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Opinion Iraqi Victims Of The Nazis Deserve Compensation. Why Is Israel Denying Them?
This past week, the government of Israel announced that the history of North African Jews during World War II would be incorporated into the Holocaust curriculum. “For years, the story of Jews living in Muslim countries under the Nazi occupation has been absent from our discourse,” Minister of Education Rafi Peretz said. “The painful stories…
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Fast Forward California Education Board Rejects New Curriculum Accused Of ‘Anti-Jewish’ Bias
(JTA) — Senior education officials in California have expressed disapproval of a proposed ethnic studies curriculum for the state’s schools. The Jewish community is among several minority groups that have protested the draft. As written, the curriculum failed to meet the standard of being “accurate, free of bias, appropriate for all learners in our diverse…
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Fast Forward Holocaust Denier Banned From France For 40 Years
After getting stopped on her way to France, a convicted Holocaust denier learned she is banned from entering the country for 40 years, The Jewish Chronicle reported. Alison Chabloz took to Gab, a social media platform popular among the so-called “alt-right,” to let her online followers know she had been “banned from entering France until…
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Fast Forward Polish Woman Who Saved Jewish Family From Holocaust Dies At 102
(JTA) — Krystyna Danko, one of the oldest and most celebrated non-Jews recognized by Israel for saving Jews from the Holocaust, has died. She was 102. Danko, who became deaf and blind a few years ago, passed away Wednesday in her Warsaw home. She died in her sleep in a hospital bed recently purchased for…
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Fast Forward Florida Health Care Aide Accused Of Stealing Holocaust Survivor’s Life Savings
(JTA) — A home health care aide was arrested for bilking an elderly Jewish couple in the Miami area out of at least $100,000, some of it Holocaust reparations. Odalis Lopez, 56, has worked as a caretaker for Rella Herman, 93, and Leonard Herman, 91, of suburban Pinecrest since 2011, the NBC Miami affiliate reported….
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Fast Forward 104-Year-Old Holocaust Survivor Celebrates Birthday At Kotel With 400 Descendants
A 104-year-old Holocaust survivor wanted to celebrate her birthday by praying with her descendants at the Western Wall — and 400 people showed up, leading to a massively viral photo, the Algemeiner reported. For her 104th birthday, Shoshana Ovitz had initially asked her eldest granddaughter, Panini Friedman for “a list of all the grandchildren and…
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Opinion Bad Holocaust Analogies Ironically Show The Stunning Success Of Holocaust Education
When Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez referred to detention centers for asylum seekers in the U.S. as “concentration camps”, a controversy rightfully erupted. Some decried AOC for trivializing the Holocaust; others defended her statement as a legitimate image to draw attention to suffering and inhumanity. Others argued the fine points of terminology (she said “concentration camps,” not…
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Fast Forward The Hunt For Anne Frank’s Betrayer Continues – Now With High-Tech
The search for Anne Frank’s betrayer is still on – but now, it’s bolstered by high-tech research methods. Former FBI agent Vincent Pankoke is directing a team of forensic scientists and others in the hunt for the person who turned Anne Frank and her family in to the Nazis, National Geographic reported. The “cold case”…
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