China is committing a genocide. Silence is not an option.
The Chinese government’s persecution of the majority Muslim Uyghur population in Xinjiang takes many forms.
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Opinion My fellow Orthodox Jews: Start fighting for the Uyghurs
The Chinese concentration camps for Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities should strike fear into Jew's hearts
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Opinion We Jews know what happens in concentration camps. We cannot be silent about China’s abuses.
As Jews and Americans, we need to stand up to China’s efforts to explain away the true nature of its actions
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Opinion Why Does No One Care That China Is Ethnically Cleansing Uighur Muslims?
In 1948, the international community enshrined the promise of “Never Again” into international law when the United Nations General Assembly passed the Genocide Convention. Still reeling from the industrial scale mass murder that took place on both the European and Asian continents between 1936 and 1945, UN member states agreed to prevent and punish fellow…
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Fast Forward Armenia’s Capital Honors Holocaust Survivor Who Coined The Term ‘Genocide’
(JTA) — Armenia’s capital named a street for Raphael Lemkin, the Jewish lawyer who coined the term genocide. The deputy mayor of Yerevan, Sergey Harutunyan, said during the ceremony earlier this month that Lemkin’s legacy had a “serious impact” on world history, the Armenrpess agency reported from the Dec. 11 ceremony. Lemkin was born in what…
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Fast Forward Congress Passes Legislation Named For Elie Wiesel To End Genocides
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Bipartisan legislation named for the late Elie Wiesel that aims to improve the U.S. response to emerging or potential genocides is expected to be signed into law by President Donald Trump. The Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act passed final votes last week in the Senate and the House of Representatives….
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Fast Forward Facebook Campaigns Are Inciting Genocide In Myanmar
Facebook has become a means for ethnic cleansing in Myanmar, The New York Times reported. Myanmar military personnel has been using the social network over the past five years to prey on the country’s Muslim Rohingya minority group, according to former military officials, researchers and civilian officials in Myanmar. Facebook took down the official accounts…
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Culture Serena Dykman on ‘Nana’ and the State of Holocaust Education
Serena Dykman grew up hearing stories of the Holocaust: Her grandparents were survivors, and her maternal grandmother, Maryla Michalowski-Dyamant, was a renowned Holocaust educator, who spoke about her experiences around the world. Years after Maryla’s death, when Serena witnessed the aftermath of anti-Semitic terror attacks in Brussels and Paris, she decided it was time to…
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