New Report Finds Holocaust Education Expanding in Africa, Arab World, Eastern Europe
Annual study from Tel Aviv University’s Center for the Study of Contemporary European Jewry provides encouraging news.
On Jan. 26, the day before International Holocaust...
Rabbi at Cheder Chabad of Baltimore Aims to Grow Student Body and Yeshivah Presence
Cheder Chabad of Baltimore, a local yeshivah, has recently welcomed a new member into its ranks. Rabbi Elchonon Chaikin will serve as the school’s...
Holocaust Book of Names to Be Inaugurated at U.N. Underscores Individual Identities of the...
Renee Ghert-Zand | JTA
When Yad Vashem was created in 1953 on the slopes of Jerusalem’s Mount of Remembrance to commemorate the Holocaust, its founders...
World Briefs: U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Obscures Massive Painting of Jesus at Sea and...
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Obscures Massive Painting of Jesus at Sea
The painting in a key room in the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy was as...
Chai Lifeline’s New Mid-Atlantic Director: Role Fills ‘Need to Give Back to Community’
Rabbi Kalman Akiva and Michal Kovac welcomed a new baby and Chai Lifeline into their growing family at exactly the same time. Michal was...
Towson University to hold symposium on ‘Combating Bigotry, Celebrating Diversity and Protecting Democracy’
While organizations at many colleges and universities are calling for speakers from Israel to be banned, a group of educators from the Jewish state...
Three Sisters Travel to Germany to Lay Stones for Family Members Who Fled World...
Three sisters who grew up in Baltimore knew little about their mother fleeing Nazi Germany as a toddler. But an unexpected call from a...
In the Netherlands, a Majority Do Not Know the Holocaust Affected Their Country
A recent study of the Dutch population conducted by the Conference of Jewish Material Claims Against Germany showed an alarming lack of education around...
One Month Ahead of Ukraine War Anniversary, JDC Widens Care for Jews in Europe
As the world prepares to commemorate one year since the start of the crisis in Ukraine, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) continues and is expanding its...
AJC Survey on Holocaust Knowledge Among Americans Shows Few Know Numbers, Details
Most U.S. adults know when the Holocaust happened and are familiar with Auschwitz, but fewer are cognizant about the number of Jews murdered and...
