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After reaching Israel days after Oct. 7, USC Shoah Foundation is now helping record it

The organization’s researchers gathered hundreds of witness testimonies after the massacre and is sharing them with Israel’s National Library...

07.10.2024 50

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New research uncovers how Lithuania’s largest Holocaust massacre was mostly forgotten

Chris Heath’s ‘No Road Leading Back’ pieces together the Ponar massacre in detective-like fashion, including a daring escape of 40 prisoners...

04.09.2024 20

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Wartime memoir excavates Jewish spiritual resistance in largest Holocaust ghetto

New translation of Rachel Auerbach’s ‘Warsaw Testament’ sheds light on cultural activism of Jews imprisoned in Nazi Germany’s largest...

30.07.2024 70

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Israel’s landmark Eichmann trial depicted in limited-run NYC production

Giving Holocaust survivors a voice, Adolf Eichmann’s 1961 trial in Jerusalem held Final Solution ‘architect’ responsible for...

23.07.2024 30

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Virginia orders SJP umbrella group to release Hamas-funding docs

American Muslims for Palestine is accused of funding Hamas in US state; relatives of Oct. 7 victims file lawsuit against organization for legitimizing...

19.07.2024 20

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Centropa archive documents Holocaust survivors’ entire lives – not just the Nazi years

US Holocaust Museum acquires trove of interviews with Jews who stayed in central and eastern Europe in hopes of fleshing out a lost 20th-century...

14.06.2024 30

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Pro-Palestinian protesters bring Gaza war to US college graduations

From Michigan to Boston, students have found ways to give voice to their anti-war, anti-Israel campaigns during commencement ceremonies, with such...

06.05.2024 50

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German students research fates of their school’s Jews to bring Nazi-era horrors home

Against backdrop of October 7 massacres and surge in global antisemitism, US consultant Terry Mandel visits Germany to expand award-winning Holocaust...

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A Holocaust survivor takes a different route to remembrance after October 7

German-born Judith Tzamir, whose kibbutz fended off Hamas attack, will attend March of the Living for first time; ‘I don’t want to lose my...

05.05.2024 100

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How Yad Vashem is implementing AI to give every Holocaust victim a name

The World Holocaust Remembrance Center works to pinpoint victim names previously lost among 230 million text documents; museum seeks to record 5...

05.05.2024 50

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Prescient Holocaust Remembrance Day theme focuses on destroyed communities

Annual Holocaust commemoration in Jerusalem to include traditional elements while making space for the unprecedented Oct. 7 massacres in southern...

03.05.2024 50

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In Dutch university cities, nonviolent street protests present a sticky situation

From Amsterdam to Rotterdam, anti-Israel stickers festoon Dutch urban centers and university campuses while, observers say, few pro-Israel stickers...

02.05.2024 40

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Promoted on TikTok, ‘No Thanks’ boycott app targets products tied to Israel

Google briefly banned the boycott app – downloaded by one million people since November – for ‘killing children’ reference in...

28.04.2024 50

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50 Batman creators sign petition urging Qatar, Egypt to facilitate Bibas release

In support of hostage family who donned Batman costume, animators and producers of iconic superhero sign onto letter sent to ambassadors of Qatar and...

14.04.2024 50

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Has the term ‘antisemitism’ been overused – or overblown – beyond usefulness?

Historians criticize use of word as ‘super-category’ for all anti-Jewish discrimination — from antiquity through Hamas’s October 7...

10.04.2024 10

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US gives Ukraine weapons it seized from Iran en route to Houthis

Centcom: 5,000 small arms, 500,000 rounds confiscated over 2 years handed to Kyiv to help ‘defend against Russian invasion’ and...

09.04.2024 30

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In NY’s Carnegie Hall, global Jewish teen choir marks Oct. 7 with musical tribute

Songs of resilience, hope, and peace fill legendary venue as 200 teens and alumni take to stage to celebrate Israel with reflections and youth...

09.04.2024 10

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Before Hamas filmed Oct. 7 attacks, Nazis recorded Holocaust massacres in Ukraine

‘Ukraine: Holocaust Ground Zero’ examines open-air massacre phase of Holocaust using photos and film footage captured by Nazis and...

25.03.2024 60

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Google engineer uses AI to identify previously anonymous faces in Holocaust-era photos

From Numbers to Names founder Daniel Patt says his software can provide users with 10 possible matches to any random photo in a matter of seconds

19.03.2024 50

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Netherlands’ first Holocaust museum finally opens, with a side of anti-Israel protests

Israeli president and Dutch king attend dedication of long-awaited institution that presents history in victims’ own words, opened 80 years...

12.03.2024 40

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Then and now, ‘impudent Jews’ fought perpetrators ‘in a hundred different manners’

As the Jewish state defends itself against Hamas, German historian publishes book on largely forgotten ‘impudent Jews’ who resisted Nazis...

27.01.2024 30

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Piano prodigy Norbert Stern was slain at Auschwitz; nephew’s play revives his genius

After high-profile gigs in the US and Europe, playwright Roger Peltzman will stage ‘Dedication’ at United Nations for International...

27.01.2024 40

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Sabra hummus’s US market share has dipped by half. Why large-scale BDS isn’t to blame

More than Mideast politics or an uptick in a long-term boycott sticker campaign, a 2021 salmonella scare made the company unpalatable to consumers

22.01.2024 50

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Is Urban Dictionary’s new entry ‘to get Israeled’ an antisemitic trope? ADL weighs in

Users of online lexicon site created term ‘Israeled’ after Hamas massacres of October 7 ‘to signify claiming something that is not...

11.01.2024 70

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First post-Oct. 7 Birthright Israel trip brings 17 participants; 100s more expected

In change to well-worn 10-day itinerary, participants harvest grapefruit and deliver groceries, hear testimony from survivors of of Hamas’s...

06.01.2024 20

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A century before Claudine Gay, Harvard helped Nazi Germany improve its image in the West

Research into ‘active collaboration’ between Harvard and Nazi Germany gains relevance as Harvard continues to frame antisemitic rhetoric...

03.01.2024 30

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Islamophobia and antisemitism condemned by dozens of US interfaith leaders in DC

Interfaith leaders convene at National Press Club to sign declaration against antisemitism and Islamophobia; prominent Rev. blames ‘Christian...

21.12.2023 10

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Blue ribbon campaign for Israeli hostages exhausts stock of Boston supplier

So far, ribbon for 80,000 trees has been distributed to 51 participating organizations ‘to keep the hostages foremost in the thoughts and actions of...

12.12.2023 20

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Dad launches ‘Project Menorah’ to support Jews fearful of displaying Hanukkah lights

To combat antisemitism, a Los Angeles-based grassroots initiative invites the non-Jewish public to print and display images of menorahs for passersby...

07.12.2023 20

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Near the Gaza border, Israeli sculptor turns Hamas ‘swords into plowshares’

After surviving the terrorist massacre at his moshav on Oct. 7, Israeli blacksmith Yaron Bob has brought his renowned pro-peace Rockets into Roses...

05.12.2023 20

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