German textbooks excel on Holocaust, uneven on Israeli-Palestinian conflict, report finds
“With antisemitism at alarmingly high levels in Germany, what children learn about Jews and Israel matters more than ever,” IMPACT-se CEO Marcus Sheff said.
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“With antisemitism at alarmingly high levels in Germany, what children learn about Jews and Israel matters more than ever,” IMPACT-se CEO Marcus Sheff said.
A 2020 Claims Conference study of US Millennials and Gen Z found that 63% of the demographic were unaware that six million Jews were murdered during the Holocaust.
Jewish groups are condemning a Boston middle school principal after he apologized in an email for the impact of a mandatory Holocaust lesson on some students.
Florida Senator Rick Scott was joined by Holocaust survivors and members of the Tampa Jewish community in a press conference calling out Kanye West for historic antisemitism.
While AI opens many doors, it also “is a convenient tool for Holocaust distortion.”
An open letter to the HL Center stresses that the Holocaust represents "an industrial, ideologically driven genocide whose aim was the total extermination of the Jewish people."
A New Hampshire Republican lawmaker pushed to place a Holocaust denier on the state’s Holocaust education commission, sparking outrage from Jewish leaders and lawmakers.
Thousands gathered in Krakow for the March of the Living, honoring Holocaust survivors and teaching the lessons of resilience and resistance to hatred.
Influencer Myron Gaines sparked outrage at Ohio University after performing a Nazi salute, mocking the Holocaust, and spreading antisemitic conspiracy theories during his campus appearance.
The FBI is investigating a series of "Holocaust 2.0" emails sent to Jewish students at Stanford. Despite the threats from an anonymous group, Purim celebrations will proceed with high security.
Tunisian textbooks have come under scrutiny for glorifying Hitler and minimizing the Holocaust, while teaching antisemitic stereotypes and anti-Israel rhetoric.
"Obviously, I’m too old to move, but I think if I were younger, I would be considering leaving the UK," said Mrs Joanna Millan, Holocaust survivor and activist.
One in 10 adults in Ireland believes that the Holocaust is a myth, according to a recent Global Strategy Group survey.
The bench, dedicated to Holocaust survivor Chaim Ferster, was placed on the route of his daily walk as a way of paying tribute and preserving his wartime experiences.
Following the end of the war in 1945, Veselsky became the secretary to a minister in the Czech government, but fled the country in 1948 amidst the communist takeover.
The principal of the Brooklyn middle school MS 447, Arin Rusch, said that she believed that hosting survivor Sami Steigman’s presentation was not “right” for the school.
French prosecutors have launched an investigation into Elon Musk’s Grok AI after it published alleged antisemitic and Holocaust denial comments, following complaints filed by human rights groups.
A synagogue and Holocaust memorials in Bulgaria were vandalized in a new wave of antisemitic attacks condemned by Jewish groups.
"One of the ways in which the Gaza genocide is worse than... even the Holocaust – is that you didn’t have... Nazis mocking the genocide after it was over," Hasan wrote.
South African presenter Juliet Newell faced major backlash after confronting an interviewee whose organization compared the Gaza War with the Holocaust.