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,...
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...
Polish Righteous Among the Nations Have Free Taxi Service in Warsaw
BY CNAAN LIPHSHIZ
WARSAW, Poland (JTA) — Outside one of this city’s many brutalist apartment buildings, passersby stop to stare at and photograph a London-style taxi emblazoned with large Star of David symbols.
Some...
Book Review: Recipes From Auschwitz
Survival Stories of Hungarian Jews Olga Elek and Marton Sternberg
By Michele Justic
Besides the total annihilation of the Jews, the Nazis also sought to erase Jewish personalities. Forcing them to shave...
Author Judith Kerr Dies Weeks Before Her 96th Birthday
Kerr wrote about the Holocaust in a way children could understand
Jewish and German-born British writer and illustrator Judith Kerr died on May 22, 2019 at the age of 95....
Right View: My Mother’s Recipes for Shavuot
I have shared my mother’s story in previous columns in these pages, and you may have read more about her in my book Recipes from Auschwitz.
Last week was her...
Austria to Create Award Named for Nazi Hunter Simon Wiesenthal
BY TOBY AXELROD
BERLIN (JTA) – An Austrian parliamentary committee has paved the way for the creation of an annual prize to encourage the fight against antisemitism.
An amendment passed last week...
NYS Senate Passes Bill to Strengthen Holocaust Education in Schools
The New York State Senate today passed a measure that would require review of specific school districts’ teaching guidelines and compliance with existing state law that requires them to...
NY Philanthropists Honored With Holocaust Museum Regional Award
Danielle Schwartz Auerbach and Nicole Pines Lieberman traveled from their homes in Manhattan to the Washington D.C. museum to memorialize the Days of Remembrance, America’s annual commemoration of the...
Former ADL Chief Slams Polish President’s Speech at Ghetto Uprising Commemoration
Polish President Andrez Duda at the 75th anniversary commemoration of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising, April 19, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Kacper Pempel.
One of America’s most storied campaigners against antisemitism and...
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Rabbis Issue a Clarion Call to Action: 36th Annual Chai Elul Siyum HaShas & 82nd Annual...
On September 24, 2024, the Rabbinical Alliance of America/Igud HaRabbonim (RAA/Igud) celebrated its 36th annual Chai Elul Siyum HaShas and 82nd annual dinner at the famed...