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Most American Adults Don’t Know 6 Million Jews Were Killed In The Holocaust, Survey Finds
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Half of American adults are unaware of basic facts regarding Nazism and the Holocaust, including the number of Jews who were killed and how Nazis came to power.
Those are some of...
Pelosi-Led Congressional Delegation Visits Krakow Jewish Center
WARSAW, Poland (JTA) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited the Jewish community center in Krakow along with a congressional delegation and received honorary membership.
The bipartisan delegation le...
Opinion: The Israeli Left Is Dead. Can Jewish And Arab Cooperation Save It?
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Two center-left parties in Israel merged their electoral lists last week ahead of a submission deadline for the March 2 election. Labor, the “founding party” of Israel, will run with...
With Holocaust Summit In Jerusalem, Israel Gets Dragged Into Europe’s Memory Wars
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A major gathering of world leaders in Jerusalem meant to highlight the world’s determination to learn the lessons of the Holocaust has become mired in controversy even before it has ...
On Patrol With Monsey Hasidic Security Force
MONSEY, N.Y. (JTA) — Eleven days after a man barged into a rabbi’s home on Hanukkah here and stabbed five Jews, Josef Margaretten was patrolling this Hasidic neighborhood in an SUV marked with police-...
Polish Lawmaker Posts On Social Media Drawing Of Cows Wearing Striped Nazi Camp Uniform
BRUSSELS (JTA) - A Polish lawmaker at the European Parliament shared on social media a drawing showing cows at a slaughterhouse wearing striped uniforms with yellow stars like the ones the Nazis made ...
Ukraine’s Jewish President Heaps Praise on Israel in Pre-Visit Interview
UKRAINE (JTA) - President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine extolled Israelis as a “united, strong, powerful” and “unique” people in his first interview for an Israeli publication.
The Times of Israel ...
Serbian President Flies Yellow Flag With Star of David to Mark Holocaust Remembrance Day
BELGRADE (JTA) - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic is flying a yellow flag to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day at his official residence in in the capital of Belgrade.
The flag, which bears a Star o...
Transgender Woman Gives up Legal Fight to See Her Haredi Orthodox Children
LONDON (JTA) - A transgender woman in England has given up her legal fight to see her five haredi Orthodox children.
The woman has not seen the children, whom she fathered when she was living as a ...
Israel’s Security Force for World Holocaust Forum Will Be Nearly 10,000 Strong
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A security force nearly 10,000 strong will be protecting world leaders and others attending the 5th World Holocaust Forum at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem on Thursday.
Operation Future,...
Benny Gantz Says He Will Annex Jordan Valley After Elections
JERUSALEM (JTA) - Benny Gantz said that following national elections in March, he will work to establish Israeli sovereignty over the Jordan Valley “in coordination with the international community.”...
At 97, a Dutch Resistance Hero Wants to Give Fellow Jewish Fighters Overdue Recognition
AMSTERDAM (JTA) — Shortly after her capture by the Nazis in 1944, Dutch resistance fighter Selma van de Perre was transferred from a regular prison to the worst concentration camp in the Netherlands.
...
Son of North Carolina Judge Pleads Guilty to Threatening Local Synagogue
NORTH CAOLINA (JTA) - The son of a North Carolina Court of Appeals judge pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges for threatening a local synagogue.
William Warden, 21, son of Judge Lucy Inman, did no...
Photos Surface Showing Convicted Nazi War Criminal John Demjanjuk At Sobibor Camp
BERLIN (JTA) – Photos have surfaced of convicted Nazi war criminal John Demjanuk in the Sobibor Nazi death camp, where he denied ever having been a guard.
The recently discovered images come from t...
Man Charged With Hate Crime For Yelling At Jewish Couple In New York City
NEW YORK (JTA) — A man was arrested for yelling and cursing at a Jewish couple in midtown Manhattan near Times Square.
Vernon Stevens, 55, who has at least five prior arrests, was charged with aggr...
Jewish High School Student Tells Donald Trump That Fellow Students Drew Swastikas On Her Arm
WASHINGTON (JTA) — A Jewish high school student told President Donald Trump that her fellow students drew swastikas on her arms and pushed her around in her school’s hallways due to her religion.
A...
Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin To Lead US Delegation To Poland For Auschwitz Ceremonies
WASHINGTON (JTA) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin will lead the U.S. delegation to Poland for the ceremonies surrounding the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.
The events on th...
Biden Mocks Trump’s Claim To Speak Against Anti-Semitism
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Joe Biden mocked President Donald Trump’s claims to speak out against anti-Semitism, saying the president is dividing the country and turning a blind eye to white supremacists.
“...
Muslims Chant About Killing Jews Outside Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque
JERUALEM (JTA) — Hundreds of Muslims chanted about killing Jews outside the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem on Friday morning, prompting police to disperse the crowd.
The chants began as worshippers we...
Film Director Tries to Get Inside the Head of Yitzhak Rabin’s Killer
LOS ANGELES (JTA) – Over the past century, Jews have endured what filmmaker Yaron Zilberman calls a “trilogy of traumas”: the Holocaust, the Yom Kippur War and the assassination of Israeli Prime Minis...