The Shoah-related movies and live Zoom discussions are part of this month’s “Teicholz Holocaust Remembrance Film Series: The Holocaust & Italy.”
Vandals spray painted anti-Israel and anti-Semitic graffiti at the Yad Vashem Holocaust museum.
Someone keeps stealing an exhibition about Jewish heritage and the Holocaust in Romania from a subway station in the country’s capital city. The exhibition, created by Israeli photographer Shani Bar On and Austrian-born journalist Emil Rennert, was sponsored by the Austrian Culture Forum and installed on the walls of a major Bucharest subway station June 11, but within 24 hours all of its 22 text and photo panels had vanished.
During a lecture on genocide prevention at American Jewish University (AJU) on April 13, Michael Abramowitz, director of the Committee on Conscience at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, discussed a shift in the international community’s view of how to handle crimes against humanity. We’re seeing a “shift from a culture responding after the fact to a culture of prevention,” Abramowitz said.
The Italian government has launched a national campaign to collect material related to the Holocaust and Jewish history in Italy for inclusion in two new museums. Called \”Family Stories,\” the campaign was launched Jan. 27, International Holocaust Remembrance Day, and will run through June 30.
A Manhattan judge has ruled that an original copy of Schindler\’s List can be sold.
Ellison\’s decision to carry a Quran into the ceremony has infuriated some conservatives, who draw a fine line between constitutional rights and American tradition.
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