80 years ago this week, a handful of high-ranking Nazi officials gathered in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee for a conference during which they discussed the “Final Solution to the Jewish Question”. This was the Nazi euphemism used to privately describe the systematic and deliberate attempt at destroying all European Jews. The various officials represented […]
In 1920, only a couple of years after World War One, the League of Nations, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, was founded following the Paris Peace Conference. It operated for 26 years to keep the peace between nations and promote unity. As is delineated in its covenant: "The High Contracting parties, to promote international co-operation and […]
As I do each year in December, here is my review of the most important moments I documented in the area of antisemitism in 2021. January 2021: International Holocaust Remembrance Day! International Holocaust Remembrance Day is different from Yom HaShoah (Day of the Catastrophe) which falls annually, a week after Passover in Israel (started in […]
What a statement to be making, "There wouldn't be Christmas if it wasn't for Hanukkah!" To most people, this might sound like an oxymoron, but I would beg to differ. So, let's look at the biblical and historical origins of Hanukkah, its modern practice, and finally, let's investigate to see if it has any connection […]
Kristallnacht took place on the night of November 9-10, 1938 in Germany. During that dreadful night, a critical event took place that would seal the fate of six million European Jews. That was 83 years ago. The event is known as Kristallnacht or “The Night of Broken Glass.” The reason given by the Nazis was […]
As antisemitism continues to grow worldwide, we need to clearly understand how it operates if we want to fight it successfully. The first thing that we must do is to look at a definition of antisemitism, and there are plenty of them from brief to lengthy, from detailed to too vague. For a while, I […]
What would the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust say to the Texas educator who recently requested that if the Holocaust was to be taught in schools, an "opposing" view should also be presented? Why is it that one of the most horrific tragedies of the last 2,000 years has to be debated, minimized […]
The Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles, California, is in possession of an original letter written and signed by Adolf Hitler in September of 1919, just days after he had joined the German Worker's Party. This was 14 years before he would become Chancellor and take over Germany as a dictator. This letter was authenticated […]
I am not going to deny that the current handling of our global pandemic is strangely reminiscent of the 1930s in Europe. I even recently wrote an article about that very fact. It frightens me to see how people are being handled and even categorized based upon their decision to receive medical help or not. […]