Why Israel should have little to do with Holocaust Remembrance Day
The memory of this atrocity doesn't belong to any one nation state
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Despite a year of isolation and pandemic restrictions, Jewish communities around the country are finding ways to come together for Yom HaShoah, the annual commemoration to honor the more than six million Jews murdered by Nazis and Nazi collaborators during the Holocaust. From coast to coast, synagogues, cities, museums, Jewish community centers, and others are…
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Opinion Look How Far Ukraine Has Come Since the Babi Yar Massacre
Today marks the 75th anniversary of the Babi Yar massacre, widely considered one of the worst atrocities committed during the Holocaust. Between September 29 and September 30, 1941, SS officers murdered 33,771 Jewish civilians by gunfire at Babi Yar, a ravine located in the outskirts of the Ukrainian capital of Kiev. Those who were not…
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Opinion Europe’s Foundation of Ashes and Dust
Europe’s foundations are constructed upon ashes and dust. They are built where the walls of the ghettos were once erected around overcrowded quarters in Warsaw, Łódź, and Krakow. They are built upon the pits of Babi Yar and the mass graves made across Poland, Russia, and the Ukraine. They are built upon the ruins of…
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Fast Forward Barack Obama: Fight Against Hate on Holocaust Remembrance Day
President Obama in a statement marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day said the spirit of Holocaust resistance must inspire policy today. “While this is a time for mourning and reflection, it is also the time for action,” Obama said in the statement released Sunday. “On this day, we recall the courage, spirit and determination of those…
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