Co-authored by Professor Samuel Totten

"In remembrance lie the roots of redemption; in forgetfulness the roots of destruction." That Judaic theme has inspired museums, international memorial days, and not a few politicians to invoke "Never Again" when the specter of genocide rears its horrific head.

Yet while millions...

Tarek al-Tayeb Mohamed Bouazizi was someone who proved that the actions of one man can often alter the course of history. Tragically, Bouazizi achieved his notoriety through the desperate act of self-immolation; a Tunisian street vendor whose desperate protests again municipal harassment and humiliation ended with his fiery suicide in...

Americans and global economic pundits breathed a sigh of relief when Washington finally stepped back from the fiscal cliff on New Years Day. But there's another cliff looming in 2013 that left unaddressed, can shove all into the abyss of a Middle East Armageddon:

We are now confronted with two...

In 1943, at the height of World War II and the Holocaust, the Danish people--under the yoke of German occupation--heroically spirited their Jewish neighbors from the genocidal clutches of the Nazis-- smuggling all 7,500 to safety in neutral Sweden.

Today, a different threatening scenario is unfolding. The streets of Denmark's...

Dear Dr. Afifi,

Many of us involved in global contacts between leaders of the world's major religions seek to understand the new Egyptian government views about non-Muslims. Last week, Mohammed Badie, the Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, gave the world a sample of his. In remarks published both in...

The casualty list from the "Innocence of Muslims" YouTube movie continues to mount by the day. First and foremost for the American people were the murders of our Ambassador and three other patriots serving their country. Then there is President Obama's carefully crafted outreach to the Arab and Muslim world...

Guri Weinberg was one month old when his father, Moshe Weinberg, Israel's Olympic Wrestling coach said goodbye to Guri and his wife Mimi, and left for the Munich Olympics. He never returned. Moshe Weinberg and ten of his fellow-Israeli athletes would be shot, tortured, mutilated and murdered by the Palestinian...

I will never forget that cold winter day. January 17, 1981. A 'whose who' of Jews, led by Simon Wiesenthal, Eli Wiesel, and Nobel laureates along with anonymous survivors of the Holocaust, came to Stockholm, Sweden to say a belated thank you to an unheralded hero, Raoul Wallenberg, and to...

Simon Wiesenthal said the history of mankind is a history of crimes. No crime in the annals of history has been as well documented -- by the perpetrators, bystanders, interveners and victims -- as Nazi Germany's Final Solution, the state-sponsored genocide that systematically murdered 6 million European Jews. Against this...

The Simon Wiesenthal Center, a leading Jewish Human Rights NGO, denounced China's state-run media for equating Nobel Prize-winner the Dalai Lama to the Nazi perpetrator of the World War II Holocaust during which 6 million Jews were systematically murdered.

According to the New York Times, the commentary...

A statement from the Simon Wiesenthal Center on the murderous outrage at Jewish Day School in Toulouse, France that left four dead, a seriously wounded teenager and a community plunged into mourning:

All the House of Israel mourns the heinous, cowardly, anti-Semitic murders of a young rabbi,...

The Simon Wiesenthal Center, a leading Jewish Human Rights NGO, is calling for the canceling of a Swedish Christian Art exhibition that depicts Israelis as gun-toting rats devouring the "Holey Land" [sic] and urges authorities to investigate if government funds are being used to legitimize anti-Jewish hatred. (See...

Commencing with Ash Wednesday, our Christian neighbors are now commemorating Lent. There are many and varied customs associated with Lent in the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and Coptic traditions, but the common denominator is the undertaking of a period of reflection, repentance and abstinence. In Iceland, for decades, the entire "Hymns...

Jan. 27, the anniversary of the day Soviet soldiers liberated the Auschwitz death camp in 1945, is the annual International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust. The United Nations, which will convene a solemn ceremony at its world headquarters, features online this statement by Holocaust...

If religion were Wall Street, we should be calling for its occupation. The New Year is supposed to generate a bit of optimism, but in early 2012 we are not feeling very optimistic when it comes to organized religion. We sense that it is failing where it is needed most...

Through the magic of Skype, I met a real hero. And the fate of this man and his mission will inform us about the ultimate outcome of the Arab Spring in Libya and perhaps across the entire region.

Meet David Gerbi, a 50-something psychoanalyst from Rome. But David was...

The ushering in of a Jewish New Year naturally is a time of personal and communal reflection, and this year there is much to take stock: The Palestinian demands for a state, a threatening nuclear Iran looming large on the horizon, a Turkish President gone wild with premeditated verbal abuse...

UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS -- As an official of an accredited human Rights NGO, I am here at opening week of the U.N.'s General Assembly session, along with other human rights NGOs, to confront three issues:

1. The appearance of the soon-to-be-nuclearized bully Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, whose regime continues to...

At most Interfaith events I attend, there is at least one reference to the shared spiritual values of the three Abrahamic Faiths. But in reality, too little of our forefather Abraham's legacy has translated to "good faith" on the ground.

One reason is how little we know about each other....

On July 9, 20,000 Malaysians gathered in Kuala Lumpur to demand more transparency in electoral laws in connection with next year's national elections.

Police unleashed tear gas and chemical-laced water on the demonstrators and temporarily detained nearly 1,700 of them. According to reports, authorities also detained six opposition activists without...