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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,...

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Vatican 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...

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Saint 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...

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Holocaust 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...

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Amos 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...

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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,...

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Vatican 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...

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Saint 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...

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Holocaust 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...

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Amos 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...

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Holocaust 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...

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Poland 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,”...

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NZers 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...

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Still 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...

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Why 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...

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US 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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