Babi Yar massacre memorial unveils Jewish prayer space
A total of 33,771 Jews were shot at the Babi Yar ravine by the Nazis during just two days in 1941.
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Holocaust survivors use social media to fight antisemitism
With short video messages recounting their stories, participants in the #ItStartedWithWords campaign hope to educate people about how the Nazis embarked on an insidious campaign to dehumanize and marginalize Jews – years before death camps were established to carry out murder on an industrial scale.
The forgotten tragedy of Tunisian Jewry
No other North African country was as severely impacted by Nazi occupation as Tunisia, says Professor Haim Saadoun, director of the Documentation Center of North African Jews During World War II.
Holocaust survivors join virtual March of Living ceremony at Auschwitz
As Israel marks the national day of remembrance for Holocaust victims, the virtual March of the Living takes place.
Report: Pandemic amped up antisemitism, forced it online
Conspiracy theories blaming Jews for the pandemic’s medical and economic devastation abounded online, annual report by Tel Aviv University's Kantor Center for the Study of Contemporary European Jewry finds.
In first, Bahrain Jewish community holds Holocaust Memorial Day event
"Ceremony was held at the community synagogue, which was recently renovated at the king's initiative," local Jewish organization says.
Porto Holocaust Museum inaugurated ahead of remembrance events
This is the first Holocaust museum in the country. It features reproductions of Auschwitz barracks, a name room, a flame memorial, a study center, and photographs and screens showing actual footage of before, during, and after the genocide.
Ultra-Orthodox couple sues NYC over alleged housing discrimination
"It is extremely upsetting to think that you're being discriminated against because of your fervent, deep religious belief in having a large family," says the couple's lawyer, Justin Kelton.
Israel's Holocaust survivor population dwindling daily
2020, the year of COVID, saw over 14,000 survivors pass away. For the first time, government data on survivors includes Jews from North Africa and the Middle East who were targets of antisemitic persecution.
Houston synagogue files federal lawsuit claiming city violating its religious rights
TORCH: Torah Outreach Resource Center of Houston alleges that the city is trying to enforce a “residential-use deed restriction” on the property, which would force it to close.