saying “Tomi made an exceptional contribution to Irish society, bringing his personal experience of Bergen-Belsen and of his family’s suffering in the Holocaust to public…

Yad Vashem, Israel’s national Holocaust memorial and museum in Jerusalem, announced this week that it will open a new Holocaust Education Center in Munich, Germany, as part of its ongoing efforts to strengthen its educational mission. The center will be established at Karolinenplatz in central Munich, with support from the…

Generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) has been the most disruptive force to hit education in a long time, and educators are still absorbing the impact. My colleagues and I have had to reprogram our approaches and classroom assessments as Gen AI infiltrates every aspect of the academic setting. I was…

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The Jewish community in Ireland has said it feels “weary” after a Dublin City Councillor posted a video calling for a second Holocaust.  Yesterday, independent Councillor Philip Sutcliffe posted a video to his WhatsApp status which called for a ‘real Final Solution’ and described Jews as ‘satanic’.  The ‘Final Solution…