Holocaust Tag

University of Minnesota Withdraws Hiring Anti-Israel Professor to Head Holocaust Center

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 08, 2024 16 Comments

"Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza is quite explicit, open, and unashamed"...

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Greg Gutfeld on ‘Death to America’ Chant in Michigan: ‘We Are on a Slow Roll Toward Our Own Little Gazas’

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 10, 2024 33 Comments

"It's not illegal, I guess. But why are we respecting it and why are we encouraging it?"...

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“You money suckers” – Vile Anti-Israel Mob Disrupts Holocaust Remembrance Discussion at Berkeley City Council Meeting

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 29, 2024 43 Comments

"Susanne DeWitt, 89, chairman of the Israel Action Committee of the East Bay and a Holocaust survivor from Germany, was shouted down while speaking about the October 7 attacks and rising antisemitism in the US"...

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Fairfax County Public School System Provides ‘Opt-Out’ Option for Students on Holocaust Presentation

Posted by Stacey Matthews on March 16, 2024 33 Comments

"A Holocaust survivor is coming to speak to my son’s 7th grade History class on Monday. Wonderful. What’s less than wonderful, though, is the opt-out for this lesson because 'We understand that all students have different experiences.'"...

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Left Wing ‘Dark Money’ Org Funded Protesters Who Planned to Disrupt the Holocaust Museum

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 10, 2024 5 Comments

The Tides Foundation "has previously organized protests with the anti-Israel groups Jewish Voice for Peace, IfNotNow and Code Pink."...

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Astroturfed “Doctors Against Genocide” Cancels Planned Disruption of U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum After Outcry

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 26, 2023 39 Comments

In a new low for the anti-Israel pro-Hamas antisemitic protest movement, an astroturfed recently-formed group called "Doctors Against Genocide" organized an infiltration and disruption of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in D.C. scheduled for December 28. After an outcry, the group has cancelled the event,...

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Why have overt expressions of Jew-hatred increased since October 7?

Posted by New Neo on October 28, 2023 26 Comments

Anti-Semitism is a protean and flexible instrument, as well as an incredibly virulent and long-lived one....

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Oberlin College: “we are voluntarily returning the drawing” stolen by Nazis during Holocaust after 17-year fight and criminal seizure warrant

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 08, 2023 14 Comments

Oberlin College: "As a result" of the Manhattan District Attorney's Office serving a criminal seizure warrant, "we are voluntarily returning the drawing. We hope this will provide some measure of closure to the family of Fritz Grünbaum."...

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Oberlin College Finally To Return Drawing Stolen By Nazis To Heirs Of Jewish Holocaust Victim, After 17-Year Refusal

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 05, 2023 46 Comments

The Grünbaum heirs tried in vain for 17 years to get Oberlin College to return the drawing, including multiple demands and a civil lawsuit. But it was a recent criminal seizure warrant out of the Manhattan District Attorney’s office and attendant bad publicity that appears...

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Exclusive: Oberlin College’s 17-Year Refusal To Return Artwork Stolen By The Nazis From A Jewish Holocaust Victim

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 01, 2023 82 Comments

The Manhattan D.A. recently issued a criminal seizure warrant for 'Girl With Black Hair' in the possession of Oberlin College's Allen Museum. Court records in a civil case reveal that the college has been fighting at least since 2006 against return of the drawing. This...

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‘Traumatized’: D.C. Third Graders Say School Forced Them to Reenact Holocaust

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 20, 2021 40 Comments

One child is "struggling emotionally after being told to pretend to choke and die in a gas chamber."...

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Legal Insurrection’s Vijeta Uniyal Honored as One of Top 40 Global Advocates for Israel Online

Posted by David Gerstman on November 16, 2020 22 Comments

Over the weekend, Jewish News Syndicate (JNS) unveiled its list of the Top 40 Global Advocates for Israel Online and it included a name familiar to Legal Insurrection readers: LI author Vijeta Uniyal. How did an Indian man, a resident of Germany (though currently in South Africa for work-related reasons), with little to no exposure to Jews and Israel become one of the internet's foremost advocates for Israel?

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Survey Finds Nearly 20% of Millennials and Gen Z in NY Believe Jews Caused the Holocaust

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 17, 2020 36 Comments

The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany commissioned a recent survey, which found a shocking number of young people in the state of New York believe Jews caused the Holocaust. It is absolutely stunning that so many people could be so grossly misinformed about one of the most horrific and significant events of the 20th century.

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Nashville Holocaust Memorial Vandalized With Anti-Semitic Messages

Posted by Mary Chastain on June 16, 2020 24 Comments

Samantha wrote about the spike in anti-Jewish violence in the wake of George Floyd's death. It has not stopped. Someone sprayed anti-Semitic messages on a bedsheet and spread it over the Nashville Holocaust Memorial at the Gordon Jewish Community Center on Saturday during the Jewish Sabbath.

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Florida Principal Reassigned After Refusing to Say ‘Holocaust is a Factual, Historical Event’

Posted by Mary Chastain on July 10, 2019 25 Comments

Palm Beach County School District reassigned Spanish River Community High School principal William Latson after he told a parent that he cannot say for certain that the Holocaust happened. The letter caused outrage, which led the school to reassign Latson to a district position. Instead of taking responsibility, Latson placed the blame on the parent who complained about him.

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Furious reaction to accurate advertisement calling out Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s Holocaust lies

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 02, 2019 57 Comments

Michigan Representative Rashida Tlaib attempted to rewrite history recently by claiming that the Arabs of the British Mandate for Palestine (they would not be called "Palestinians" until decades later) provided "safe haven" to Jews before, during, and after the Holocaust. Here's the controversial quote from Tlaib (emphasis added):

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The Global Failure to Teach the Truth About the Holocaust

Posted by Cameron Gray on January 25, 2019 14 Comments

For years, there has been talking and concern about the lack of factual Holocaust knowledge and education in the United States and around the world. Education systems dominated by leftist teachers often antagonistic towards Israel are sometimes loathing to bring up the subject. It's possible to also blame an easily accessible Internet that leads users down dark rabbit holes of Holocaust conspiracy theories.

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Germany Condemns Abbas for Antisemitic Remarks

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on May 03, 2018 4 Comments

Germany condemned remarks on the Holocaust made by President of Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas. In a televised speech on Monday, Abbas claimed that the Holocaust was not caused by antisemitism, but by Jews' "social role related to usury and banks." The Palestinian Authority chief said he was referring to the writings of Karl Marx and other authors.

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