International Holocaust Remembrance Day

How the Holocaust Lives On for Survivor's Children

Vicki Larson | Posted 04.17.2012

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Vicki Larson

My mother was just 12 when she and her family were rounded up from their home in Chernowitz, Romania, and sent to the ghetto.

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Why 'Never Again' Is a Litmus Test for Iran

Laura Kam | Posted 03.28.2012

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Laura Kam

Accepting the dire lessons of the Holocaust has rightly become a litmus test of human decency. A country such as Iran which refuses to even recognize that there are any lessons to be learnt must never be permitted nuclear weapons.

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Are We Still Comfortable With The Term Holocaust?

Josh Fleet | Posted 03.28.2012

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What's in a name? When it comes to remembering the millions of victims of the Nazi quest to "purify" Germany during World War II, names are often a...

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The Legacy of Sugihara: How One Japanese Diplomat Saved My Grandfather From The Holocaust And Taught Me The Lesson Of Life

Mark B. Salomon | Posted 03.28.2012

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Mark B. Salomon

The courage to act, even when the world remains silent, is a powerful lesson. Sugihara was not alone; others acted to save lives, often at great personal risk or suffering the ultimate penalty of death.

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Their Denial And Our Silence Mock International Holocaust Memorial Day

Rabbi Abraham Cooper | Posted 03.27.2012

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Rabbi Abraham Cooper

If the grandchildren of the victims of Hitler's Final Solution are to have hope for the future, they'll need the international community to go beyond annual moments of silence.

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Exploiting the Memory of Child Holocaust Victims Is Obscene

Menachem Rosensaft | Posted 03.27.2012

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Menachem Rosensaft

My brother and every other child murdered in any genocide deserve to be remembered as fragile flames extinguished in tsunamis of hatred, intolerance and bigotry. Exploiting their memory to score cheap political points is obscene.

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A Day For Holocaust Remembrance

Posted 06.28.2011

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Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, is the official Israeli commemoration of the 6 million Jews murdered in Nazi Germany during World War II. Yom ...

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Rabbis Petition Murdoch To Crack Down On Fox's Holocaust Language

Posted 05.25.2011

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By Nicole Neroulias Religion News Service (RNS) Hundreds of American rabbis used Holocaust Remembrance Day on Thursday (Jan. 27) to push media mogul ...

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Google Launches Holocaust Archive

Posted 05.25.2011

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To coincide with International Holocaust Remembrance Day (January 27), Google and Yad Vashem, an Israeli museum established in the 1950s to preserve t...

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Statement Of Muslim American Imams And Community Leaders On Holocaust Denial

Posted 05.25.2011

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"O you who believe, stand up firmly for justice as witnesses to Almighty God." (Holy Qu'ran, al-Nisa "The Women" 4:135) On August 7-11, 2010, we ...

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Many Genocides To Be Commemorated On Holocaust Memorial Day

Posted 05.25.2011

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By Trevor Grundy Religion News Service CANTERBURY, England (RNS/ENInews) After the Nazi slaughter of 6 million Jews during World War II, the world cr...

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In Poland, Survivors Mark Auschwitz Anniversary

AP | MONIKA SCISLOWSKA | Posted 05.25.2011

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OSWIECIM, Poland — Bundled tightly against the cold and snow, elderly Auschwitz survivors walked among the barracks and watchtowers of Auschwitz...

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International Holocaust Remembrance Day: VIDEO Of Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu's Address

Posted 05.25.2011

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International Holocaust Remembrance Day is being celebrated today around the world, 65 years after the Auschwitz camp was liberated. January 27 has...

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