FIRST-EVER 50-STATE SURVEY ON HOLOCAUST KNOWLEDGE OF AMERICAN MILLENNIALS AND GEN Z REVEALS SHOCKING
NEW YORK: September 16, 2020 – Gideon Taylor, President of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference), today announced the release of the U.S. Millennial Holocaust Knowledge and Awareness Survey, the first-ever 50-state survey on Holocaust knowledge among Millennials and Gen Z. The surprising state-by-state results highlight a worrying lack of basic Holocaust knowledge, a growing problem as fewer and fewer Holocaust survivors – eyewitnesses t
Honduras to move embassy to Jerusalem
Honduras makes plans to move its embassy to Jerusalem!
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and the President of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernandez, spoke on Sunday and agreed to open embassies in the national capitals of the two countries. In their joint statement, they expressed their hope that the move will be completed by the end of 2020. Their statement reaffirmed "the close friendship and strategic partnership" between the two countries. It also said that Hernandez congratu
Israel-UAE-Bahrain normalization deal has created a new Middle East
A new Middle East. That is what was created on Tuesday at the Israel-UAE-Bahrain normalization deal signed at the White House. It is a new Middle East because what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did with the foreign ministers of the UAE and Bahrain was to create not just a new reality that brings stability to the region against the looming threat from Iran, but it also presents the world with a new vision of what is possible. It shows what can be achieved when countries wh
Palestinian leaders to discuss ways to foil Israel-UAE deal
The Palestinian leadership remains consistent in its opposition to any peace between Arabs and Israel as the leaders of Palestinian factions hold a meeting today via video conference to discuss ways of thwarting Israeli and US “conspiracies” against the Palestinians and the recent normalization agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates. The meeting will be held under the chairmanship of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in his capacity as chairman of t
The lessons of the Holocaust are being forgotten
In the United States, recent protests and violent riots have been infected with antisemitic discourse. The coronavirus pandemic has also led to a surge in classical antisemitic conspiracy theories and tropes, blaming Jews for the outbreak of the pandemic, and at the same for both spreading infection and profiting from the disease. This is alarming for American Jews and for all Americans as well. As the preeminent Holocaust historian Yehuda Bauer told world leaders in a speech
