Holocaust

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…

WASHINGTON — Republican leaders forcefully condemned GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Tuesday, calling her comments comparing COVID-19 safety measures like mask-wearing to the treatment of Jews in Nazi Germany “appalling.” “Marjorie is wrong, and her intentional decision to compare the horrors of the Holocaust with wearing masks is appalling,”…

Republicans and Democrats condemned Marjorie Taylor Greene on Tuesday as the far-right Georgia congresswoman continued to compare measures to combat the coronavirus pandemic to the treatment of Jewish people during the Holocaust. But meaningful Republican action against Greene seemed no more likely than at any time in her brief but…

The top two Republicans in the House denounced Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Tuesday for comparing mask mandates to the Holocaust, but accused Democrats of ignoring a rise in antisemitism in their own party. Why it matters: The U.S. and parts of Europe have seen a rise in antisemitic…

WASHINGTON — House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy joined a quick chorus of outrage at Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., on Tuesday after she double-down on her comparison of Covid-19-related rules to the Holocaust. “Marjorie is wrong, and her intentional decision to compare the horrors of the Holocaust with wearing masks…

We feel like there was a little while there where people pretty much knew not to compare things to the Holocaust. That’s definitely not the case anymore. We’ve seen AOC compare migrant detention facilities to concentration camps, politicians and celebrities and media comparing Donald Trump to Hitler and Republicans to…

So here’s the thing about GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene: she’s an antisemite. Homegirl thinks Jewish-controlled space lasers are responsible for California wildfires. And comparing the House mask mandate to the Holocaust is actually quite offensive to Holocaust victims, who deserve far better than to be invoked to make a…