Jewish group launches Holocaust survivor speakers bureau to fight increasing antisemitism worldwide
More than 250 Holocaust survivors have joined an international initiative to share their stories of loss and survival with students around the world during a time of rising antisemitism following the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel that triggered the war in the Gaza Strip.
Argentina's president condemns threat by provincial governor to cut energy supplies in dispute
The government of Argentinaโs libertarian President Javier Milei has condemned a threat by the governor of the oil-rich province of Chubut to cut off energy supplies to the rest of the country amid a dispute over funding reductions.
Israel says Brazil's president unwelcome until he apologizes for comparing Gaza war to Holocaust
Israelโs foreign minister says Brazilโs president will not be welcome in Israel until he apologizes for comments he made comparing Israelโs war in Gaza to the Holocaust, accusing him of a โvery serious anti-Semitic attack.โ.
Muslims and Jews in Bosnia observe Holocaust Remembrance Day and call for peace and dialogue
Jews and Muslims from Bosnia and abroad gathered in Srebrenica to jointly observe International Holocaust Remembrance Day and promote compassion and dialogue amid rising global sectarian hatred fueled by Israelโs war in Gaza.
Holocaust survivors will mark Hanukkah amid worries over war in Israel, global rise of antisemitism
Holocaust survivors from around the globe will mark the start of the fifth day of Hanukkah together with a virtual ceremony as worries grow among Jews worldwide about the Israel-Hamas war and a spike of antisemitism in Europe, the United States and elsewhere.
Conservative consulting group rebrands with new name after leader met with white supremacist Nick Fuentes
In a Nov. 13 filing with the Texas Secretary of State, an attorney for Pale Horse Strategies LLC wrote that the firm would also conduct future business under the name โWest Fort Worth Management LLC.โ
Holocaust survivor recalls 'Night of Broken Glass' horrors in interactive, virtual reality project
Charlotte Knobloch was 6 years old when she saw the synagogues of Munich burning and watched helplessly as two Nazi officers marched away a beloved friend of her father who was beaten up and bleeding on the forehead.
In Hamas' horrific killings, Israeli trauma over the Holocaust resurfaces
For many Israelis and Jews around the world, the horrors committed by Hamas militants during their stunning onslaught on southern Israeli communities is triggering painful memories of a calamity of a far greater scale: the Holocaust.
Florida woman who stole nearly $3 million from Holocaust survivor gets over 4 years in prison
A Florida woman who drained an 87-year-old Holocaust survivor's life savings by posing as a love interest and then lived lavishly off the $2.8 million she got has been sentenced to over four years in prison.
Rio Holocaust Memorial remembers Jewish victims - and others
Rio de Janeiro has opened the doors to a Holocaust Memorial that honors not only Jewish victims, but also lesser-known groups likewise persecuted by the Nazi regime, including artists, anarchists, masons, Roma people, Jehovahโs Witnesses, gay people and the disabled.
Whoopi Goldberg faces backlash after repeating false Holocaust comments
Whoopi Goldberg is facing a fresh round of backlash following her latest historically inaccurate statement about the Holocaust, which she claimed โwasnโt originallyโ about race in an interviewย with the U.K. newspaper The Sunday Times.
Book aims to shine light on Romanian role in the Holocaust
Maksim Goldenshteyn's book, โSo They Remember,โ tells the story of his Holocaust survivor grandparents who languished in Jewish death camps and ghettos in Transnistria during World War II โ a chapter of the Holocaust which some say is largely forgotten.
UN approves resolution condemning denial of Nazi Holocaust
The U_N_ General Assembly has approved an Israeli-sponsored resolution condemning any denial of the Holocaust and urging all nations and social media companies โto take active measures to combat antisemitism and Holocaust denial or distortion.โ.
Southlake school leader tells teachers to balance Holocaust books with โopposingโ views
A top administrator with the Carroll Independent School District in Southlake advised teachers last week that if they have a book about the Holocaust in their classroom, they should also offer students access to a book from an โopposingโ perspective, according to an audio recording obtained by NBC News.