Holocaust education

Germany to provide Yad Vashem with €5 million annually under new agreement with Israel

The agreement will replace an older one agreed upon in 2020, in which Germany committed to providing €1 million annually until 2031.

People view the exhibits at Yad Vashem on April 13, 2026.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks to the press on the 21st sanctions package against Russia in Brussels, Belgium, June 9, 2026.

European Commission launches Project NERON to focus on antisemitism, fostering Jewish life

One school pupil, Teaghan Murtagh, wrote a letter to the Lexington Observer about Cole's order for her not to wear a T-shirt with the words "Save the bees. Plant more trees. Clean the seas. Punch Nazis."

Boston principal apologizes to Muslim, Arab students who felt 'unsafe' after Holocaust lesson

People view the exhibits at Yad Vashem on April 13, 2026.

Head of Anne Frank Educational Center questions Yad Vashem's Germany expansion, drawing backlash


What the US ambassador to Poland left out when he absolved Poland of Holocaust complicity - opinion

While Poles and Poland did not perpetrate the Holocaust, those Poles who assisted the Germans in doing so must not be whitewashed out of history.

Polish Chief Rabbi Michael Schudrich, second from right in blue tie, speaks next to Catholic clergymen at the Jedwabne commemoration ceremony, July 11, 2021.

Amid growing hate, Scarlett Johansson tells a Jewish story with urgency - report

Johansson, an outspoken advocate for the Jewish people and the State of Israel, discussed her directorial debut and upcoming Holocaust film in an interview with N12.

Actor Scarlett Johansson attends the "Jurassic World Rebirth" global premiere in London, Britain, June 17, 2025.

Former Columbia professor claims campus antisemitism focus fosters ‘Jewish victimization’

Professor Marianne Hirsch also argued the Holocaust must be taught alongside Gaza and the "Nakba," warning against “exceptionalism” in Holocaust memory.

Columbia University professor emerita Marianne Hirsch.

Grapevine: When Muslims and Jews find common ground

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

MOTTY REIFF (left) with Shay Shalom.

Proposed Wisconsin bill sets IHRA definition for antisemitic discrimination, crime enhancements

The measure defines antisemitism using the IHRA framework, including its 11 contemporary examples

CAM Director of State Engagement David Soffer speaking at a hearing of the Wisconsin Assembly Committee on State Affairs, at the State Capitol, in Madison, Wisconsin, Oct. 22, 2025.

Remembering the fallen: These are the 1,032 previously unidentified Babyn Yar Massacre victims

Over 1,000 previously unnamed victims of the 1941 Babyn Yar massacre have been identified, bringing long-overdue remembrance to the forgotten.

Natan Sharansky at the symbolic synagogue founded by the Memorial Center in Babyn Yar 2023 (BYHMC).

While the world distorts, the Balkans remember: Dr. Zuroff’s legacy honored - opinion

As Israel faces false genocide claims, the Balkans honor Dr. Zuroff’s decades-long mission to preserve Holocaust truth and confront historical revisionism.

 (Illustrative) EFRAIM ZUROFF, former director of the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s Israel Office, watches a procession commemorating the Latvian Waffen SS unit, also known as the Legionnaires, in Riga in 2010.

Misusing Holocaust memory: It harms the lessons we need most - opinion

It has become common, too common, for Jewish and non-Jewish groups alike to use Holocaust comparisons when speaking about present-day affairs. Protesters liken immigration policies to Nazi Germany.

 A SIGN on a lawn in Dearborn, Michigan, reads: ‘End the genocide in Gaza.’

Challenges of Holocaust education at generational crossroads with survivors dwindling - opinion

The Holocaust, an unprecedented event in human history, is often turned into a rhetorical tool to justify political positions, intensify public and international conflicts, and incite hatred.

THE WRITER speaks at an event marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day last January at the Ghetto Fighters’ House.

Holocaust education needed to combat distortion of history - opinion

The Ghetto Fighters’ House Museum and the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum convene educators, researchers, and educational entrepreneurs from Holocaust museums and heritage sites, in Oswiecim.

University Presidents Mission, Auschwitz - Birkenau on the 2025 March of the Living.