genocide

Graffiti at the Memorial de la Shoa in Paris, France on Jan. 27, 2021. (Courtesy of the Embassy of Israel in France)

Graffiti equating Jewish genocide with Uighur persecution painted on Paris Holocaust monument

“Uighurs 2021 = Jews 1941” the perpetrators wrote on plaques bearing the name of victims at the Memorial de la Shoa.

Ideas

As the children of survivors, the Rohingya genocide reminds us of the Holocaust

The tragedy of the Rohingya is different from the genocide of the Jews. What is not different is the danger of inaction.

Trump submits first report mandated under Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act.

The report provides an overview of the United States government’s current and planned efforts to prevent, mitigate, and respond to mass atrocities globally.

Yeshiva University's Mendel Gottesman Library (Wikimedia Commons)

United States

Yeshiva University to open new Holocaust and Genocide Studies Center

Ideas

Reading Anne Frank helped me start learning about Jews – and understand my own Native American history

Global

Canadian candidate removed for tweets accusing Israel of committing genocide

Global

Armenia’s capital honors Holocaust survivor who coined the term ‘genocide’

Politics

Congress passes legislation named for Elie Wiesel that aims to stop genocides

United States

Evidence of Rohingya genocide is ‘compelling,’ US Holocaust Museum says

United States

Required University of Michigan lecture included slide comparing Netanyahu to Hitler

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