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holocaust
Belarus Holocaust memorial vandalized
A Holocaust memorial in eastern Belarus was vandalized.
Budapest Holocaust memorial defaced
A Holocaust Memorial on the banks of the Danube in Budapest was defaced just days after unknown vandals hung pigs’ feet on a statue of Raoul Wallenberg.
ADL national youth conference inspires and empowers
On an overcast afternoon in Washington, D.C., sitting with about 120 other high school students from around the country, I listened to the empowering words of Holocaust survivor Henry Greenbaum as he described his experiences in a Nazi concentration camp. Greenbaum was speaking during the Anti-Defamation League\’s (ADL) 10th annual National Youth Leadership Mission, which took place over a four-day period in our nation\’s capital.
Not everyone forgot Jews in Shoah, Polish official says
\”During the Holocaust, not everyone abandoned the Jews. Not everyone forgot about you.\”
\nSo spoke Poland\’s Undersecretary of State Ewa Junczyk-Ziomecka, and her words were backed by the photos and stories of 21 surviving non-Jews from Poland recognized as Righteous Among the Nations that lined the hallway at the UCLA Hillel Center.
African-American pilots over Auschwitz
Last week, President Bush remarked that the United States should have bombed the Auschwitz death camp in 1944. Next week, Americans will commemorate the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. and the struggle for Civil Rights. What do these two occasions have in common? More than one might think.
Beyond Remembrance
So when I see hundreds of millions of dollars being poured into Holocaust memorials and Holocaust remembrance, I see an unspeakable tragedy for my people, yes, but I also see a missed opportunity. I see this enormous effort to tell us how Jews die, but so little effort to tell us how Jews live — more specifically, to tell us what is so extraordinary about this Judaism that those 6 million Jews died for.
Marilyn Harran: A Modern Righteous Gentile
Looking forward, Harran dreams of establishing a visiting scholars\’ program at the university and growing the Holocaust library\’s small collection, although raising the needed money might prove difficult, she said, given her distaste for fundraising.
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council distances itself from Prager
Leaders of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council, ensnared in a raging controversy over one of its members, this week moved to distance themselves from the cause of the furor.
Al Qaeda urges Israel attacks; Israeli Arab lawmakers represent Hamas in court
Al Qaeda urges Israel attacks; Israeli Arab lawmakers represent Hamas in court; Conviction in Attack on Palestinians; BBC Ordered to Release Report; British Jews Meet on Security; Trump to Observant Jew: You\’re Hired; Babi Yar Event to be International; Danish Newspaper Publishes Holocaust Cartoons.\n\n\n\n\n