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Tag Archives: Holocaust
Natalie Portman: Holocaust is no more tragic than other genocides
JERUSALEM POST by Sam Sokol August 23, 2015 In an interview with ‘The Independent’, she questions the precedent of putting Holocaust education before all other national tragedies. Holocaust survivor advocates harshly criticized Natalie Portman on Sunday, after the Israeli-born actress/director … Continue reading
With His Head In the Sand
WALL STREET JOURNAL by Matti Friedman August 9, 2015 The idea that a collective memory of the Holocaust renders Jewish judgment defective is somehow acceptable these days. Ah, Israel/Palestine, where thinking Westerners go to play! How many people with an … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish
Tagged Holocaust, Padraig O’Malley, The Two-State Delusion
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In Defense of Pessimism
AMERICAN INTEREST by Jeffrey Herf June 30, 2015 A lesson from German history for our dealings with Iran today: take the ideas of others seriously. Since 1979, the leaders of the Islamic Republic of Iran have said many despicable things … Continue reading
Nicholas Winton Is Dead at 106; Saved Children from the Holocaust
NEW YORK TIMES By Robert D. McFadden July 1, 2015 Nicholas Winton, a Briton who said nothing for a half-century about his role in organizing the escape of 669 mostly Jewish children from Czechoslovakia on the eve of World War … Continue reading
Posted in Jewish
Tagged Holocaust, Maidenhead, Nicholas Winton, Oskar Schindler, Raoul Wallenberg
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Number of Jews globally back up to 1939 levels, report says
BOSTON GLOBE by Associated Press June 29, 2015 The world’s Jewish population has grown to be nearly as large as it was before the Holocaust, an Israeli think tank said in its annual report Sunday. The Jewish People Policy Institute … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish
Tagged Holocaust, Jewish People Policy Institute, Jewish population
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Iran Blocks Websites Promoting Holocaust Education, State Department Report Says
ALGEMEINER by Eliezer Sherman June 28, 2015 The government of Iran has continued to block the website of an initiative aimed at fostering a warmer Jewish-Muslim relationship and educating about the Holocaust, the State Department report on human rights in Iran revealed. “The government … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East
Tagged Aladdin Project, Holocaust, Holocaust education, Iran, Shoah, US State Department
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Germany: Muslims Exempt from School Trips to Holocaust Sites?
GATESTONE by Soeren Kern June 10, 2015 A debate has erupted in Germany over whether Muslim students should be exempted from mandatory visits to former concentration camps as part of Holocaust education programs. The dispute centers on a proposal that would … Continue reading
Posted in Jewish
Tagged Dachau, Deutsch-Deutsches Museum in Mödlareuth, Flossenbürg, Free Voters, Germany, Holocaust, Muslim
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This Woman Was Anne Frank’s Best Friend. What She’s Doing Today Will Inspire You.
EPOCH TIMES by Amelia Pang June 5, 2015 For decades, Jacqueline van Maarsen told no one. She did not want people to know she was Anne Frank’s best friend. As much as Anne Frank’s diary was about a girl who … Continue reading
Holocaust film ‘Son of Saul’ takes Grand Prize at Cannes
TIMES OF ISRAEL by AP and AFP May 24, 2015 The harrowing Holocaust drama “Son of Saul,” offering unflinching depictions of the gas chambers of Auschwitz, claimed the runner-up Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday…The Times of … Continue reading
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Tagged Cannes, Cannes Film Festival, Holocaust, Son of Saul, Sonderkommando
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A Century of Genocides: Next Trigger-Man, Iran
GATESTONE by Guy Millière May 22, 2015 The first priority of most Western governments today seems to sign a deal with Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, who openly calls for Israel’s and America’s destruction….The next priority of many European governments, … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East
Tagged Hamas, Holocaust, Iran, Palestinian Authority
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