Holocaust

Judah Gribetz, lawyer and counsel behind landmark Holocaust restitution plan, dies at 97

Gribetz was best known for creating a plan that distributed $1.288 billion in restitution to victims of the Holocaust.

Judah Gribetz, center, huddled with Gov. Hugh L. Carey, left, and Mayor Abraham D. Beame, right, during a meeting of New York’s Emergency Financial Control Board in 1977.
Forty-two immigrants became United States citizens during a swearing-in ceremony at Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, Calabasas, California, April 25, 2024.

The Supreme Court upheld birthright citizenship, but American Jews can't declare victory - opinion

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks to the press on the 21st sanctions package against Russia in Brussels, Belgium, June 9, 2026.

European Commission launches Project NERON to focus on antisemitism, fostering Jewish life

Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun, shown with President Donald Trump during an Oct. 7 remembrance event in 2024, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism on Dec. 18, 2025.

The US's fight against global antisemitism is at risk under the Trump administration - opinion


Council of Europe criticizes Germany for being too strict with interpretation of antisemitism

Commissioner for Human Rights Michael O’Flaherty visited Germany in October 2025, during which he said he saw increasing pressure on democratic freedoms and undue restrictions on peaceful protests.

A woman crosses an overpass as in background can be seen one of the German flags flying on the Reichstag building that houses the Bundestag (lower house of parliemant) on November 27, 2025 in Berlin, Germany.

Israel’s shift from seeking approval to shaping global narrative - opinion

It took the international responses to the October 7 massacre and the vicious antisemitism, the horrors, and the deaths for Israel to mature.

PLO chairman Yasser Arafat (L) waves with prime minister Yitzhak Rabin (R) and US president Bill Clinton after the signing of the Israeli-PLO peace accord, at the White House in Washington, in 1993. Israel was forced into Oslo to reduce international isolation, and it backfired, the author notes.

Photos of Nazis left at Haifa health ministry office on Holocaust Remembrance Day

The ministry said the incident was handled without delay and did not interrupt services at the bureau. It did not say who was responsible or whether any suspects had been identified.

Photos of Nazis with red paint left at the entrance to the Haifa District Health Bureau.

Hampshire College, incubator of Yiddish Book Center, pioneer in Holocaust studies, to close

The closure, which follows semester after years of financial troubles, won’t affect the Yiddish Book Center, which operates on land purchased from the college in Amherst, Massachusetts.

A copy of Say It In Yiddish.

Baku marks Holocaust Remembrance Day, highlights rescue of 55,000 Jews

Jewish community event focused on WW2 rescue efforts and current regional tensions, including Iran, speakers say.

BAKU MARKS Holocaust Remembrance Day, 2026.

Kyiv chief rabbi on Holocaust remembrance: ‘We must not live inside it' - interview

Speaking with The Media Line on Holocaust Remembrance Day, Markovitch said he sees it as a responsibility. “This is something I live with,” he said. “Something I feel.” 

RABBI JONATHAN Markovitch celebrating Passover with his community.

Israel and South Korea 'resolve dispute' over President Lee’s controversial Holocaust comments

South Korea's Foreign Minister confirms Israel accepted the explanation on President Lee's controversial Holocaust remarks, resolving the diplomatic row sparked by his social media post.

South Korea's Foreign Minister Cho Hyun attends the 20th East Asia Summit (EAS), as part of the 47th ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia October 27, 2025.

Congress removes deadline for Holocaust-looted art claims, opening door to more restitution

The controversial "sunset clause" of a 2016 law led watchdogs to believe that those owning looted works were purposefully obscuring them from public view until the deadline had passed.

A judge ruled in 2026 that Amedeo Modigliani's "Seated Man with a Cane," shown here in part, must be returned to the family of the man who owned it before the Holocaust.

Meta launches sixth annual Sharing Memories Holocaust remembrance project

The project, launched alongside non-profit organization Our 6 Million, aims to amplify Holocaust survivors' voices at a time where living testimonies are steadily declining.

The sixth edition of the annual Sharing Memories project for Holocaust remembrance, April 13, 2026

Jewish food writer Joan Nathan discovers her relative’s martyrdom and full Holocaust history

"My father talked about his family so much,” said Nathan, "But it seemed far away. And now that I know more, it’s much closer.”

Jewish food writer Joan Nathan (center left) and researcher Moriah Amit learned about the Holocaust histories of Nathan's relatives, Wolfgang Bernheim (far left) and his grandmother, Marie Bernheim.