admin | June 7, 2024
Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair On May 4, as war and famine raged in Gaza, Amsterdam marked Remembrance Day, an annual commemoration of those who resisted the Nazi occupation, with special emphasis from the citys organizing committee on the Jews who perished in the onslaught.
admin | June 7, 2024
At a Holocaust museum in Atlanta, staff members had typically ended their tours by saying that many survivors of the death camps immigrated to Palestine. But after the start of the Israel-Hamas war, the guides noticed that some students would ask a simple but complicated question: Is this the Palestine that weve been hearing about? So staff members at the museum, the Breman, made a few changes, according to Rabbi Joseph Prass, the museums education director.
admin | June 7, 2024
Home | At a Time of Global Strife, Holocaust Education Receives a Much-Needed Increase; Holocaust SurvivorsAlso ReceiveIncrease in Social Welfare Services Funding Claims Conference in the Media | Press Inquiries | Publications | Videos | Updates Negotiations between the Claims Conference and the German government, held this year at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City. Social Welfare Services For Holocaust Survivors Will Increase An Additional 105 Million, Impacting More Than 100,000 Survivors Worldwide
admin | June 7, 2024
Despite the countless documentaries, movies, TV shows, and books on World War II, 63% of American millennials and Gen Z do not know that 6 million Jews were murdered in the Holocaust, according to a 2020 state-by-state survey conducted by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany. The survey found that 48% could not name a concentration camp or ghetto
admin | June 7, 2024
(INDIANAPOLIS, IN) Scores of Alpha Epsilon Pi (AEPi) chapters walked through their college campuses and communities this spring to bring Holocaust awareness directly to students and their campus community. While antisemitism and anti-Israel rhetoric and actions run rampant on college campuses, the brothers of AEPi, the worlds largest and leading Jewish college fraternity, wanted to make sure they helped raise awareness about the holocaust through the fraternitys We Remember campaign. The campaign is a series of events and walks organized by AEPi brothers through their college campuses to raise awareness of the Holocaust and the atrocities committed against mankind.
admin | June 7, 2024
The German government has agreed to allocate $1.5 billion in Holocaust reparations this year, setting a new record for how much the country is spending to support survivors. The increase from a total of $1.4 billion last year is due to a rise in the amount the government is paying to reimburse survivors medical expenses.
admin | June 7, 2024
The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) will increase funding to Holocaust survivors by $114 million following negotiations with the German Federal Ministry, the organization announced on Wednesday. The increased budget - amounting to a total of $972.5 million over the next two years - will allow for improved social welfare services. The Claims Conference is a nonprofit organization that works to secure material compensation for Holocaust survivors and to return Jewish property stolen during the Holocaust.
admin | June 7, 2024
TULSA, Okla. The SB1671 Oklahoma Holocaust Legislation Coalition held an event at the Tulsa City County Library on Wednesday to reveal a new Augmented Reality (AR) technology that has been created for Holocaust studies in Oklahoma public school classrooms. SB1671 Coalition, in partnership with Solaos, Inc., developed an educational app to provide students an interactive learning experience while sitting at their desks or walking around their classrooms.
admin | June 7, 2024
The Islamic Republic of Iran is planning a Holocaust for us in the next two years, hawkish opposition MK Avigdor Liberman tells Army Radio, arguing that Tehran plans to repeat its recent April 13 missile attack, only on a march larger scale, in the future. We are in the midst of an Iranian extermination program, the Yisrael Beytenu party chairman says, arguing that if Iran is allowed to create a nuclear umbrella, it will use the deterrence it has obtained to launch a devastating strike.
admin | June 7, 2024
(June 5, 2024 / Aplha Epsilon Pi) Scores of Alpha Epsilon Pi (AEPi) chapters walked through their college campuses and communities this spring to bring Holocaust awareness directly to students and their campus community. While antisemitism and anti-Israel rhetoric and actions run rampant on college campuses, the brothers of AEPi, the worlds largest and leading Jewish college fraternity, wanted to make sure they helped raise awareness about the Holocaust through the fraternitys We Remember campaign. The campaign is a series of events and walks organized by AEPi brothers through their college campuses to raise awareness of the Holocaust and the atrocities committed against humankind.
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