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Holocaust stories and images generated by artificial intelligence are sparking debate among educators and historians. (Illustration by Grace Yagel for JTA)
May 12, 2026, 5:33 am
Experts debate whether AI-generated Holocaust content aids memory or distorts it
A World Jewish Congress clip of Anne Frank highlights potential and peril of new tools as firsthand testimony dies out — and opportunists capitalize on endless supply of ‘slop’
By Toby Axelrod
A person walks outside BBC headquarters in London, November 10, 2025. (AP/Kin Cheung)
January 28, 2026, 1:10 pm
BBC fails to mention Jews in some Holocaust Remembrance Day coverage, sparking outrage
British national broadcaster apologizes after anchors say ‘six million people’ killed, report doesn’t mention Jews, antisemitism; Holocaust Educational Trust: ‘Abuse of the memory’
By ToI Staff
In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath-laying ceremony at the monument 'Motherland' at the Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery in Saint Petersburg, on January 27, 2025, marking the 81st anniversary of the liberation of Leningrad from Nazi blockade in World War Two (Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Pool/ AFP)
January 9, 2026, 3:38 am
Russia accused of Holocaust distortion over ‘Genocide of the Soviet People’ memorial day
New remembrance day created by the Kremlin omits any mention of Jewish Holocaust victims, despite falling on the same date as the start of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
By ToI Staff
SABC presenter Juliet Newell (L) debates Mamphela Ramphele on South African television, August 2025. (Screenshots: YouTube, clause 27a of the copyright law)
September 2, 2025, 7:07 pm
South African interviewer fired for challenging comparison of Gaza war to Holocaust
Juliet Newell called the juxtaposition ‘provocative,’ noted the issues are different, prompting SABC broadcaster to boot her under pro-Palestinian pressure; Yad Vashem: ‘A moral failure’
By Zev Stub
International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance Executive Secretary Kathrin Meyer appears at a press conference to sign a declaration formally adopting the IHRA working definition of antisemitism at Chelsea Training Ground in Cobham, England, January 17, 2020. (Darren Walsh/Chelsea FC via Getty Images via JTA)
January 28, 2025, 4:57 pm
Holocaust distortion more dangerous than outright denial, warns departing IHRA chief
‘It’s always those who attack freedom, liberal views, diversity and pluralism’ who twist the facts, says Kathrin Meyer. ‘They use Holocaust distortion for their political gain’
By Larry Luxner
Yehuda Bauer in his apartment in the Beit HaKerem neighborhood of Jerusalem on July 3, 2023. (Charlie Summers/Times of Israel)
October 18, 2024, 11:10 pm
Yehuda Bauer, influential Holocaust scholar, dies at age 98
Bauer challenged the prevalent ‘sheep to the slaughter’ narrative tacked onto Holocaust survivors in Israel, helped draft leading antisemitism definition
By Charlie Summers
UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese speaks during a press conference following a session of the UN Human Rights Council, Geneva, March 27, 2024. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP)
July 27, 2024, 2:30 am
UN expert endorses tweet comparing Netanyahu to Hitler; US: She’s not fit to serve
Israel denounces Francesca Albanese as ‘beyond redemption’; special rapporteur for rights situation in the Palestinian territories has history of antisemitic comments
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Israel's Ambassador to Russia Simona Halperin (right) presents her credentials to Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov, January 1, 2024. (Simona Halperin's X account)
February 7, 2024, 2:50 am
Russia summons Israeli ambassador for criticizing Lavrov, Moscow’s ties with Hamas
Russian foreign ministry informs Simona Halperin of its ‘negative reaction’ to interview in which she said the country’s top diplomat downplayed the importance of the Holocaust
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Israel's Ambassador to Russia Simona Halperin (right) presents her credentials to Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov, January 1, 2024. (Simona Halperin's X account)
February 5, 2024, 12:31 pm
Russia to summon Israeli envoy over criticism of its Hamas ties, Holocaust distortion
Moscow laments ‘extremely unsuccessful start’ for recently appointed Ambassador Simona Halperin, claims her remarks misrepresent its foreign policy
By Reuters and ToI Staff
File: Protesters hold placards during a demonstration to protest against antisemitism, in central London on November 26, 2023. (JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)
January 24, 2024, 5:25 pm
Poll finds ‘frightening’ rates of antisemitism among young British public
Over half of 18- to 24-year-olds believe Israel treating Palestinians the way Nazis treated Jews and 1 in 10 believe Jewish people less loyal to nation than other Britons
By ToI Staff
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova attends Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's annual end-of-year press conference in Moscow on January 18, 2024. (Alexander NEMENOV / AFP)
January 21, 2024, 10:41 pm
Russia downplays Holocaust’s impact on Jews, pans German defense of Israel at ICJ
FM spokeswoman says Berlin ignores massacres of non-Jews during WWII, criticizes ‘unfettered support’ of Israel; Jerusalem slams Holocaust distortion, thanks Germany for backing
By Michael Horovitz
Syrian President Bashar Assad, during the Arab summit in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, May 19, 2023. (Saudi Press Agency via AP)
December 20, 2023, 2:33 pm
Syria’s Assad claims Holocaust was a lie fabricated to justify creation of Israel
Syrian dictator, who has himself been accused of genocide, says Jews weren’t specifically targeted during WWII, claims US funded Nazi Party’s rise to power
By Shira Silkoff
A view of an opening event for the Vilnius 700th anniversary events in the Lithuanian capital, January 25, 2023. (Gabriel Khiterer via JTA)
October 28, 2023, 1:16 am
As Vilnius celebrates its 700th anniversary, Lithuanian Jews commemorate a darker one
A thriving Jewish center for hundreds of years, the city saw its Jews decimated by the Nazis and local collaborators, a history not all Lithuanians are willing to confront
By Emily Tamkin
PA President Mahmoud Abbas delivers a speech at the European Union Parliament in Brussels on June 23, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / JOHN THYS)
September 7, 2023, 3:07 pm
US antisemitism envoy and EU denounce Mahmoud Abbas’s speech: Distorts the Holocaust
Europeans blast ‘grossly misleading’ claims by Palestinian Authority leader that Hitler killed Jews because they were moneylenders, and Ashkenazi Jews are descendants of Khazars
By Lazar Berman and Jacob Magid
Ajay (Varun Dhawan) and Nisha (Janhvi Kapoor) imagine themselves as Auschwitz prisoners in a scene from the Amazon-distributed 'Bawaal.' (Screenshot via JTA)
August 13, 2023, 2:30 am
Holocaust scholars debate Bollywood movie ‘Bawaal,’ about couple visiting Auschwitz
The film’s protagonists find answers to their marital woes in the Nazi death camp; despite its drawbacks, some say the film at least teaches Indians about the genocide
By Andrew Lapin
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