Virginia school district will let students opt out of Holocaust lesson, citing Jewish students’ ‘trauma’ The district said the move had nothing to do with the Israel-Hamas war. By Andrew Lapin March 18, 2024 2:04 pm
Holocaust education bill fails in Washington State after debate over Jewish refugees, genocide and the Gaza war A Republican lawmaker feared the Democratic-led amendment would open the door to “overlap the Holocaust with what’s happening in Gaza.” February 26, 2024 7:03 pm
Holocaust scholars in India debate ‘Bawaal,’ controversial new Bollywood movie about couple visiting Auschwitz The film is filled with historical inaccuracies and minimization. But for those trying to get India to care about the Holocaust, it’s a blessing in disguise. August 8, 2023 1:54 pm
Florida rejects Holocaust education textbooks in clampdown on ‘woke’ instruction By Andrew Lapin May 11, 2023 5:55 pm
Margot Stern Strom, who founded pioneering Holocaust education program Facing History, dies at 81 By Andrew Silow-Carroll March 29, 2023 4:01 pm
Chicago suspended a principal who downplayed a student’s Nazi costume. Jewish students say it’s not enough. By Philissa Cramer November 8, 2022 1:20 pm
Ohio lawmaker draws backlash after suggesting schools should teach the Holocaust ‘from the perspective of a German soldier’ By Andrew Lapin March 25, 2022 1:00 pm
In West Virginia, a ‘critical race theory’ bill leads to a statehouse debate over Jews and race By Andrew Lapin March 10, 2022 12:28 pm
‘The Boy in the Striped Pajamas,’ decried for its Holocaust inaccuracies, is getting a sequel By Andrew Lapin March 3, 2022 5:28 pm