Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara (Jan. 1, 1900 – July 31, 1986) served as vice-consul for Japan in the Lithuanian city of Kovno. During the Second World War, Sugihara helped some 6,000 Jews flee certain death by issuing transit visas to them, enabling them to travel through Japanese territory to safety. He issued the visas in…
On Aug. 4, 2020, Beirut, Lebanon was rocked by a enormous blast considered to be among the most powerful nonnuclear explosions in history. Large swaths of the city were destroyed, some 200 people were killed, thousands were injured, and 300,000 residents were left homeless. The cause of the explosion appeared to be 2,750 tons…
Today there are thought to be more than 150,000 Jews living in Germany -– making the country home to one of the world’s largest Jewish communities. Many among the new German Jews immigrated to the country from the former Soviet Union and Eastern European states. Just as recent years have seen a major upsurge in…
Rabbi Noam Marans, Director of Interreligious and Intergroup Relations for…
Ann Coulter (either 56 or 58) is a far-right media pundit, provocateur, author, columnist, and attorney. She has written 12 books, including High Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Case Against Bill Clinton; Slander: Liberal Lies About the American Right; Treason: Liberal Treachery from the Cold War to the War on Terrorism; and Godless: The Church of…
We asked readers to share their personal experiences with antisemitism. Here is what one wrote: I moved to a small town in upstate New York in 1977, where I opened my general law practice. The town, high in the Catskill Mountains, has a widely diverse ethnic population, especially in the summer when all the…
Dr. Peter F. Hayes is an esteemed historian and recognized expert on the Holocaust. Dr. Hayes -– who is not Jewish — is chair of the Academic Committee of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. He has written or edited 10 books. In the video linked below, Dr. Hayes explains why and how the genocidal…
You may have heard about the expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492, at the hands of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella. Unfortunately, that traumatic event in Jewish history barely scratches the surface of the expulsions experienced by the Jews. The first link below will take you to a list of more than 50…
One alleged factor — some would say excuse — behind the upsurge in antisemitism is the Israeli occupation of Palestinians. Regrettably, legitimate criticism of Israeli policy often spills over into outright antisemitism and the demonizing of the Jewish state. We present the videos and article linked below NOT to claim that most Palestinians, or…
Bari Weiss, 36, is an American editor and opinion writer most well-known for her bestselling 2019 book How to Fight Antisemitism. Over the years, she has worked for the Forward, Haaretz, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times. Weiss recently made headlines by resigning her position at The Times for what she viewed…
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