New Ken Burns film spotlights little-known Holocaust rescuers
By Ben Sales (JTA) — In 1940, as he was being transported to safety in the lower deck of a ship, the Jewish author Lion…
Anti-Semitism
op-ed: Jewish pride on campus is under siege. Here’s what your kids can do to fight back
By Arnold M. Eisen NEW YORK (JTA) — Over 300,000 Jewish college students have arrived or will arrive shortly on American campuses — and what they…
Calgary Police investigating anti-Semitic post on Facebook
(August 29, 2016) – Police in Calgary have launched an investigation into an antisemitic Facebook post that was exposed by B’nai Brith Canada last Friday….
B’nai Brith Canada challenges Facebook’s acceptance of the message “Kill all Jews Now”
Facebook has determined that a graphic explicitly calling for the genocide of all Jews “doesn’t violate [its] Community Standards.” The global social media giant made…
After historic Auschwitz visit, Pope Francis says ‘the same thing is happening’ today in many places
(JTA) — Human cruelty “did not end in Auschwitz,” Pope Francis said in Krakow after visiting the Nazi death camp in Poland. Following his historic…