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Mamdani laments criticism following his ‘globalize the intifada’ comments

Mamdani responded to the accusations of antisemitism he has received since the statement in a tearful address Wednesday, telling reporters, “It pains me to be called an antisemite.”

 NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani addresses accusations of antisemitism at a press conference Wednesday morning.
 U.S. President Donald Trump holds a letter from Britain's King Charles as he meets with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (not pictured) in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 27, 2025.

Trump taps shock jock Sid Rosenberg and a Haredi newspaper publisher for Holocaust Memorial Council

 Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff claps as Democratic presidential nominee U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Phoenix Awards dinner at Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, US, September 14, 2024.

Trump fires Doug Emhoff from Holocaust Memorial Council

 Auschwitz

‘Zone of Interest’ Nazi house to become center to combat antisemitism


Israeli ambassador: Holocaust lessons vital amid post-October 7 antisemitism

"The number of Jews murdered that day was the highest since the Holocaust," he said. "But there’s a difference—now we can fight back, and we will, until all our hostages return."

 Ambassador Rozenblat and Porto Holocaust Museum Director Michael Rothwell speaking to hundreds of children in the Hall of Names.

'For a righteous cause': Holocaust memorials persist in Muslim countries amid antisemitism

The report highlights that despite the October 7 massacre and the rising antisemitism across the Muslim world, these initiatives have persisted.

WITH H.E. AHMED OBAID ALMANSOORI at Auschwitz on the March of the Living.

Thessaloniki breaks ground on new Holocaust museum

The 9,000-square-foot museum occupying eight floors in an octagon-shaped structure will be located at the site of Thessaloniki’s Old Railway Station.

 Genesis Prize Foundation Chairman Stan Polovets, left, with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier at the groundbreaking for the Holocaust Museum of Greece in Thessaloniki, Oct. 29, 2024.

Holocaust survivor ‘wisdom project’ launched in Los Angeles

The Los Angeles Holocaust Museum has already begun this process with partners in Atlanta and New Zealand.

 HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR Erika Fabian.

Three Bulgarian nationals arrested for red hand vandalism of Paris Holocaust memorial 

The incident drew national outrage, with French President Emmanuel Macron attacking the vandals for undermining the memory of French heroes and the victims of the Holocaust.

Blood-red hands  graffiti on the Paris Holocaust memorial, May 14, 2024.

Britain's new government commits to building Holocaust memorial

Labour's commitment to the memorial also follows Starmer's efforts to root out antisemitism from his party following a 2020 report.

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

Auschwitz display of 3,000 murdered children's shoes returns after undergoing preservation process

The shoes underwent a preservation process that took over a year of work at the Auschwitz Museum Conservation Laboratories.

 Staff examining shoes at Auschwitz-Birkenau Holocaust memorial

Grapevine, May 2, 2024: Heroes and heroines

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 Israeli soldiers look up at pictures of victims of the Holocaust at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial centre, ahead of the Holocaust Remembrance Day starting this evening, at the Hall of Names, in Jerusalem April 27, 2022.

Biden to deliver speech at US Holocaust Memorial Museum ceremony amid campus protests

Biden will report on the results of his strategy to combat antisemitism, rolled out a year ago.

 US President Joe Biden participates in a roundtable with Jewish community leaders regarding the Palestine-Israel conflict, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus in Washington, US, October 11, 2023.

Dutch scale down World War II remembrance to keep ceremony safe

In the hope of preventing disturbances on Saturday, total capacity at the central Dam square will be limited to 10,000 - roughly half the normal attendance at the ceremony, the city said.

 Israeli President Isaac Herzog arrives at the Portuguese Synagogue on the day of the opening of the National Holocaust Museum, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, March 10, 2024.

Moldovan Holocaust memorial vandalized with 'free Palestine' graffiti

"We will do everything possible to ensure that the facts are investigated and the perpetrators are punished," the community said in a statement.

Soroca Jewish Cemetery Holocaust memorial vandalized with "free Palestine."