Irena Sandler
I came across a reference to Irena Sandler on Friday. An amazing woman who was an example of humanity at its finest. From Wikipedia: She organized the smuggling of Jewish children from the Ghetto,...
View ArticleVatican rejects apology
Reuters reports: The Vatican has rejected an apology from a bishop whose denial of the Holocaust caused international uproar between Jews and Catholics, saying it did not meet its demand for a full and...
View ArticleSaint Pius
AP reports: In a synagogue visit haunted by history, Pope Benedict XVI and Jewish leaders sparred over the record of the World War II-era Pope during the Holocaust and agreed on the need to strengthen...
View ArticleHolocaust denial
Teuila Fuatai at NZ Herald reports: Prime Minister John Key shared tales of his Jewish mother’s escape from Nazi-controlled Austria at the United Holocaust Memorial Day event this morning. Mr Key...
View ArticleAmos Hausner
Had a very interesting meeting with Amos Hausner (and his wife) on Friday. He is in New Zealand to give a series of public lectures. His father, Gideon Hausner, was Attorney-General of Israel from...
View ArticleIrena Sandler
I came across a reference to Irena Sandler on Friday. An amazing woman who was an example of humanity at its finest. From Wikipedia: She organized the smuggling of Jewish children from the Ghetto,...
View ArticleVatican rejects apology
Reuters reports: The Vatican has rejected an apology from a bishop whose denial of the Holocaust caused international uproar between Jews and Catholics, saying it did not meet its demand for a full and...
View ArticleSaint Pius
AP reports: In a synagogue visit haunted by history, Pope Benedict XVI and Jewish leaders sparred over the record of the World War II-era Pope during the Holocaust and agreed on the need to strengthen...
View ArticleHolocaust denial
Teuila Fuatai at NZ Herald reports: Prime Minister John Key shared tales of his Jewish mother’s escape from Nazi-controlled Austria at the United Holocaust Memorial Day event this morning. Mr Key...
View ArticleAmos Hausner
Had a very interesting meeting with Amos Hausner (and his wife) on Friday. He is in New Zealand to give a series of public lectures. His father, Gideon Hausner, was Attorney-General of Israel from...
View ArticleHolocaust denial in NZ
Stuff reports: An Iranian diplomat has been accused of fuelling radicalism with a fiery, anti-Israel speech at an Auckland mosque. Jewish community leaders want Hormoz Ghahremani, first secretary of...
View ArticlePoland tries to criminalise free speech
The BBC reports: France has joined the US and Israel in criticising Poland’s new Holocaust law, describing the text as “ill advised”. “You should not rewrite history, it’s never a very good idea,”...
View ArticleNZers have low Holocaust knowledge
Newsroom reports: A new poll shows that a nearly a third of New Zealanders know little or nothing about the Holocaust and less than half know that 6 million Jews were killed by the Nazis. Mark...
View ArticleStill no answer for why NZ not attending global holocaust memorial event
The Herald reports: New Zealand’s absence from a global holocaust memorial event has been called disappointing by the New Zealand Jewish Council and labelled disgraceful by the Opposition. Almost...
View ArticleWhy is NZ not a member of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance?
The Australian Foreign Minister released: Australia was proud to gain full membership of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance in June 2019. We will share through that forum our approach to...
View ArticleUS millenials and the Holocaust
A sad but not surprising poll in the US of millenials (age 18 to 39) on the Holocaust. Some findings: 12% had not heard of the Holocaust11% though Jews were the cause of the HolocaustOnly 44% could...
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