Holocaust

In first for Israeli PM, Netanyahu recognizes Armenian Genocide on Patrick Bet-David's podcast

Netanyahu, when pushed by Patrick Bet-David, himself an ethnic Armenian, to personally recognize the Ottoman massacre of Armenians in 1915-1917 as genocide, said, "I just did."

Corpses of murdered Armenians lying beside the road during the Armenian Genocide committed by the Ottoman Empire, 1915-1917; illustrative.
 Vilnius, Lithuania

Vilna Jewish leadership betray their heritage - opinion

House Education Committee chair Tim Walberg, pictured in 2021.

Congressional Education c'mtee investigating NEA for 'antisemitic positions'

PRO-PALESTINIAN protesters demonstrate outside the British Parliament in June. ‘When my London friends spoke of their sense of betrayal, they were not exaggerating,’ says the writer.

From neighbors and friends, why betrayal still haunts Jews to this day - opinion


Pioneering rabbi evicted from historic Krakow building rendered ownerless by the Holocaust

Rabbi Tanya Segal knew the Jewish family who had owned the home were murdered in the Holocaust.

Rabbi Tanya Segal stands in the courtyard of 12 Jozefa Street in Krakow, Poland, as she is evicted from her apartment, July 31, 2025.

‘Anne Frank, Superstar’? A satirical musical reimagines the Holocaust victim as a symbol of woke

The show is framed as an ultra-progressive regional theater company staging an adaptation of Anne Frank’s diary.

"Slam Frank"'s Instagram account, the show's primary engine of promotion, has stoked people's confusion.

Politicizing the Holocaust: It has come back to bite Israel - opinion

Instead of politicizing the Holocaust, Israel should have focused its efforts on demonstrating the Jewish historical connection to the land.

THEN-US PRESIDENT Joe Biden is joined by President Isaac Herzog and then-prime minister Yair Lapid at Yad Vashem in 2022. Israel ferries foreign officials to the Hall of Remembrance instead of focusing on the Jewish connection to the land, says the writer.

Tally Gotliv labels court security guards as 'Judenrat,' causing coalition outrage

When security moved to remove Gotliv, she resisted. When she eventually stood and walked out, she said, “Be ashamed of yourselves, animals!” 

MK Tally Gotliv seen during a court hearing of Yonatan Urich, at the court in Lod, August 19, 2025

Truth under siege: Omer Bartov, a case study - opinion

Bartov's genocide accusations feed into Palestinian resistance rhetoric that legitimizes and promotes Hamas.

PRO-PALESTINIAN protesters gather near the International Court of Justice in The Hague last year amid the accusation against Israel of genocide. The line between scholarship and activism has been erased, the writer charges.

Aliza Mamo's life of resilience: 106 years of faith - opinion

Family of Aliza Mamo, soon turning 106, shares her inspiring journey from Djerba to Israel.

Aliza Mamo, who will soon be turning 106.

Israeli soccer fans cause outrage in Poland with 'murderers' banner

The "Murderers since 1939" banner was displayed prominently across a row of seats by fans of Maccabi Haifa.

Maccabi Haifa fans hold up a banner that reads "Murderers since 1939" during a match in Poland.

Amnesty UK draws criticism for arguing journalist death toll in Gaza higher than in any other war

Amnesty International UK claimed Gaza has the highest journalist death toll in modern history, prompting criticism for omitting Holocaust-era killings of Jewish journalists documented by Yad Vashem.

Hundreds of people gathered at the Utrecht Central Station march to show solidarity with Al Jazeera journalists killed in Gaza, including Anas al-Sharif, in Utrecht, Netherlands on August 14, 2025.

Germany's shift: Moral commitment vs political reality - opinion

The the ongoing war in Gaza has reinvigorated Germany’s internal debate: Can abstract moral universality be reconciled with particular responsibility to the Jewish people?

GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER Johann Wadephul speaks at a news conference at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem last month. Germany raises its voice not because it forgot its past but because it remembers it, says the writer.

Hypocrisy from Warsaw: Does Poland want to build bridges with Israel or burn them? - opinion

If Poland truly wants to be taken seriously as a friend of the Jewish people and of the Jewish state, it must do more than send an ambassador and issue empty platitudes.

IT’S LAUGHABLE that Poland is positioning itself as a moral beacon; pictured: PM Donald Tusk.

'The Last Baker of Vienna': A novel on displaced Jews in post-WWII Europe - review

Chana, the heroine of The Lost Baker of Vienna, gives voice to author Sharon Kurtzman’s feminist subtext.

CLASS PORTRAIT of school children at Schauenstein displaced persons (DP) camp, circa 1946.