Raising Awareness in the Classroom: How to Teach Students About the Nazi Holocaust
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The hyphen, a rather innocuous punctuation mark, would hardly seem to be the focus of controversy. It is, however, when it comes to referring to Jew-hatred and Jew-haters. As you may have noticed, at AntisemitismExposed.org we decided to go with the unhyphenated version. (Exceptions: When anti-Semitism is used in published titles and direct quotes.) We…
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On Jan. 27, 1945, troops of the Red Army liberated Auschwitz, one of the most infamous of the Nazi concentration camps.
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The Rhineland Massacres, also known as the German Crusade of [the year] 1096, were a series of mass murders of Jews perpetrated by mobs of German Christians…
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WOW! FACTS
Inventor of the mobile phone, “Father of the Internet,” inventor of the video game cosole, inventor fo the laser, inventor of the gramophone, creator of the Barbie Doll, creator of the cruise ship, “Father of Immunology,” inventor fo the modern condom (!), a prime minister of the U.K., a three-time prime minister of France, a president of Switzerland and the primary financier of the American Revolution?
We knew you could guess… all of them are (or were) Jews!
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Nobel Prizes
Although Jews are less than two-tenths of one percent of the world’s population, more than 20% of Nobel Prize winners have been Jewish. Source: Google
Polio Vaccine
Millions and millions of people worldwide have been spared the ravages of poliomyelitis — including paralysis and even death — thanks to research conducted by Jewish scientist Dr. Jonas Salk and his team. The Salk vaccine entered widespread use in the U.S. in 1955. Source: Wikipedia
Miss Liberty
The words “…give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses…” on the Statue of Liberty were written by Emma Lazarus, a Jew. Source: BuzzFeed
Blue Jeans
Levi Strauss, an immigrant from Germany, invented his blue jeans in 1873. Source: BuzzFeed
Start-Up Nation
Israel has the third highest rate of entrepreneurship in the world. It has the highest rate of entrepreneurship among women and people over 55 in the world. Source: BuzzFeed