Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law making Holocaust denial illegal.
The law signed Monday makes denial of Nazi crimes or misrepresentation of the Soviet Union’s role in World War II punishable by up to five years in jail or a $14,000 fine.
Both houses of Russia’s parliament approved the legislation last month.
Russia already bans public display of Nazi symbols.
Comparisons with Nazi Germany have arisen in recent months amid Russia’s conflict with Ukrainian nationalists.
The Oct. 7 attack and the subsequent sharp rise in antisemitism nationwide hung like a shadow over an already-somber event.
Zionists understand that Jews are a people not just a religion, with millennia-old ties to one particular homeland, and the right to build a state on that homeland.
While both crises feature a centrist president being targeted by an aggressive anti-war movement, the differences between Gaza and Vietnam are immense.
To Hillel International: I stand unequivocally with you, your resilient students and your devoted staff.
The Jewish community must learn several important lessons from the civil rights movement if they want to end the occupation of US campuses by anti-Israel and antisemitic groups.
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