Holocaust education

Holocaust survivor and TikTok influencer Gidon Lev speaks at a European Jewish Association symposium in Prague, January 2023. (Courtesy)

November 20, 2023, 12:23 am

Holocaust survivor quits TikTok, cites failure to confront antisemitism

Jews are a ‘token minority’ receiving constant threats of violence on the platform, Gidon Lev’s life partner says

The November 1938 file photo shows a group of people standing outside a Jewish-owned shop in an unnamed German town, after Kristallnacht, when Nazi-incited mass riots left more than 91 Jews dead, damaged more than 1,000 synagogues and left some 7,500 Jewish businesses ransacked and looted. (AP Photo, File)

November 9, 2023, 11:48 am

Holocaust survivor recalls Kristallnacht horrors in interactive VR project

Still residing in Munich, 91-year-old Charlotte Knobloch finds herself living through a new wave of hatred but says she won’t give up her trust in modern-day Germany

By Kirsten Grieshaber

Anne Frank in her school in Amsterdam. (Public domain)

November 6, 2023, 9:25 pm

Outcry as German ‘Anne Frank’ daycare plans rename as kids indifferent to her story

School in Tangerhütte intends to rebrand as ‘World Explorers,’ reportedly because migrant families aren’t familiar with story of Holocaust diarist; mayor says move not finalized

By JTA and ToI Staff

A mural portraying Polish-Israeli Holocaust historian and educator Alex Dancyg, who was taken hostage when Hamas terrorists stormed the Nir Oz kibbutz in Israel near the Gaza border on October 7, 2023, with the subtitle referring to him as 'Ambassador of Dialogue,' can be seen in Warsaw, Poland. (Wojtek Radwanski/AFP)

October 26, 2023, 1:44 pm

Poles campaign for return of Holocaust educator, 75, taken hostage by Hamas

Polish-born historian Alex Dancyg seen by many as ‘ambassador of dialogue’ for efforts to improve relations between Israel and Poland, alongside ability to reach children

By Magdalena Paciorek

Palestinian peace activist Prof. Mohammed Dajani, founder of the Wasatia anti-radicalization movement, during a visit to the Auschwitz death camp in March 2014. (Courtesy)

September 17, 2023, 7:49 am

Palestinian professor who took students to Auschwitz: Holocaust denial imperils peace

Commenting on PA President Abbas’s antisemitic canards, Mohammed Dajani says distortion of Nazi atrocities is deeply tied to Palestinian narrative, built on lack of education

By Gianluca Pacchiani

An image from 'The Light in the Darkness,' a video game designed by Luc Bernard to teach players about the Holocaust. Bernard released the game in 2023 after 15 years of development. (Voices of the Forgotten via YouTube/via JTA)

August 26, 2023, 5:28 am

A Holocaust museum is launching in Fortnite. Can video games fight antisemitism?

Game designer Luc Bernard seeks to educate people on a platform with 3 billion players and so rife with bigotry it’s almost the norm, but groups like the ADL express skepticism

By Andrew Lapin

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

Borussia Dortmund player Mats Hummels participates in a Holocaust education program at the San Diego Jewish Academy, July 28, 2023. (Courtesy of Borussia Dortmund via JTA)

August 2, 2023, 11:04 am

German soccer team joins US Jewish school to honor children murdered in Holocaust

Students and pro soccer players paint ceramic butterflies together to commemorate victims from Westphalia, where team is based, as part of The Butterfly Project education program

By jacob gurvis

Rabbi Yehuda Teichtal poses on the balcony of the curved building of the new Jewish educational and cultural complex in Berlin, Germany, June 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

June 23, 2023, 11:14 am

Germany’s biggest Jewish educational, cultural center since Holocaust opens in Berlin

Pears Jewish Campus will host 550 students in Chabad schools, along with movie theater, music studio, library, kosher deli and huge indoor basketball court and gym

By Kirsten Grieshaber

The Toronto Holocaust Museum is located at the United Jewish Appeal (UJA) Federation of Greater Toronto's Sherman Campus. (Courtesy/Toronto Holocaust Museum via JTA)

June 13, 2023, 11:26 pm

Toronto’s first Holocaust museum opens, looks to post-survivor era

Museum aims to educate the young, eschews graphic imagery and presents newly-unveiled personal artifacts

By Shira Li Bartov

A man wearing VR goggles is seen next to a screen depicting Holocaust survivor Inge Auerbacher at the Meta hub in Berlin on June 6, 2023. (Tobias Schwarz/AFP)

June 7, 2023, 7:00 pm

In first, artificial intelligence used for Holocaust education

Visitors in Berlin can converse with an AI-generated avatar based on interviews held with a survivor of the Theresienstadt concentration camp

By Deborah Cole

US singer Montana Tucker arrives for the premiere of 'The Mother' at the Westwood Regency Village Theater in Los Angeles, California, on May 10, 2023. (Michael Tran/AFP)

June 3, 2023, 3:36 am

TikTok star Montana Tucker to emcee DC embassy event for Israel’s 75th anniversary

US influencer builds reputation for Jewish content following documentary series on family trip to Auschwitz for her millions of social media followers

By Gabe Friedman

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May 7, 2023, 10:15 am

Discovering 3D Judaism, Israel and the Holocaust at the University of Haifa

UHaifa International offers three interlinking master’s programs with a multi-level understanding of Judaism, the Holocaust and the State of Israel

By Galit Diamant

Foreign Minister Eli Cohen attends a press conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, January 25, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

March 19, 2023, 2:18 pm

FM Cohen to visit UK ahead of Netanyahu visit, before heading to Poland

Foreign minister to meet with British counterpart Cleverly for talks on trade, Iran; will then travel to Warsaw to sign agreement on Holocaust youth trips

By Lazar Berman

High school students participate in the March of the Living at Auschwitz in Poland, April 16, 2015. (Yossi Zeliger/ Flash90/ File)

March 8, 2023, 1:12 am

Israel, Poland reach agreement to resume school Holocaust trips after 3-year hiatus

Educational visits have not taken place due to disputes over curriculum, as Polish government attempts to minimize local complicity in genocide

By ToI Staff