The leader of a Holocaust survivors group will meet with Mormon officials to discuss the practice of posthumously baptizing Holocaust victims and other Jews. Ernest Michel, chairman of the New York-based World Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors, said Mormons were continuing with the baptisms despite having promised in 1995 and 2000 to stop.
Keep Jewish Stories in Focus.
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
