The Latest Breaking News from Holocaust

Why is Israel at war with the UN?

Over the course of its war with Hamas in Gaza, Israel has repeatedly clashed with the United Nations.

Al Jazeera · Dec 6, 2023

Hanukkah message of light in darkness feels uniquely relevant to US Jews amid war, antisemitism

Preparing for Hanukkah feels uniquely somber yet defiant this year for the Jewish communities in and around Miami Beach

The Independent UK · Dec 6, 2023

Science is a human right − and its future is enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Dec. 10 marks the anniversary of the 1948 signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the United Nations in the aftermath of the Holocaust. Though contested, imperfect and unfulfilled, the declaration remains a milestone in human civilization as one of the earliest times the world came together…

The Conversation · Dec 5, 2023

Plan to add teaching of Holocaust, genocide to science education draws questions from Maine teachers

Teachers are voicing skepticism about a Maine proposal to update science education standards to incorporate teaching about genocide, eugenics and the Holocaust

The Independent UK · Dec 4, 2023

Charging Jews with genocide is to declare them guilty of precisely what was done to them

Israel’s response to the 7 October Hamas attacks has emboldened many to say the once unsayable

The Guardian - UK · Dec 3, 2023

Texas GOP executive committee rejects proposed ban on associating with Nazi sympathizers and Holocaust deniers

Some members of the committee said such a ban, proposed two months after a prominent conservative activist was caught meeting with a famous white supremacist, might be a “slippery slope” or too vague.

The Texas Tribune · Dec 2, 2023

‘People are being penalised’: Hollywood divided over Israel-Hamas conflict

Stars like Susan Sarandon and Cynthia Nixon are raising their voices in support of Palestine, but many others are paying a steep price for speaking up

The Guardian - US · Dec 2, 2023

Hafta letters: Hamas-Israel, balancing acts, Jayashree’s rants, air pollution

I am the person who sent in the Atlantic article as a letter. Disappointed that other aspects of my letter weren’t engaged with and some misconceptions were doubled down on.

Newslaundry · Dec 2, 2023

From a resume of lies to an OnlyFans scandal: George Santos’s many, many controversies

Examining a play-by-play of the strangest string of scandals to hit DC in recent memory

The Independent UK · Dec 1, 2023

How Henry Kissinger’s Holocaust escape shaped his powerful and polarising foreign policy

Master diplomat or war criminal, there’s no denying that Kissinger’s story is one of the American dream: a tale of a boy who fled Nazi Germany to become one of the most powerful men in US and world politics. Rachel Sharp reports

The Independent UK · Nov 30, 2023