Via INN: Archbishop Andre Vingt-Trois of Paris arrived in Israel on Monday as a guest of the Minister of Tourism Isaac Herzog. During his visit, the Archbishop is expected to sign a Holocaust remembrance treaty at Yad Vashem, meet with Sephardic Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar and visit Bethlehem.
Read More +The United States introduced a resolution to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, calling on member states “to reject any denial of the Holocaust as a historical event.” Wire reports said the resolution notes that “ignoring the historical fact of these terrible events increased the risk they will be repeated.” Although the resolution does not mention Iran by name, it follows a conference hosted by Tehran last month, questioning the veracity of the Holocaust and whether six million Jews were murdered by the Nazis during World War II. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has called the Holocaust a “myth,” has
Read More +Washington-area Muslim leaders are meeting at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum to encourage people to learn its lessons. “Muslim leaders will call for remembrance of the victims of the horrific Holocaust and commemoration of the struggles endured by the brave survivors,” said a statement from the All-Dulles Area Muslim Society announcing the appearance, which is to take place Wednesday. “They will encourage humanity to take the lessons of this tragedy to reaffirm our commitment to preserving human dignity and life for all times.” The appearance comes in reaction to last week’s Holocaust denial conference in Tehran.
Read More +A synagogue, Jewish educational center and Holocaust memorial were simultaneously vandalized, in a large-scale attack on the small Jewish community of the small Hungarian city of Vác. The Jewish community has linked this attack to on-going anti-governmental protests in the country that have been attended by some members of the Hungarian far-right.Unknown offenders painted black paint over the fence of the synagogue and educational center over the nightof November 6th, also spraying anti-Semitic graffiti, swastikas and other fascist symbols. Almost at the same time, they apparently broke in to the nearby kindergarten and confiscated a marble memorial tablet that was
Read More +Holocaust survivor groups in Israel have joined the recommendation of the Polish president, Lech Kaczynski, to award the Nobel Peace Prize to 96-year-old Irena Sandlar, a member of the Polish underground group Zegota that was dedicated to saving Jews. Sandlar was recognized by the Yad Vashem Martyrs and Heroes Remembrance Authority in 1965 for smuggling numerous Jewish children out of the Warsaw Ghetto.
Read More +… if only his vision were equal to his words… [IMRA: Mr. Olmert’s spinmasters have opted for a new word for retreat: “realignment“. To his credit, he does not even attempt to explain how retreating from most of the West Bank so that a mini-terror state can fill the vacuum would actually reduce friction and “prevent much of the conflict” when the conflict is over Israel’s very existence (including the return of refugees to within Israel) and certainly over Israel’s existence in every centimeter that Israel doesn’t retreat from. “Realignment would be a process to allow Israel to build its
Read More +The Jewish world prepares itself to commemorate, on Tuesday, Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day), to remember the 6,000,000 Jews sytematically murdered by German Nazis – innocent Jews who suffered unspeakably at a time when there was no Jewish State to defend them – innocent Jews who were aided by thousands of Europeans who had no qualms about handing over their Jewish neighbors to the Nazi murderers. For more information on Yom HaShoah, please refer to these excellent resources: Yad Vashem The Holocaust Martyrs’and Heroes’ Remembrance Authority Holocaust Holocaust Remembrance Day: Yom HaShoah Holocaust Studies at Aish.com – A complete resource
Read More +Thirty years ago the UN General Assembly adopted its infamous resolution equating Zionism with racism. Israel’s standing in the UN had reached a new low at the hands of the automatic majority enjoyed by the Arab and Islamic bloc together with the Non-Aligned Movement. Last week, the same General Assembly unanimously passed a resolution sponsored by Israel – and co-sponsored by over 100 countries, led by the U.S. and the world’s leading democracies – promoting Holocaust remembrance and education across the globe. This is unprecedented stuff. This is the first instance that a resolution proposed by Israel has ever been
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