Holocaust

Education secretary Gavin Williamson has rejected suggestions that Holocaust deniers will be allowed to speak at universities and elsewhere under new free speech legislation. Labour is seeking to block the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill at second reading, arguing it could provide “legal protection and financial recompense” to those…

”We just want to stay clear of that,“ event center management says Getty Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene’s names on the speakers slate for a Southern California “America First” rally scheduled for next weekend was enough for the Orange County venue to cancel the event. “As soon as we…

"Yad Ezer La-Haver" is an organization established in 2001 that supplies assistance and "a warm home" for Holocaust Survivors in Israel. A Yad Sarah volunteer helps a Holocaust survivor to reach a vaccination center. (photo credit: COURTESY YAD SARAH) The "Yad Ezer La-Haver" organization announced that they will be launching…

Fox News contributor Tomi Lahren became the latest conservative to compare COVID-19 restrictions to Nazism on Thursday, accusing flight attendants enforcing federal rules mandating masks on flights of acting like “Nazis of the air.” In recent months, a number of right-wing politicians and personalities have raged against vaccinations and other…

Polish Chief Rabbi Michael Schudrich will tell the Polish Senate on Wednesday that it is the country’s moral duty to provide compensation of some kind to anyone whose property was confiscated, Jew or non-Jew, by the Polish Communist government, The Jerusalem Post has learned.  The rabbi has told close associates…

A fifth grader's controversial school essay about Adolf Hitler in Tenafly, New Jersey, has led the borough to partner with a global human rights organization to promote Holocaust awareness in the community. The Holocaust education program will kick off on July 12, after a school essay that appeared to extol…

Washington State Representative Jim Walsh has drawn backlash for wearing a yellow Star of David to protest COVID-19 vaccine mandates during a speech on Saturday. Nazis forced Jews to wear the yellow star during the Holocaust, and the symbol has now been appropriated by activists opposing mandatory vaccines. Jewish organizations…

BERLIN —  Margot Friedlander survived the Nazis’ labor camps in Germany, and then the pain of widowhood. In her 80s, she finally began to write down her memories so that no one would forget what happened in her native land nearly a century ago. On Thursday, hours after the 99-year-old told…

June 1, 2021 | 6:54pm | Updated June 1, 2021 | 6:54pm Enlarge Image The bill passed the Ways and Means Committee. Hans Pennink/AP ALBANY — A controversial bill that would survey how well public schools are teaching about the horrors of the Holocaust cleared a key Assembly committee Tuesday,…

A hat store in Nashville is apologizing for selling patches depicting the Star of David with the words “not vaccinated” in the center. The apology comes after a wave of protests over the item, and the store owner’s initial defense of it, that prompted Stetson and other top brands to…