Holocaust education

'Spat on, called a murderer': Israeli rabbi recounts antisemitism during tour in Poland - interview

In Warsaw, Ostroff was standing next to a marketplace when a 70-year-old woman walked up, spat on him, and then walked away.

 YOUTH TAKE part in The March of the Living at Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland on Holocaust Remembrance Day last year. ‘As a mayor, an Israeli, a Jew, and someone who has experienced the profound heartbreak of the past year and a half, I travel there with a heavy heart but also a deep sense of purpose.
ROMANIAN PRESIDENT Nicusor Dan is challenging a recently passed parliamentary law designed to enhance the effectiveness and accessibility of efforts to combat antisemitism, the writers point out.

Holocaust distortion and preserving the accurate narrative in Eastern Europe - opinion

 Holocaust survivor Ernie Brod speaks to students at Edward R. Murrow High School in Brooklyn as part of the Names, Not Numbers Holocaust education program.

Edward R. Murrow, the first NYC public High School to bring ‘Names, Not Numbers’, Holocaust program

 Holocaust survivor Helena Weinstock Weinrauch, who wore the same hand-knit sweater to the first Passover seder every year for the past 75 years, has died at 100.

Helena Weinrauch, Holocaust survivor and ‘dancing angel,’ dies at 100


What preserves the memory of the Holocaust among Jews is hope, and looking to the future

The point was made by several speakers that there cannot be memory without knowledge, and that lack of knowledge leads to difficulties in countering Holocaust denial and distortion.

 Visitors seen at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial museum in Jerusalem on May 2, 2024, ahead of Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Romanian right-wing candidate who downplayed Holocaust loses presidential election

In Romania, which is home to around 12,000 Jews, the lead-up to the election saw a resurgence in symbolism associated with the Iron Guard, a Romanian antisemitic militant movement during the 1930s.

 George Simion, left, during the live electoral debate with Pro-European independent presidential candidate and Bucharest Mayor Nicusor Dan in Bucharest, Romania, on May 8, 2025.

The growing need for Holocaust education, as Trump's actions won't be enough - opinion

A 2020 Claims Conference survey found that 63% of US millennials and Gen Z did not know that six million Jews were murdered during the Holocaust.

PROTESTERS CALL for the release of Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil in New York City, last month. On campuses like Columbia and in all levels of education, better Holocaust education is needed, says the writer.

Trump fires Doug Emhoff from Holocaust Memorial Council

“Today, I was informed of my removal from the United States Holocaust Memorial Council,” Emhoff said in a statement to the NYT. “Holocaust remembrance and education should never be politicized.

 Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff claps as Democratic presidential nominee U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Phoenix Awards dinner at Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, US, September 14, 2024.

'Never again means now': Trump calls on US to remember victims of the Holocaust

President Trump noted that antisemitism in the US is at a record high, and remarked on his administration's efforts to curb it.

 U.S. President Donald Trump attends a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 10, 2025.

'You are our victory': Holocaust survivor tells her story to female Israeli soldiers

"I admire every soldier. Despite the pain, I must keep telling my story - so you know why we are here today. You are our true victory," said Sarah Weinstein.

96-year-old Holocaust survivor, Sarah Weinstein, met two female IDF soldiers from the Home Front Command's Rescue and Evacuation Brigade

Uncovering the truth: French Catholic priest discusses mission to document the Holocaust

“We needed to accelerate our research,” Father Desbois said. “Not only to honor the victims, but to help heal the world. Without leadership—without history—tomorrow we would be very weak.”

Visitors seen at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial museum in Jerusalem on April 16, 2023, ahead of Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Then and now: How the state of Gaza hostages parallels that of Holocaust survivors

An investigation reveals chilling parallels between the trauma of starvation during the Holocaust and the suffering endured by Israeli hostages in Gaza.

  Starving Holocaust survivors. Bones are brittle and muscles are atrophied

World to lose 90% of Holocaust survivors within next 15 years - projections

According to Vanishing Witnesses: An Urgent Analysis of the Declining Population of Holocaust, the global population of Holocaust survivors is expected to be around 21,300 by 2040.

 Dov Landau, a 97-year-old Holocaust survivor, in his home in Tel Aviv, October 14, 2024.

Bearing witness to new chapter in haredi Holocaust education - opinion

As a descendant of Holocaust survivors myself, I inherited traumatic Holocaust memories that have accompanied me throughout my life.

 THE WRITER (center, holding the right corner of the second flag from the left) and students from the Netzach yeshiva high schools visit Auschwitz last month.

Kazakhstan textbooks promote tolerance, respect for Judaism, Israel - IMPACT report finds

Kazakhstan's school curriculum offers a largely positive portrayal of Judaism and Jewish history and, in many cases, a balanced approach to the Arab-Israeli conflict.

 A man holds a mobile phone while walking past a board with a Kazakh state flag during a protest against LPG cost rise following authorities' decision to lift price caps on liquefied petroleum gas in Almaty, Kazakhstan January 5, 2022