Holocaust

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Saul Dreier and Reuwen “Ruby” Sosnowicz, both Polish nonagenarian Holocaust survivors, endured dramatically different circumstances during World War II. Dreier survived three concentration camps; in one, a cantor created an impromptu choir in the barracks, an…

When the Anti-Defamation League announced on Tuesday that anti-Semitic assaults had doubled in the U.S. from 2017 to 2018, the news was shocking but, sadly, not entirely surprising: a shooting left one dead at a California synagogue last Sunday, just days bef…

This week marks the twenty-five year anniversary of the demise of Commodore International. This weekend, pour one out for our lost homies. Commodore began life as a corporate entity in 1954 headed by Jack Tramiel. Tramiel, a Holocaust survivor, moved to New …

(JERUSALEM) — Israel on Wednesday began commemorating its Holocaust Remembrance Day in honor of the 6 million Jews killed by the Nazis, as leaders voiced concerns about a rising wave of anti-Semitism around the world. In emotional addresses to an opening cer…

Jerusalem (AFP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday denounced a rise in anti-Semitism around the world, at a ceremony on the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day. "The extreme left and the extreme right (around the world) agree on only one t…

NEW YORK (Reuters) - An environmental studies student, a human rights advocate and a sportswriter for the student newspaper were among the victims when a gunman opened fire inside a classroom at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte on Tuesday, killin…

A Memphis, Tennessee criminal judge has posted anti-immigration memes, conspiracy theories and articles on his Facebook page. Daniel Connolly, The Commercial Appeal Criminal Court Judge Jim Lammey, April 22, 2019.  (Photo: Brad Vest/The Commercial Appeal)…

People attend a funeral service on April 29, 2019, for Lori Gilbert-Kaye in Poway, California.  (Photo: NICK OZA, for USA TODAY) One rabbi in Riverside, California, now begins services with an announcement about where the exits are, in case people need to r…

Outside China's embassy in Jakarta, Indonesian protesters in 2018 demand an end to China's mass detention of Uighur Muslims. On Monday, the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom released its 20th annual report. Achmad Ibrahim/AP The U.…