National Geographic Unveils Trailer For Upcoming Limited Series A Small Light, Starring Bel Powley,...
National Geographic released the trailer from the upcoming eight-part limited series A SMALL LIGHT. The powerful series, produced by ABC Signature and Keshet Studios, will have a multinetwork launch on...
Marking the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising’s 80th Anniversary
By Moshe Phillips
“They did it only for one purpose, the dignity of the Jewish people.” -Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin
This year marks the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto...
Holocaust Remembrance Day and Jewish Self-Defense
By Zahava Rosenheim
The best-selling novel Fail-Safe was brought to mind with the recent news headlines about the observance of Yom HaShoah and that a high school in Florida removed a graphic...
Nassau County Honors Victims of The Holocaust During Dome Lighting Ceremony
On January 25th, Legislator Mazi Melesa Pilip spoke at the annual dome lighting for International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The dome of The Theodore Roosevelt Executive and Legislative Building in Mineola is...
87-Year-Old Holocaust Survivor Shares Her Remarkable Story With 30 IDF Soldiers
At just three years old, Rena Quint’s life was uprooted when the Nazis invaded her hometown of Piotrków Trybunalski. On Thursday, one day prior to International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Rena shares her heart-wrenching...
America’s Holocaust Failure Through the Lens of 21st-Century Politics
JONATHAN S. TOBIN
(September 16, 2022 / JNS) Every generation views history through the prism of its own experiences and interests. So, it was probably inevitable that when Ken Burns, America’s great documentary...
Romania makes Holocaust education mandatory in all high schools
BUCHAREST, Romania (JTA) — The Romanian Senate has adopted a law that makes it mandatory for all high schools and vocational schools in the country to teach a specific...
Park East Synagogue And United Nations International Holocaust Remembrance Virtual Service
Park East Synagogue And United Nations International Holocaust Remembrance Virtual Service
Park East Synagogue and the United Nations hosted an International Holocaust Remembrance virtual service on Monday, January 25, 2021....
In a first, Arab-initiated event commemorates the Holocaust in wake of Abraham Accords
(January 27, 2021 / JNS) In the wake of the Abraham Accords and in honor of International Holocaust Memorial Day on Jan. 27, individuals from the group Sharaka held...
Former Lawrence Mayor Martin Oliner Named to Holocaust Museum Council
President Donald Trump appointed Marty Oliner, former three-term mayor of Lawrence, to the United States Holocaust Museum Council.
Oliner is co-president of Religious Zionists of America; chairman of Israel Bonds,...
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