Paths, Places and Spaces of Nazi Persecution
The new yearbook of the International Tracing Service (ITS), which came out in November 2016, focuses on the spatial dimension of the Holocaust and other…
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Israeli Poland guides on Łopuchowo incident
Following the incident the Israeli Poland guides association approched Senior Officials in the Ministry of Education requesting a public condemnation of the event and to…
WJC President Lauder welcomes German efforts to prosecute more former Nazi camp guards
Investigators in Germany completed preliminary investigations into thousands of suspected former Nazi concentration camp guards and are to bring charges against eight people. German Nazi…
WJRO Disappointed with Decision by Polish Constitutional Tribunal on Law Limiting Warsaw Restitution Claims
NEW YORK, July 27 – The World Jewish Restitution Organization (WJRO) expressed disappointment with the decision today by the Polish Constitutional Tribunal to affirm the…
4th annual Ride For The Living
Mark your calendar for the 4th annual Ride For The Living – June 29 – July 2, 2017. Ride For The Living is an annual fundraising…
US Holocaust Memorial Museum concerned over Polish Education Minister’s remarks on Jedwabne pogrom
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is concerned over recent public statements by the Polish Education Minister, Anna Zalewska, questioning that Poles…
World Jewish Congress President: Polish officials must immediately apologize for remarks questioning Poles’ involvement in murder of Jews during WWII
NEW YORK – World Jewish Congress (WJC) President Ronald S. Lauder today strongly criticized statements made by high-ranking Polish officials regarding the involvement of Poles…
First AJT seminar in Georgia
First AJT seminar in Georgia and first working meeting of AJT Parliament were held in late June. For Jewish teenagers from Georgia, it was a…
Third Annual Ride For The Living
JCC Krakow Announces Third Annual Ride For The Living & Partnership With JCC Association The Third Annual Ride For The Living will take place on Friday,…
Lauder: Iran making a mockery of itself and the world with ‘disgusting’ Holocaust cartoon contest
World Jewish Congress President Ronald Lauder said Friday that he was “disgusted” by the fact that Iran was once again staging a global competition showcasing…
New London mayor attends Shoah memorial in first public engagement
London’s new mayor, Sadiq Khan, on Sunday attended a ceremony in the British capital to commemorate the murder of six million Jews by Nazi Germany….
European Museum Academy Prize Awarded to Polin
In 2010 the European Museum Academy has established the European Museum Academy Prize with the aim of recognising the outstanding results of organisations, researchers and…
Love after the Liberation
She lives in Germany, he lives in Israel: the daughter and son of a Shoah survivor heard of each other for the first time through the…
New eBook Unveils the World’s First Jewish Ghetto
Commemorating 500 Years to the Venice ghetto in a new interactive eBook by the World Jewish Heritage Fund. As Israel prepares to mark the annual…
‘Hitler supported Zionism’: Labour suspends former London mayor
The controversy over widespread anti-Semitism in the British Labour Party widened on Thursday when Ken Livingstone, the former mayor of London and an ally of…