Albanian PM Edi Rama: ‘[Fighting] Antisemitism Is a Cause for Everyone’
Edi Rama has served as the 33rd and current prime minister of Albania since 2013 and…
Attack on Haredi Jew In Antwerp Thwarted by Intended Victim
In early May of this year, a Haredi resident of the Belgium port city of Antwerp was the intended victim of an assault. (In 2022, there have been numerous antisemitic attacks in Antwerp, where some 18,000 Jews — most of them haredi — live.) This time, the perpetrator got more than he bargained for: The…
Samuel del Campo: Chilean Diplomat Who Saved 1,200 Jews in WWII
Samuel del Campo (1882 – 1960) was a Chilean diplomat during the Second World War. From 1941 until Chile joined the Allies in 1943, he worked in…
Deborah Lipstadt: Confirmation as U.S. Antisemitism Envoy Held Up by Republicans
In late July, President Joe Biden nominated Lipstadt to be the United States Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating anti-Semitism.
Deborah Lipstadt: Biden Nominates Eminent Historian as Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism
Dr. Deborah E. Lipstadt is a Professor of Modern Jewish History and Holocaust Studies at Emory University in Atlanta. She is also…
Faye Schulman: Partisan Who Fought Nazism with a Rifle and Chronicled the Struggle with a Camera
Faye Schulman was a resistance fighter and photographer who chronicled…
Princess Alice: Prince Philip’s Mother Is One of the Righteous Among the Nations
Princess Alice is among the Righteous of the Nations, non-Jews who have been honored by Israel for saving Jews…
Henryk Ross: Jewish Photographer Who Documented Nazi Atrocities
Henryk Ross (1910 – 1991) was a Polish Jewish photographer employed by the Department of Statistics for the Jewish Council in the Łódź Ghetto during WQorld War II. Ross also managed to document Nazi atrocities, including children digging for scraps of food and large groups of Jews being led to deportation and being loaded into…
April Benayoum: Miss France 2021 First Runner-Up Receives Flood of Antisemitic Hate
Miss France 2021 — the 91st edition of the French national beauty pageant — took place on Dec. 19, 2020. The winner of the competition was Amandine Petit, who represented the region of Normandy. The first runner-up was April Benayoum, 21, a model and winner of the title Miss Provence. After Benayoum alluded to her…
Taylor Nichols: Jewish ER Physician on Treating Seriously Ill Patient with Multiple Nazi Tattoos
Taylor Nichols, M.D., a young Jewish doctor, was confronted with an ethical dilemma in the Northern California emergency room where he works: He was called upon to treat a seriously ill patient with multiple tattooed swastikas and other hate symbols on his body. The man implored Dr. Nichols, “Don’t let me die, doc.” A heartwarming…
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