This is the Forward’s coverage of the Holocaust (also called the Shoah), the genocide of Europe’s Jews committed by the Nazis during World War II.
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Fast Forward Beto Compares Trump Crowds Chanting ‘Send Her Back’ To Nazi Rallies At Nuremberg
Beto O’Rourke compared a recent Donald Trump rally, at which supporters chanted “Send her back!” in reference to Rep. Ilhan Omar, to the Nazi party rallies at Nuremberg. “Yes, President Trump is a racist,” O’Rourke told a reporter for ABC News in response to a question asking whether Trump is racist. “What we saw in…
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Fast Forward Anti-Semitic Fliers Calling Holocaust ‘Fake News’ Posted At Synagogue
BOSTON (JTA) — Two anti-Semitic fliers that deny the Holocaust were posted at a Massachusetts synagogue, with reports of similar incidents at synagogues in two other states. Police are investigating what the Anti-Defamation League described as a coordinated campaign by a national online white supremacist group. The fliers at Temple Emanu-El in Marblehead, a town…
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Fast Forward New Oregon Law Will Require Schools To Teach The Holocaust
(JTA) — Oregon public school students will be required to learn about the Holocaust and other genocides under a bill signed into law by Gov. Kate Brown. The measure, which Brown signed Monday, was in response to spikes in anti-Semitic incidents across the country, CNN reported Tuesday. Beginning in the 2020-2021 school year, schools must…
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The Schmooze Pink’s Powerful Defense For Letting Her Kids Play At Berlin’s Holocaust Memorial
“Pink” — it’s actually a common Jewish name! Just not a common first name. The 39-year-old artist Pink (she named herself after a Steve Buschemi character, for what it’s worth) vacationed with her family in Berlin, where they visited the Berlin Cathedral, and the singer enjoyed a mixology class. The singer and her husband, motocross…
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Fast Forward Holocaust Survivor And Famed Financier’s Briefcase Of Family Photos And Letters Goes Missing
Michel David-Weill, a Holocaust survivor and a famous financier, had a small trove of irreplaceable family photographs and letters from before World War II go missing while on vacation in California, the Lost Coast Outpost first reported. David-Weill is the former chairman of Lazard Frères — his French Jewish family ran the private investment firm…
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Fast Forward Republican Lawmaker Invoked Oskar Schindler In Email About Loophole Allowing Anti-Gay Discrimination
A Republican Congressional candidate invoked Oskar Schindler with reference to his own anti-LGBTQIA+ legislative work, according to a report in the Huffington Post. As a North Carolina State Senator, Dan Bishop attempted to establish a loophole in anti-discrimination legislation by declaring that North Carolina residents could be exempt from state laws if they felt that…
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Fast Forward Florida Principal Removed After He Said He Needed To Be Neutral On Whether The Holocaust Happened
(JTA) — A high school in Boca Raton, Florida, removed a principal who told a parent that he needed to remain neutral on whether or not the Holocaust occurred. The Palm Beach County School District said in a statement Monday that it was aware of remarks made by William Latson in 2018 and had instructed…
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Fast Forward Florida Principal: Holocaust Is Not A ‘Factual, Historical Event’
(JTA) — A high school principal in Boca Raton, Florida, told a parent that inquired about the school’s educational plan for teaching the Holocaust that “Not everyone believes the Holocaust happened.” Spanish River Community High School principal William Latson wrote in an April 2018 email that “the curriculum is to be introduced but not forced upon…
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