Holocaust

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…

For over 100 years, The New York Times has continuously, and very famously, blasted its very famous seven-word slogan daily on the front page of its masthead. It reads, "All the news that's fit to print.” But according to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, this latest so-called “news” about alleged Israeli atrocities against Palestinians is not only not news. He says it’s antisemitic blood libel.  Netanyahu is now…

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman, with Juan González. Israel: What Went Wrong? That’s the title of a new book by the renowned Israeli American Holocaust scholar and…

BERLIN (AP) — Albrecht Weinberg, who survived several Nazi concentration and death camps and lost most of his family in the Holocaust before returning to Germany in his 80s, has died at the age of 101, authorities in his home region said Tuesday. Weinberg died in Leer, in northwestern Germany,…

As the number of living Holocaust survivors rapidly declines, educators and historians are increasingly debating whether artificial intelligence can help preserve Holocaust memory – or distort it. The debate intensified after the World Jewish Congress released an AI-generated video of Anne Frank as part of an educational campaign, drawing both…

Doug Mastriano, a Republican Pennsylvania state senator, speaks during a rally for U.S. President Donald Trump’s second presidential campaign at the Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Latrobe, Pa., Nov. 5, 2022. Credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images. ( May 12, 2026 / JNS ) U.S. President Donald Trump has nominated Doug Mastriano,…