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Fast Forward George Santos got up in Congress to talk about Holocaust Remembrance Day
But the congressman didn't mention his grandparents, who he has falsely claimed were Holocaust survivors
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Fast Forward Bipartisan HEAL Act would study state of Holocaust education in public schools
Several representatives pointed to shocking stats on Holocaust awareness, antisemitic crime while announcing the bill
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Fast Forward ‘A Holocaust Memorial Day Macy’s sale’: Jewish faculty boycott James Madison University Holocaust event
Two dozen current and past Jewish James Madison faculty and staff sent a letter to the university president to inform him of the boycott
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Fast Forward Santos posted offensive remark about the Holocaust and made jokes about Jewish stereotypes, according to new report
'He'd always say that it was okay for him to make those jokes because he was Jewish,’ Santos’ former roommate said
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Opinion On this Holocaust Remembrance Day, remember the non-Jewish Holocaust victims too
Recognizing other groups persecuted by the Nazis does not diminish Jewish persecution, but gives necessary context
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Nazi-collaborator monuments On Holocaust Remembrance Day, reflections on 2 years of documenting monuments to Nazi collaborators
For millions of people, especially in Europe, World War II never ended
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Film & TV How film brought Nazis to justice at Nuremberg
'Filmmakers for the Prosecution' shows how two Jewish brothers searched Europe for evidence of the Holocaust
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Fast Forward Almost half of Americans don’t know how many Jews died in the Holocaust, AJC survey says
Many lacked knowledge of other critical facts of the Shoah, a finding that's consistent with other recent surveys
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Fast Forward Why neo-Nazis marched in Ohio this weekend, and almost every weekend in the US
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Opinion The group behind Project 2025 has a plan to protect Jews. It will do the opposite.
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News Texas schools want to add Queen Esther to the curriculum. Here’s why Jews (and many Christians) are opposed.
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Yiddish בער קאָטלערמאַן געווינט די י. י. סיגאַל פּרעמיע פֿאַר זײַן בוך דערציילונגען „סאַמאָיעד“Ber Kotlerman wins J. I Segal award for his collection of stories, ‘Samoyed’
די העלדן אין דער זאַמלונג זענען אוקראַיִנער ייִדן וואָס לײַדן פֿון אַ שווער לעבן אָבער בלײַבן פֿאָרט לײַטיש.
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