Holocaust

What atrocities a human being is capable of and the psychic torments she might or might not suffer in consequence are, to a disturbing degree, social questions. In Joshua Oppenheimer’s disorienting 2012 documentary, The Act of Killing, a group of Indonesian gangsters reminisce in fond tones about the mass rape,…

“USPS lost Grandma (A THREAD)” Arielle Yuspeh typed those words into Twitter late Wednesday afternoon, knowing it was an act of utter desperation. But the West Hollywood resident was running out of options. It had been almost two weeks since her uncle Richard had gone to a post office near…

As the body count in hostilities between Israelis and Palestinian rises, so do fears that European Jews will be targeted in a phenomenon that many here call “the import of the conflict.” That’s what happened when Hamas and Israel exchanged blows in 2014, triggering the worst wave of antisemitic violence in…

The message, which suggested that COVID-19 measures have undone the liberation from the Nazis, drew sharp rebuke from Dutch Jews. By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA   MAY 5, 2021 15:53 Arrest of Dutch Jews by the Nazis, February 1941 (photo credit: PHOTO COLLECTION/DUTCH GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICE) A Dutch conservative party suggested on…

(RNS) — Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life congregation has chosen internationally renowned architect Daniel Libeskind to design a new building for the site where 11 Jews were gunned down in the deadliest antisemitic attack in American history. Libeskind, the architect behind such high-profile projects as the master plan for New York’s…

Vandalism hit a Holocaust memorial in Portland, Oregon, where police said they found spray-painted anti-Semitic symbols on the memorial and throughout the neighborhood Sunday morning. Swastikas among other graffiti desecrated the Oregon Holocaust Memorial in Washington Park as the Portland Police Bureau currently investigate the incident. "The damage to the…

Rep. Liz Cheney was chastised by several male GOP colleagues following her vote to impeach Trump. Rep. Norman of South Carolina told Cheney that she had "a defiant attitude," according to The Times. Cheney refused to apologize for her vote and the caucus decided to keep her in leadership. See…

AFTER “HAMAS, HAMAS, JEWS TO THE GAS” CHANTS, DUTCH CHIEF RABBI AND MAYOR OF ARNHEM SET FOR FRANK, DIFFICULT BUT NECESSARY TOWN HALL MEETING WITH VITESSE FANS After supporters of Arnhem based Vitesse football club were heard chanting “Hamas, Hamas, Jews to the gas” ahead of a game against Amsterdam…

People who cast insults against Islam’s prophet Mohammed should be treated the same way as those who deny the Holocaust, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said Saturday. He added that claiming “freedom of speech” is no protection against hurting the feelings of observant Muslims. Speaking after a week of violent…

/ Asia / Pacific Issued on: 18/04/2021 - 10:49 Pakistan PM Imran Khan speaking at a news conference at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, November 19, 2020. © Mohammad Ismail, REUTERS Western governments should treat people who insult the Prophet Mohammed the same as those who deny the Holocaust,…