Former Canada Green Party candidate accused of hate speech for denying Holocaust
Human rights complaints have been filed against a former candidate for Canada’s Green Party after she posted online videos in which she denied the Holocaust…
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75 years after Jedwabne pogrom, Poland wrestles with evidence of complicity
By Cnaan Liphshiz JEDWABNE, Poland (JTA) — As German army troops invaded eastern Poland, Ichak Lewin’s family fled their town of Wizna. On July 10,…
Claims Conference secures major increase in aid to survivors through 2018
(JTA) — The Claims Conference, which manages aid to Holocaust survivors, has negotiated a budget increase through 2018, including the largest one-time increase in homecare…
op/ed: How Elie Wiesel inspired the Free Soviet Jewry movement
By Glenn Richter (JTA) — On my bookshelves there are two rows of volumes on the Soviet Jewry movement. Squeezed in among the tomes is…
Elie Wiesel gave the Holocaust a face and the world a conscience
By Sarah Wildman WASHINGTON (JTA) — Elie Wiesel, the Holocaust survivor and Nobel laureate who became a leading icon of Holocaust remembrance and a global…