Holocaust education

Ensuring 'dignity': Germany increases funds for Holocaust survivors by $114m

The Claims Conference will increase funding for Holocaust survivors by $114 million, enhancing social services and education, ensuring dignified living and combating Holocaust denial.

European Union to co-sponsor new immersive Yad Vashem exhibit

The new project aims to resurrect Jewish communities destroyed during the Holocaust, bringing forward surviving testimonies in immersive detail with the use of new technologies. 

Advocating for Middle East peace by educating on the Holocaust

Today, I am traveling comfortably on a train, not to my death surrounded by other desperate Jews, but working toward peace and prosperity, surrounded by Muslim and Arab allies who share this dream.

By DAN FEFERMAN
18/05/2024

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.

By PELED ARBELI
04/05/2024

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.

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