Op-Ed: Exploiting the memory of child Holocaust victims is obscene
The recent spectacle of haredi Orthodox Jewish boys wearing yellow stars of David and simulated striped black-and-white concentration camp uniforms at a demonstration in Jerusalem was reprehensible, writes vice president of the American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors and Their Descendants, who lost his 5-year-old brother, among others, in the Holocaust. Read more »
Op-Ed: Auction of Mengele journals is an outrage
An auction of Josef Mengele's journal and other items of Nazi memorabilia is cause for outrage, writes Menachem Rosensaft, vice president of the American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors and Their Descendants. Read more »
A Mother’s Day meditation rooted in Bergen-Belsen and Auschwitz
The vice president of the American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors and Their Descendants recalls how his mother helped save so many children at the Bergen-Belsen camp -- and wonders how she found the strength to save others rather than focusing on her own survival. Read more »
Op-Ed: Kissinger apology for gas chambers remarks not enough
Why not just move on after Henry Kissinger's quasi-apology for his gas chambers remark? Because he never told President Nixon that he found Nixon’s bigotry against African-Americans, Irish, Italians and Jews offensive, the author writes. Read more »
Op-Ed: GOP must repudiate Limbaugh or be defined by him
By tolerating and encouraging Rush Limbaugh's inflammatory, offensive and vitriol-laced radio broadcasts, Republican leaders are fomenting racial and ethnic hatred that could have disastrous consequences for America, Menachem Rosensaft writes. Read more »
RSS Feed Breaking News
Updated 02/09/12 @ 05:54PM EST
- A poll showed that nearly half of likely voters believed the United States should use military force to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon.
- Rabbi Gunther Plaut, a major figure in Reform Judaism, died in Toronto.
- The application for a proposed Hebrew-language charter school was accepted by the District of Columbia Public Charter School board.
- A truck driving calves from Eilat to the Golan Heights was hijacked into the West Bank.
- U.S. Rep. Howard Berman introduced legislation that would allow eligible Israeli nationals to receive non-immigrant investor visas in the United States.
- Poll: Half of U.S. voters back strike on nuclear Iran
- Reform leader Rabbi Gunther Plaut dies
- D.C. Hebrew-language charter school accepted for review
- Op-Ed: Kick the reaction addiction on campus
- Berman moves to grant investor visas to Israelis
- Holy cow! Calves hijacked into Palestinian territory
- Report: Israeli journalist also works for prime minister
- Larry Greenfield tapped to lead JINSA
