Holocaust education

The state of Holocaust education is dire, and the situation is failing survivors

The rot goes much deeper and has spread among the highly educated who don’t dispute that the Holocaust happened – and even commemorate it.

 Visitors tour an exhibition ahead of Israel's national Holocaust memorial day, at Yad Vashem

Holocaust researchers use AI to search for unnamed victims

The technology used can quickly and efficiently process testimonies and identify names.

By REUTERS
06/05/2024

Holocaust cattle car exhibit stops in Washington amid growing antisemitism, unrest

Organized by the nonprofit Hate Ends Now, the traveling exhibit included a 20 minute immersive presentation alongside a rare collection of original Holocaust artifacts.

Sharing the memories of Holocaust survivors is a duty, not a privilege

Driven by the urgent need to reinvent the way we preserve Holocaust remembrance, we launched the Sharing Memories project four years ago.

By MAAYAN SARIG
05/05/2024

Yad Vashem, Prison Service reveal Holocaust education for inmates

This joint Yad Vashem and Israel Prison Service initiative is part of a broader educational movement within the penal system.

When it comes to the Holocaust, we are hyper-aware but super-ignorant

We know so little about subjects in the Holocaust that we talk about all the time.

By AHARON E. WEXLER
04/05/2024

Holocaust Remembrance Day is still about the Holocaust - opinion

While the use of Shoah language has been common in the intervening months, we risk diluting the importance of the day if the rhetoric and images employed become overly influenced by recent events.

Peacock’s ‘The Tattooist of Auschwitz’ tackles a Holocaust love story based on real events

The series will also feature an end-title song by the legendary Jewish artist and EGOT holder Barbra Streisand.

By SHIRA LI BARTOV/JTA
22/04/2024

Hundreds of Holocaust survivors to connect with students worldwide in new program

The Survivors Speakers Bureau will connect students with Holocaust survivors both in person and virtually, bringing the stories to light in countries and localities that might be otherwise unfamiliar.

UK assumes presidency of the IHRA amid unprecedented rise of antisemitism in UK

Since Hamas’s attack on Israel on 7 October, the UK has seen a 589% increase in antisemitic incidents compared with the same period in 2022, according to the Community Security Trust (CST).

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