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Fast Forward In New England, Number Of Jews Applying For German Citizenship Quadruples
The number of Jewish descendants of Holocaust survivors who have applied for German citizenship has nearly quadrupled this year in the part of the United States served by Germany’s Boston consulate, radio station WBUR reported Thursday. Consul general Ralf Horlemann told the station that 49 people had received dual citizenship in the first quarter of…
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Fast Forward Report: Poland Only EU Country Without Law Returning Jewish Property
WARSAW, Poland (JTA) — A think tank that monitors Holocaust restitution issues reported that Poland is the only European Union nation that does not comply with an international understanding allowing for the return of Jewish property seized during World War II. The report by the European Shoah Legacy Institute notes that the countries of Western…
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Letters Why Holocaust Remembrance Remains So Important
Trump Gives A Holocaust Speech — And The ‘Alt Right’ Screams ‘Betrayal’, by Sam Kestenbaum, highlighted why the days of remembrance are so important. The venomous words of the ‘Alt-Right’ are revolting. We live in a society that encourages free speech. Nevertheless, we realize that hate speech can have dire consequences. I attended the ceremony…
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Fast Forward 700 Teens Teach Holocaust Survivors To Surf The Internet
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Nearly 700 Israeli teens studying in science and technology schools in Israel are teaching Holocaust survivors to use computers and the internet. The students meet weekly in pairs with survivors in 22 cities across Israel through a program called Mechubarim, which means connected. Students have helped the survivors to search for family…
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Fast Forward WATCH: What Could Have Stopped The Holocaust?
Over 6 million European Jews were slaughtered during the Holocaust. What could have stopped the genocide? Decades later, a survivor returns to Auschwitz with an answer. WATCH:
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Fast Forward UPDATE: Artwork Stolen By Nazis Removed From Auction
Recently, it was reported that artwork stolen by the Nazis that was slated to go up for auction in Austria despite legal (and moral) claims from the rightful owners. Well, today, it has been reported by Artnet that the “owner” of the painting has withdrawn the work from “just hours before the auction was due…
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Israel News Israeli Minister Fudges European History In Auschwitz Speech
Did Israel’s education minister fudge Holocaust history at an Auschwitz memorial event? Naftali Bennett, minister of education and leader of the Jewish Home party, was the Israeli government’s senior representative at this year’s March of the Living event at the Nazi death camp in Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland Monday. The event, taking place on Yom Hashoah,…
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Breaking News Did Trump’s Holocaust Speech Finally End The Controversy?
Did President Trump’s Holocaust memorial speech clean up his blemished record on anti-Semitism and the Holocaust? Reactions in the Jewish world to Trump’s Tuesday morning speech in the Capitol rotunda were as varied as the political views held by activists and organizations, but the Anti-Defamation League, perhaps the gold standard in battling anti-Semitism and bigotry…
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Culture How my odious cousin Roy Cohn was responsible for creating Donald Trump — and me
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