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A man wearing a kipah looks on, as people take part in a demonstration called by the Representative Council of Jewish Institutions in France on July 31, 2014, in front of a Lyon synagogue. (AFP/Romain LaFabregue/File)
November 27, 2018, 2:14 pm
CNN poll: Over 20% of Europeans say Jews have ‘too much influence’ worldwide
Survey across 7 countries finds over a third know little or nothing about Holocaust, while 32% say Jews use genocide’s memory to advance their interests
By Stuart Winer
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) speaks with his Lithuanian counterpart Saulius Skvernelis in Vilnius, Lithuania, on August 23, 2018. (AFP/Petras Malukas)
August 24, 2018, 12:41 pm
After meeting Netanyahu, Lithuanian leader proposes closer EU ties
Saulius Skvernelis calls for cooperation on counter-terrorism, and more direct dialogue to ‘better understand’ Israeli positions
By Agencies and TOI staff
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and his Lithuanian counterpart Saulius Skvernelis arrive to address a press conference in Vilnius, Lithuania, on August 23, 2018. (AFP/ Petras Malukas)
August 24, 2018, 2:35 am
Despite honors for collaborators, PM praises Vilnius for Holocaust remembrance
Netanyahu thanks Lithuanian counterpart for ‘great steps’ to commemorate Holocaust, but Jewish community figures say country continues to honor nationalist figures who killed Jews
By TOI staff and AFP
Polish Ambassador to Israel Marek Magierowski, left, with President Rivlin in Jerusalem, August 2, 2018 (Twitter)
August 2, 2018, 6:22 pm
Rivlin welcomes new Polish ambassador with unsubtle rebuke over Holocaust law
‘I’m sure we can open a new chapter in our relationship,’ envoy says in Hebrew, after president says it’s better to leave history to historians
By Raphael Ahren
A copy of the Polish-Israeli agreement appearing in Yedioth Ahronoth on July 5. 2018. (Joshua Davidovich/Times of Israel)
July 5, 2018, 11:48 am
Poles launch global drive to promote Holocaust law deal, roiling Israeli critics
Knesset members charge Jerusalem handed Warsaw a PR victory as full-page ads with joint declaration appear in English, Hebrew, German, Spanish and French
By Raphael Ahren
Unemployed men queued outside a Depression-era soup kitchen opened in Chicago by the mobster Al Capone in 1931. Economic uncertainty fueled Americans’ anxieties about taking in large numbers of refugees from Europe. (National Archives at College Park-Still Pictures via JTA)
May 2, 2018, 5:36 am
Exhibit shows ordinary Americans knew a lot about Holocaust as it was happening
Opening this month at US Holocaust Museum, ‘What did Americans know?’ presents a sobering assessment of how citizens reacted to news coming out of Europe
By Ron Kampeas
Chief Rabi of Poland, Michael Schudrich, says prayers for the dead at a cemetery where eight Jews killed by the Germans in 1944 were buried, along with the Polish Ulma family that was sheltering them, in Jagiella, Poland, on Thursday, March 17, 2016 during ceremonies honoring the Ulmas and hundreds of Poles who lost their lives trying to save Jews in the Holocaust. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
May 1, 2018, 10:11 pm
Amid raging Holocaust law controversy, Poland’s chief rabbi urges nuance
Michael Schudrich is not afraid of doling out a little tough love as two communities with a 1,000 year history lock horns over what, he says, could really be a minor issue
By Yaakov Schwartz, Raphael Ahren and Amanda Borschel-Dan
Dana Rogozinski (right) with her grandmother Ella Lucak Rogozinski in 2015. (Courtesy)
May 1, 2018, 6:59 pm
Granddaughter of Holocaust survivors makes jewelry featuring Nazi tattoo numbers
Dana Rogozinski names company after her grandparents; aims to ‘spark important conversations’ through unique necklaces, bracelets, cuff links
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Howard Feldman
April 11, 2018, 3:42 pm
Howard Feldman
My beloved, damaged, grandparents
They survived the Holocaust, built a bright future for their family, and also passed down their darkest fears
In this April 12, 2016 file photo, Democratic Rep. Carolyn Maloney speaks at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
April 10, 2018, 3:58 am
New York congresswoman to introduce Holocaust education bill
Carolyn Maloney set to propose bipartisan legislation designed to help educators promote tolerance during Holocaust memorial week
By Eric Cortellessa
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh delivering a speech in Gaza City, on January 23, 2018. (AFP Photo/Mahmud Hams)
January 31, 2018, 2:01 pm
Israel hails ‘righteous’ US decision to put Hamas leader on terror list
Hamas says it won’t be deterred; move allows the US to freeze all Ismail Haniyeh’s assets and prohibits Americans from dealing with him
By Gavin Rabinowitz
US Vice President Mike Pence, 2nd left, and his wife Karen, left, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, 2nd right, and his wife Sara during a ceremony at the remembrance hall at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem, on January 23, 2018. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Yad Vashem)
January 29, 2018, 5:04 pm
Pence tweet for Holocaust remembrance day raises hackles with ‘Christ imagery’
US VP accused of dishonoring victims after he called them ‘martyrs’ who ‘rose up from the ashes to resurrect themselves’
By JTA and TOI staff
Raoul Wallenberg, right, with Jews in the Swedish Embassy in Budapest, exact date uncertain (Courtesy Yad Vashem)
January 17, 2018, 2:45 pm
On Holocaust Remembrance Day, Israel to honor foreign diplomats who rescued Jews
Hoping its own diplomats would show similar bravery if needed, Foreign Ministry pays tribute to righteous colleagues with memorial in Jerusalem and exhibit to go around the world
By Raphael Ahren
Visitors to the exhibition 'Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away' on November 28, 2017 at the Arte Canal Exhibition Centre in Madrid. (AFP/Gabriel Bouys)
November 29, 2017, 11:54 pm
Madrid opens first global roving Auschwitz exhibit
In the face of rising xenophobia around the world, ‘exhibition can play a crucial role,’ official behind project says
By Laurence BOUTREUX
Blocks are placed on a property adjacent to Alternative for Germany lawmaker Bjoern Hoecke’s home in the village of Bornhagen, eastern Germany, Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2017 (Swen Pfoertner/dpa via AP)
November 22, 2017, 5:04 pm
Germans troll far-right leader with Holocaust memorial outside home
Artists erect mini version of Berlin memorial outside home of AfD’s Bjoern Hoecke, who suggested country should stop acknowledging its Nazi past
By AFP
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