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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 537

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Auschwitz survivor Michael Bornstein and his daughter Debbie Holinstat speak at a reception in Poland's Krakow marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, January 26, 2025. (Zev Stub/Times of Israel)
January 27, 2025, 3:04 am
In Krakow, ahead of Holocaust day, Jewish leaders honor the last generation of survivors
Only 17 survivors attend event; rising antisemitism post-Oct. 7 is also a central theme at reception marking 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz
By Zev Stub
Isaac R. Ohrenstein on one of several international internship experiences, on Seven Mile Beach in the Cayman Islands at the Ritz Carlton Hotel. (Courtesy)
December 27, 2024, 4:22 pm
A Harvard student interviewed dozens of Jewish change-makers. Here’s his takeaway
For ‘Voices of Impact,’ podcast host Isaac Ohrenstein speaks with the Jewish world’s most impactful personalities. With mic turned on him for a change, he shares his experiences
By Cathryn J. Prince
Attendees with placards reading "raped jew, Republic in danger" (L) and "antisemitism is not residual", with French flags and an Israeli flag take part in a demonstration against antisemitism called by the Representative Council of French Jewish Institutions (CRIF) at Place de la Comedie in Montpellier, southern France, on August 27, 2024. (Pascal GUYOT / AFP)
October 15, 2024, 11:29 pm
EU issues declaration against antisemitism, calls for more action to combat it
Member states commit to promoting consequences for antisemitic hate speech, fostering Jewish culture, ensuring Jewish Europeans’ safety; Jewish groups hail move
By ToI Staff
World Jewish Congress President Ronald Lauder gives Pope Francis a 'Kishreinu' (Hebrew for 'Our Bond') document marking influence of the Catholic Church's Nostra Aetate declaration on Catholic-Jewish relations, October 19, 2023. (Shahar Azran/WJC via JTA)
October 24, 2023, 4:26 pm
In a first, a Jewish organization opens an office at the Vatican
World Jewish Congress president Ronald Lauder visits Pope Francis while inaugurating the organization’s ‘representative office to the Holy See’ late last week
By Gabe Friedman
Israeli rescue teams evacuate a wounded person near the southern city of Sderot on October 7, 2023, after the Palestinian terror group Hamas launched a large-scale surprise attack on Israel. (Menahem KAHANA / AFP)
October 8, 2023, 1:10 am
American Jewish groups offer broad support to Israel after assault from Gaza
After the early-morning infiltration attack, organizations from across the political spectrum release statements supporting the Jewish state and condemning Hamas
By Gavriel Fiske
Illustrative: A hand-drawn swastika is seen on the front of Union Station near the Capitol in Washington, DC, January 28, 2022. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
September 8, 2023, 5:47 pm
1 in 3 US Jewish college students has seen or experienced antisemitism, survey says
Among general public respondents to poll, only 11% had heard of BDS, but twice as many had heard of IHRA, the organization behind controversial antisemitism definition
By Andrew Lapin
Members of the Latin American Jewish Congress and the Muslim World League meet at a hotel in Buenos Aires, July 2023. (Courtesy of the World Jewish Congress via JTA)
July 19, 2023, 8:53 am
‘We are brothers’: Latin American Jewish, Muslim groups gather for landmark meeting
Major umbrella groups from both faiths sit down for 2 days and publish ‘decalogue’ of agreements to cooperate on interfaith activities, culture, sports and fighting hate speech
By Juan Melamed
United States Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina Michael J. Murphy kneels next to the coffins containing remains of 30 newly identified victims of the Srebrenica Genocide in Potocari, Bosnia, July 10, 2023. (AP/Armin Durgut)
July 10, 2023, 6:13 pm
Jews, Muslims mark Srebrenica anniversary, Europe’s only post-World War II genocide
World Jewish Congress hosts day-long conference in city where more than 8,000 Bosniaks, mainly Muslims, were killed in July 1995
By Eldar Emric
In this file photo taken on April 4, 2023, a sign of Swiss bank Credit Suisse is seen in Basel, on the eve of the general meeting of shareholders following the takeover by UBS of Credit Suisse hastily arranged by the Swiss government on March 19, 2023, to prevent a financial meltdown. (Fabrice COFFRINI/AFP)
April 25, 2023, 11:44 am
Jewish group blasts Credit Suisse for sacking investigators probing bank’s Nazi links
World Jewish Congress ‘troubled’ by ‘abrupt’ decision to fire Neil Barofsky and Ira Forman, tasked with exploring bank’s alleged servicing of accounts belonging to Nazi officials
By Ash Obel and AP
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken waits behind closed doors before giving a joint statement with British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly at a G7 Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Karuizawa, Japan, April 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)
April 18, 2023, 8:33 pm
Marking Holocaust Remembrance Day, Blinken urges stand against antisemitism
Attorney General Merrick Garland cites his family’s refuge in US ahead of Holocaust, says Justice Department ‘is doing everything in our power to combat rise in hate-fueled acts’
By ToI Staff
A view inside a Mercado Libre warehouse. (Courtesy of Mercado Libre via JTA)
December 23, 2022, 11:53 pm
Latin American retail giant says it reduced antisemitic products by 89% this year
Mercado Libre further strips its shelves of content that violates violence and discrimination rules after removing books like ‘Mein Kampf,’ ‘The Protocols of the Elders of Zion’
By Juan Melamed
Illustrative: Russian soldiers guard an area as a group of foreign journalists visit Kherson during the occupation, Kherson region, south Ukraine, on May 20, 2022. (AP Photo)
November 3, 2022, 11:12 am
Russia’s Ukraine invasion has ‘fueled’ online antisemitism, EU report finds
Hatred of Jews remains a ‘serious problem in our societies,’ says director of Fundamental Rights Agency, which warns Jewish communities are ‘profoundly affected’ by disinformation
By AFP and ToI Staff
Menachem Rosensaft, left, accompanies Israeli President Isaac Herzog, right, on a visit to the Bergen Belsen concentration camp, September 6, 2022. (Shahar Azran/WJC via JTA)
September 8, 2022, 3:28 am
From concentration camp to DP camp: Why activist associates Bergen-Belsen with life
Holocaust remembrance activist Menachem Rosensaft says site’s transformation allowed his parents to again be treated as human beings who could ‘dream rather than endure nightmares’
By Toby Axelrod
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, shakes hands with Russian businessman and billionaire God Nisanov in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, July 31, 2014. (Sasha Mordovets/Getty Images via JTA)
June 3, 2022, 9:13 am
Russian Jewish oligarch hit with US sanctions, loses WJC leadership roles
State Department calls real estate developer God Nisanov ‘one of the richest men in Europe and a close associate of several Russian officials’
By Asaf Shalev
Dr. Aleksander Hugo Oscar (Courtesy via JTA)
February 2, 2022, 8:22 pm
Bulgarian Jewish leader falsely accused of embezzling, then targeted by antisemitism
Hospital denies media claims that Dr. Aleksander Oscar, president of a local Jewish organization, was ever accused of filing fraudulent medical reports
By David I. Klein
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