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International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance

UK adopts sweeping plan against antisemitism in schools; teachers union pushes back
Illustration: British Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson speaks to the class during a visit to meet students at the All Saints School in Anfield, Liverpool, January 16, 2025. (Peter Byrne, Pool Photo via AP)
By JTA, Zev Stub and ToI Staff
Union accuses Israel of genocide; program includes training, education on Jewish life and improved incident reporting
Illustrative: Damage caused by a firebomb at Beth Tikvah synagogue, Montreal, December 18, 2024. (B'nai Brith Canada via JTA)
September 14, 2026, 11:45 pm
Why 3 years after Oct. 7, antisemitism in Canada remains at an alarming high
Amid a spate of attacks against Jewish targets in Toronto and Montreal, many Canadian Jews and their allies question whether the government is doing enough
By Carson Phillips and Regan Lipes
Holocaust survivors and guests sit at the Auschwitz-Birkenau former Nazi concentration and extermination camp, during a ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of its liberation, in Oswiecim, Poland, Monday, January 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
February 6, 2026, 4:14 am
‘Never Again’ strategy: Facing soaring antisemitism and Holocaust ‘erasure,’ how should Jews fight back?
Defund the ADL? Bet the house on Jewish day schools and culture? Deemphasize Holocaust education… or legislate it? Jewish thinkers are floating lots of ideas. None is likely a panacea
By Ben Sales
A candle is placed at the Holocaust memorial, covered with ice, on the eve of the International Holocaust Memorial Day in Berlin, Germany, January 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
January 27, 2026, 2:14 am
On eve of International Holocaust Day, UN rights chief urges world to reject hatred
Slaughter began with apathy, not gas chambers, says Volker Türk; warns of ‘disturbing trend’ of antisemitism and ‘dehumanization creeping into our daily lives’
By AFP
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
Chairman of Yad Vashem Dani Dayan at Auschwitz to observe the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the death camp's liberation, January 27, 2025, International Holocaust Remembrance Day. (Yad Vashem)
January 27, 2025, 4:09 pm
What Matters Now to Yad Vashem head Dani Dayan: What to do when ‘friends’ disappoint
The chairman of the World Holocaust Remembrance Center takes a stand against rampant antisemitism and Holocaust denial and the tide change occurring in Europe
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Holocaust survivor Naftali Furst holds a family photo taken in Israel, as he poses in his home in the northern Israeli city of Haifa, on November 28, 2024. (MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP)
January 27, 2025, 12:55 am
New data on eve of Holocaust Memorial Day: 123,000 survivors living in Israel
Government report on 80-year anniversary of Auschwitz liberation also mentions 133 Israelis who fought in allied forces in WWII, says support for survivors came to NIS 3.9b. in 2024
By AFP
Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel supporters gather for a rally at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on October 14, 2023. (Joseph Prezioso/AFP)
January 21, 2025, 8:06 pm
Harvard settles lawsuits over antisemitism on campus
Among other commitments, university to adopt International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism, report its responses to harassment for next five years
By Agencies and ToI Staff
People display a Romani flag to commemorate the Roma and Sinti people killed by Nazi Germany in World War II, during ceremonies, in Oswiecim, Poland, August 2, 2019. (AP/Czarek Sokolowski)
August 2, 2024, 1:54 am
Decades after Holocaust, Romani community struggles for recognition of its genocide
While Nazi murder of the Jews in the Shoah is widely commemorated, relatively few countries mark the Aug. 2 memorial day of Samudaripen. Activists are working to change that
By Ronen Shnidman
Jewish students gather at the Helene G. Simon Hillel Center at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, February 13, 2024. (AP/Michael Conroy)
March 7, 2024, 4:50 am
Indiana lawmakers face off on antisemitism bill after changes sought by Israel critics
Disagreements could stop passage of bill aiming to address campus antisemitism for second consecutive year, as divisions deepen surrounding Israel-Hamas war
By ISABELLA VOLMERT
Deborah Feldman poses in her living room in Berlin, March 10, 2020. (Christophe Gateau/picture alliance via Getty Images via JTA)
November 28, 2023, 1:41 pm
‘Unorthodox’ author Deborah Feldman blasts German ‘taboo’ against criticizing Israel
The well-known US expat leads a chorus of Jewish voices – most of them not born in Germany – claiming hypersensitivity about criticizing the Jewish state is a post-WWII relic
By Toby Axelrod
Avi Berg helps a customer in his Cafe Dodo in Berlin. (Courtesy of Berg)
July 28, 2023, 9:10 am
Israeli expat boots Israeli ambassador from his Berlin cafe
Avi Berg bashes envoy Ron Prosor for ‘invalid and manipulative policy, which claims that any criticism of Israel is antisemitic’
By Toby Axelrod
Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with the cabinet via a video link at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow on January 24, 2023 (Mikhail Klimentyev / SPUTNIK / AFP)
January 27, 2023, 4:42 pm
Putin blasts ‘neo-Nazis’ in Ukraine on Holocaust Remembrance Day
Russian leader says ‘forgetting the lessons of history leads to the repetition of terrible tragedies’ as he continues to compare war against Hitler with current conflict
By AFP
People walk next to the 'Arbeit Macht Frei' (Work Sets You Free) gate at the former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau in Oswiecim, Poland, January 26, 2023 (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk)
January 27, 2023, 4:37 pm
Auschwitz liberation marked without Russia, as European peace again shattered by war
None of Putin’s officials invited to annual event on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, as Moscow’s war on Ukraine continues
By Vanessa Gera
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks during an interview at the UN Headquarters, on January 20, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Robert Bumsted)
January 27, 2022, 10:29 pm
UN head skirts adoption of IHRA antisemitism definition in Holocaust memorial speech
Guterres recites part of definition, but leaves out controversial section, makes no mention of official adoption; Israeli envoy insists sec general ‘effectively acknowledged’ it
By Jacob Magid
Israel's Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan holds an enlarged copy of the resolution passed on January 20, 2022 to combat Holocaust denial, flanked by Holocaust survivors at the General Assembly. (Israel's Mission to the UN)
January 20, 2022, 8:42 pm
UN General Assembly adopts Israeli resolution aimed at combating Holocaust denial
Only 2nd time an Israeli-led measure has ever passed; initiative earns 114 cosponsors, is approved by consensus; Iran opposes but can’t force vote since it hasn’t paid its UN dues
By Jacob Magid
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