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My problem with religion

Marx was right. Religion is the opiate of the masses. And Freud was right, too, that religion is wish-fulfillment and satisfies the need for a f…

After the Holocaust Forum

Michael Kuttner: The VIP’s have departed, Jerusalem roads are back to their normal congested state and Israelis are now bracing for inevitable f…

A time to remember

The President of the Senate Senator Scott Ryan, the Australian Ambassador to Poland Lloyd Brodrick and Robert Goot Deputy President of The Execu…

Remembering the past – looking to the future

Holocaust survivors were honoured at the Holocaust Remembrance Day commemorations in the capital, Wellington, at the same time as speakers refer…

Raise a cup to help prevent violence

For the second year running, Melbourne's Jewish Care has developed a coffee cup campaign in support of the International Day for the Elimination…

Holocaust survivors and rescuer from Greece reunite in Jerusalem

Holocaust survivors and rescuer from Greece reunite in Jerusalem

Tolkien - a movie review by Roz Tarszisz

It is not necessary to have read The Hobbit or The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien to view this offering from director Dome Karukoski (Tom o…

Gandel Holocaust Education Conference

Over three days recently, teacher graduates from the Gandel Holocaust Studies Program for Australian Educators participated in the educational c…

Israeli man apologizes for spitting at Polish ambassador

“I would like to express my apologies,” stated Arik Lederman, arrested in Israel for spitting at the ambassador. “My family experienced the Holo…

Harvard satirical publication apologizes for sexualized Anne Frank bikini photo

“The Harvard Lampoon is garbage,” tweeted Catherine Zhang, a senior at the university.

Sydney commemorates Yom Hashoah

This year’s theme for the Sydney Yom Hashoah Commemoration was “Memorials and Memories”. How do we keep history alive in our communities?

JDC provides tons of matzah, Passover kit and activities, holds seders worldwide

Some 25 tons of matzah is being distributed to vulnerable populations in the former Soviet Union; Passover aid is on its way to Jews in Egypt.

Israeli minister Bennett calls on Poland to deny entry to Holocaust-denier Irving

The “controversial” tour, which costs $3,650 per participant, includes sites such as Treblinka, Sobibór, Majdanek and Belzec.

The birth of the AUJS Holocaust Education Tour

In August 1941, in reprisal for a prisoner successfully escaping Auschwitz, the Nazis indiscriminately selected ten prisoners to be starved to d…

"An attack on the Jews of Denmark is an attack on all of Denmark" - Danish PM

Israel's President Reuven Rivlin has attended a ceremony at the Great Synagogue in Copenhagen marking the 75th anniversary of the rescue of the…

The Man in the Attic: a theatre review by Hila Tsor

Emotive and powerful, written by Timothy Daly, directed by Moria Blumenthal and produced by Shalom and Moria Blumenthal Productions, The Man in…

Championing neo-Nazism "alarming"

The chairman of the New Zealand Holocaust Centre says the recent 60,000 strong march in Warsaw, Poland , championing neo-Nazism and white suprem…

Lest We Forget

Roger Selby president of NSW Association of Jewish Service and Ex-Service Men and Women has announced the organisation has been expanded to incl…